Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by delboy (A) on June 02, 2008 at 01:58:31

In Reply to: RE: Kind of like a nice, friendly pitch-in dinner. posted by Harmonia on May 29, 2008 at 01:55:22

... you make. I would state that the society's chairman and founder had those very idea's in mind and in fact it was he who picked Closely Observed Trains.

A little bit of background. Our hometown has 11,000 residents and no cinema. Where in a city you may have the luxury of catchment, in a smaller town you have to consider something a little more central to ensure there are enough members for the society to sustain itself.

We are three seasons in now and based on the ratings system the more modern films appeared to be getting the highest scores. I have to admit, given that the average age of the members is a lot higher than mine (41)
I consider that the movies they have been opting to vote for shows they have good taste and are fairly open minded (Tsotsi and The Lives of Others being their favourite films so far).

We have seen some films regarded as historically significant such as A Bout de Souffle, Ashes and Diamonds (one of my favourites so far), Ossessione but were finding as mentioned above that people had a preference for more recent films.

Your point on the availability of these films is a fair one. We are restricted here in the UK by what films are available in licensed form and the way the distributors are set up, it is much easier to pick films from their lists that we know are available than to put a wishlist together and locate them (we couldn't even find a distributor for Paris Texas).

It was really the eclecticism of the list that excited me and the fact that the rest of the comittee picked films which I have not had the chance to see yet sound interesting.

One of the older members said recently 'You just can't beat a great night at the pictures'. How 'on the money' your opening paragraph may be!

What a thoughtful and detailed response. Thanks.

PS. Its the recent Lebanese Caramel

PPS I would love to throw in Clerks or part of the Evil Dead trilogy but will not risk being held responsible for the demise of certain members !!

Edits: 06/02/08   06/02/08