In Reply to: whatta list... posted by tunenut on September 28, 2004 at 10:44:44:
I DO have some Fawlty Towers on disc - from your post, I was thinking of movies on DVD, not TV productions. FT is my SO's favorite comedy series of all time, and I still laugh out loud at Basil's antics.I have quite a few BBC TV productions: Middlemarch (R2), Forsyte Saga (original), I Claudius, Rumpole, The Racing Game etc. I also have Lonsome Dove on disc.
I used to show dogs (and I still show horses) so I found Best In Show pretty amusing. I don't watch it that much, but some dull damp evenings it hits the spot for myself and my SO.
I have an awkward relationship with Goddard - I have Alphaville and a couple others on tape, but haven't bought any DVDs yet. Same with Bergman. I plan to pick up Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries and a few more on disc one of these days. Criterion is coming out with Fanny & Alexander with tons of extras next month.
I own some cherished films on DVD - the Criterion Brakhage Collection, Resnais' Last Year At Marienbad and Hiroshima Mon Amour - that I imagine few inmates would tolerate. (Brakhage was my film teacher at the Art Institute.)
BTW, for classic films the Criterion releases are usually very good, especially with supplemental materials. There are som R2 discs that have slightly better image quality, but Criterion's extras are usually well worth it.
You now know about 70% of my DVD collection.
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- Different strokes... - Harmonia 15:15:57 09/28/04 (0)