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Harry's DVD Picks & Peeks - 2nd week of May DVDs Part 2: YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH, WESTERNS, ROBOTS, SINATRA & More!!!

First by Prof_Ender	May 14th, 2008 05:42:53 PM
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by eoneon	May 14th, 2008 05:54:04 PM
First posters are gay! anyhow not much to look forward to here and what's w all the crappy hi def titles next week? Nacho Libre? Sahara? Meh
Navajo Joe Navajoe Joe! by kwisatzhaderach	May 14th, 2008 06:06:55 PM
Greatest them song ever.
"Corman constantly maid superior works..." by Kurutteru Yatsu	May 14th, 2008 06:23:18 PM
Too bad there's no edit feature around, Knowles could have gone back and "made" a correction there.
Oh of course Harry thinks Youth Without Youth is brilliant by IndustryKiller!	May 14th, 2008 06:29:16 PM
Nope he can't just say it's misunderstood or a beautiful failure, no he has to declare it as brilliant and one of the best films of 2007. Hear that filmmakers, all you have to do is make an incomprehensible film and, regardless of quality or meaning harry will declare it your masterpiece. Ask Francis Coppola or Richard Kelly. Seriously Harry, I'm asking you, have you ever met a Lynchian trip into the avante garde that you didn't think was one of the most brilliant cinematic experiences of your life? Do you have any sense of differenciation in these matters? What makes me angry is not that you like them all, but you like them all on the same general level int he same general way. As if there is no difference between any of it because you just don't get it, and your defense mechanism when you don't understand something is to simply be in awe of it and respect it tot eh point of absurdity. It's total bullshit and I think it lowers the art.
Youth Without Youth box quote... by CarmillaVonDoom	May 14th, 2008 06:56:01 PM
"...evidently the work of a master..." Hmmm, that doesn't really sound like PRAISE. Am I missing something?
Hmmm.....Tobor the Great....or Magnolia......... by BetaRayBill07	May 14th, 2008 06:56:30 PM
You knew it was coming.
I agree by thefreeagents	May 14th, 2008 06:57:53 PM
None But the Brave is a great movie. I'm still not sure if I want to see Youth Without Youth though.
To IndustryKiller by dasplatten	May 14th, 2008 07:02:06 PM
Hi! You know, I've been reading AICN for about ten years, and reading the talkback off and on for nearly as long. Only now have I been moved to get a user account so I could post a message criticizing someone's useless douchebaggery. You are angry at Harry because of how you perceive he understands avant garde or complicated films, and see the need to rant at him. Do you realize that you can only be angry about your perceptions of what he thinks, and nothing else? So really, you're angry at your own thoughts. I think, in the end, the only answer to your problem is probably that you are a complete douchebag.
Youth Without Youth...Most Underrated Film of 2007 by Phenom	May 14th, 2008 07:20:34 PM
Word.
"Navajo Joe" is Reece's Tracy Flick theme... by darthliquidator	May 14th, 2008 08:37:08 PM

RAAAR!! TOBOR WILL CORNHOLE YOU NOW!! by The Pusher	May 14th, 2008 08:37:56 PM
sorry.....
100% right about The Man With the Golden Arm.. by ckane123	May 14th, 2008 09:16:31 PM
Man Sinatra was fantastic in that film. ANYONE who dismisses Sir Francis' acting ability needs to watch this one. Perfunctory directing by Preminger but wow what a showcase for Sinatra.
Who buys and rents DVDs anymore? by Orionsangels	May 14th, 2008 09:27:45 PM
This is becoming a downloadable world. DVDs I hold in my hand?, hehe. How quaint! Thr Historic Blockbuster Museum - http://tinyurl.com/5qplha
Blu-ray will suck when it comes to small titles by WolfmanNards	May 14th, 2008 09:41:30 PM
Blu-ray is more expensive to produce than HD-DVD, which means that the studios are going to be way more careful with their releases. We're not going to see anything near the # of choices on DVD. HD-DVD cost almost the same for the studios to reproduce. Welcome to less choice.
Navajo Joe was also used in Kill Bill vol. 2 by Osmosis Jones	May 14th, 2008 09:55:50 PM

