The Archers (Powell & Pressburger): S/D

The Small Back Room from Criterion next week, very underappreciated, esp the two leads.

Radio 4 had a programme about the book's author, Nigel Balchin, recently. It prompted me to buy The Small Back Room, but I haven't read it yet.

I'd like to read it, Powell second-guessed how they did the adaptation.

what does that sentence mean?

new set from sony — kind of random 2-film collection with "a matter of life and death" and "age of consent."

i'd never seen either before... just watched the former last night. pretty great. the opening scene with them meeting over the radio as david niven's plane is going down really won my heart...

It's a pretty fine movie, cept the whole trial thing is weird. Best understood in terms of US-UK postwar vibe apparently (ie, changing of the Imperial Assholes guard).

Age of Consent benefits from Helen Mirren, a Lolita who can act better than Sue Lyon!

I've had Age of Consent sitting in my queue for a week. Netflix is showing signs of holiday wear.

ya the trial kind of stopped me in my tracks a bit--at least stopped it from becoming a major revelation, especially the way it kind of abruptly ends

definitely makes an interesting companion piece to a canterbury tale.

Age of Consent[ tonight!

big screen or home?

don't get too excited...

peeping tom on tonight though, 12:05, itv. (this being the uk)

The DVD, after a loooong wait.

I Know Where I'm Going still my favorite.

big fan of that one.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/martin-scorsese-the-movie-that-plays-in-my-heart-1685003.html

did not know or had forgotten that jim mcbride was at college with marty.

Need to read that thru properly when I'm at home. OTM about Moira Shearer for real.

Interesting article, thx for link.

I read elsewhere that the restored version of The Red Shoes is out on dvd and blu-ray in June; given the work done on the print it sounds like the blu-ray will be even better than that of Black Narcissus.

he pretty much says "i was coked off my nuts first time i met mickey p."

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the one i most want to see is 'a canterbury tale'. tbh the dvd i have of 'the red shoes' is already amazing. but the 'canterbury' one isn't, and that's on criterion now.

Still probably my favourite, Canterbury Tale. Also Sheila Sim is uber-radiant in that one. But it's probably their funniest and most inscrutable flick.

the one i most want to see is 'a canterbury tale'. tbh the dvd i have of 'the red shoes' is already amazing. but the 'canterbury' one isn't, and that's on criterion now.

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are you saying the criterion canterbury isn't good, or that there's a different version where you are?

There has been a different, cheapo one available in the UK.

ahh. crit cant is great.

My order for blu-ray of The Red Shoes just shipped from hmv.com - hopefully will be here before the weekend...

is it the new cleaned up version?

Yes, it's the restored version as shown at Cannes this year. According to the press blurb it's exclusively available from HMV, I don't know if this will remain the case.

bizarre!

ah. found it on the hmv.com site, which completely crashed firefox. apparently it comes out on monday, so you won't have it in time for the weekend i'm 'fraid.

Lots of things crashing firefox lately.

ya, this is supposedly the hot new 3.5 too

Well, I got their confirmation that it has shipped - hopefully, this is the same as Amazon and means it's actually in the post so there's a chance (assumming teh Royal Mail do their thing properly).

Hmm, firefox ok on mine on that site (3.0.10 on XP). Weird.

i'm your biggest fan i'll follow you until you love me - Roger Roger Livesey
Baby there's no other superstar you know that i'll be - Roger Roger Livesey

Don't believe I waited this long to watch A Matter of Life and Death. What a gorgeous movie. Think I'll watch another one later, Black Narcissus maybe?

AMoLAD is stupendous, I've been yearning for it to get released on blu-ray.

Have you seen Black Narcissus before? Beautiful and very unsettling at the same time.

Nope, never seen it. Think that's my evening sorted.

also, early Jean Simmons role

Yr in for a treat - would be interested to hear your thoughts once you've seen it. Timely viewing as well given Jean Simmons's passing last week (you got there before me Morbs!). She's captivating in it.

I'll report back!

Black Narcissus: Wow. Going to have to collect my thoughts on it a bit, but wow.

Kathleen Byron died just over a week ago too, strangely.

Or rather, no she didn't. That was last year. Me and my speedy wikipedia scans.

Apparently Esmond Knight is no longer with us as well.

Jesus christ that Red Shoes restoration!

July:

http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/2764/44_BD_box_348x490.jpg http://criterion_production.s3.amazonaws.com/release_images/2758/93_BD_box_348x490.jpg

BN cover is superb

as always thank god for criterion or i'd only be buying action films on blu-ray

both covers, but especially r.s., are awful

both covers, but especially r.s., are terrific

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_of_Our_Aircraft_Is_Missing

on film four tomorrow at 15:10. it isn't, for some reason, in the big box set of archers films that is available (but is on film4 every couple of months and is only £4 on dvd anyway)

both covers, but especially r.s., are awful

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both covers, but especially r.s., are terrific

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