In Reply to: I can't ID the film posted by kublakhan on December 28, 2003 at 13:28:05:
Well, even though it's unethical you can try a kazaa-style search for it. There are a couple of impossible to find films I've been able to view by this method; granted they were released 20+ years ago and more "art" films than holywood blockbusters. The image/sound quality is Divx, so it's nothing to write home about. If you use a off-site computer to look you'll be safe from the federales; go to the library or a college, they usually have a T1 anyways and you're talking massive file sizes for whole films ( around a gig ).You could also check Canal St. in Tribeca. Especially if it's kung-fu.
Ethics disclaimer: while I understand the complex debate around downloading music/movies and generally do not approve of downloading "current" material, I believe that illegally viewing/listening to material that is not and will not be distributed in one's marketplace is an acceptable infringement. I won't qualify the "artistic" necessity or value of the material veiwed/heard due to the debate over what is or isn't of artistic value. I, personally, believe everything that someone wants to call Art is Art, and that the real question is what is "good" Art as opposed to "bad or poor-quality" Art. From Beuys to Judd, in a sense.
Cheers, good luck, and hope this helps.
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- Re: I can't ID the film - yessir 13:52:28 12/28/03 (3)
- Re: I can't ID the film - kublakhan 14:57:00 12/28/03 (0)
- Yessir or anyone knowing kazaa type searches - kublakhan 14:50:09 12/28/03 (1)
- P2P ( peer-to-peer ) - yessir 15:15:49 12/28/03 (0)