Wait a minute, you gave a shout out to "If You Don't Stop it... by LHombreSiniestro	May 14th, 2008 11:30:43 PM
Holy crap! My great Uncle was the distributor/ producer of that movie!! Thanks for giving it a shout out, Harry!! My family thanks you!!!
I'm absolutely flattered Dasplatten by IndustryKiller!	May 14th, 2008 11:52:43 PM
And Wilkommen to this our world of talkbacks. Anywho, in part you are correct. I don't know Harry and my analysis of his psyche is based almost totally on my own perception, but I think it's an educated guess based on years and years of reading the guys reviews and the fact that every time a film like this comes out he pretty much says the same god damn thing. Not to mention running into many other "cinephiles" who either love or hate certain films simply because they are weird. Harry, clearly falls into the former category. If he didn't his reviews would have a bit more nuance from film to film. So I'm using a few different independent experiences to analyze the man. I'm a bit mystified though as to how any of this means I'm angry at my own thoughts or that I'm a douche bag. Explain.
Navajo Jo by kafka07	May 15th, 2008 12:15:40 AM
Corbucci rules! Great choice. I just might check out those American made Westerns as well.
BluRay, why? by rayvin_	May 15th, 2008 01:07:47 AM
Seriously harry, why so many damn blu-ray titles next week? Most of them crappy movies to begin with, a higher resolution and improved audio a great movie wont make. And Cloverfield and There Will Be Blood is coming out on the 3rd of June, lets not jump the gun. If there arent any good, new(key word) titles on dvd why waste time on crappy hd versions of films?
WolfmanNards by wash	May 15th, 2008 01:48:46 AM
Does Blu-Ray cost more to produce than 8-Track tapes? How about Beta tapes? Mini Discs? 78RPM records? Please answer these highly relevant questions. Also, please tell Critereon not to produce Blu-Rays, because they didn't get the memo.
The Fire Within by psychedelic	May 15th, 2008 02:03:26 AM
I saw it about 12 years ago as part of a Malle retrospective just after he died. It's very good with lean narrative-driven direction, which is remarkable since Malle could have easily indulged in long-winded mediations on the meaninglessness of existence. I saw The Lovers at the same time and was very disappointed. It was supposed to be very racy with its open discussion of sex in 1958, but now just plays really dull. I’ve had long-standing affection for Malle every since that retrospective and to this day feel he’s underrated. I’m glad to see Criterion releasing his movies. I have the Murmur of the Heart/Lacombe, Lucien/Au Revoir Les Enfants box set.
Man of the West by fuldamobil	May 15th, 2008 02:09:40 AM
might be the greatest western ever made. No shitting. It's intense like nothing I've ever seen. And it takes place almost entirely indoors. Which is pretty weird for a western. A must see. Anthony Mann was the king. Also, thank god they finally released Some Came Running. An underappreciated classic from Vincent Minnelli, an underrated director. Some of the best Cinemascope photography of all time and my favorite melodrama outside of Sirk or Borzage (when are we going to get some of his films on DVD?).
Can we get a better description of Autism: The Musical, please?! by thebearovingian	May 15th, 2008 02:16:07 AM
Other than, "For Real. This is amazing. Really. It's a documentary. Amazing." BUT why is it amazing? What's the story? Random autistic kids? Is it really a musical? Are the random autistic kids the stars of the musical? Will we be able to understand the lyrics they are singing? You didn't even fucking watch it, did you?!
rayvin by jamazio	May 15th, 2008 02:50:18 AM
I agree with you on all these blu ray titles. Seems to me Harry will be any old crappo on blu ray for the sake of it being in HD. I think he should do a different section dedicated to blu ray. I have no intention of buying a blu ray player or any of its discs. I'm a little concerned that if you get used to the super perfect HD transfer then when you watch ordinary dvds they will look like VHS. I have a 32" HD ready TV and a DVD player with an HDMI output, thats all I need. Seriously, fuck blu ray.
DVDS are good enough by jamazio	May 15th, 2008 02:51:44 AM

Frontiers and Botched by loogenhausen	May 15th, 2008 04:47:51 AM
Both are worth seeking out if you're looking for some violence... Frontier(s) is great if you liked Inside and most of High Tension up until the piss poor ending. Botched is a crazy little horror comedy that surprised the hell out of me despite the presence of Stephen "Bad Choices" Dorff.
GOOD LUCK HARRY by billyhitchcock	May 15th, 2008 06:32:25 AM
can't wait to see you all thin and buff! a world without headgeek is one i would not like to contemplate.
GOOD LUCK HARRY AGAIN by Karl Childers	May 15th, 2008 06:40:44 AM

Great choices, Harry by seppukudkurosawa	May 15th, 2008 07:35:20 AM
I especially liked The Man With The Golden Arm, which I'll be picking up, as the copy I've got must be the lowest quality non-pirate DVD release ever put out. However, next time you get the urge to use a hyphen, just say no! I'm pretty sure that your review of The Kissing Bandit bust a blood vessel in my head.
I enjoyed the first 3/4 of Youth Without Youth by FILMFUNK	May 15th, 2008 07:44:53 AM
and couldn't understand all the negativity surrounding it then like I say about three quarters of the way through it went TOO mental, a girl turns up rambling in Ancient sancrit or something who looks like hi EX and from there it was just too weird Please someone help me fatheom how it panned in plain English coz I thought Copolla and all the cast espescially Roth did a sterling job only to kind of trip up towards the end but I hope i'm just too thick and want to be enlightened!?
Regular DVDs = good enough = you're poor by SpreadLegsNotWar	May 15th, 2008 07:49:49 AM
Just because you can't afford Blu-ray doesn't mean it sucks. If you think regular DVD is just as good as Blu-ray you need glasses or are just a bitter HD-DVD fanboy. I love it how HD-DVD used to be so awesome, how it was the future of home entertainment for people who chose it etc., etc. but now that they've "lost", SD-DVD or upconverting is good enough. Give me a fucking break. And downloads killing Blu-ray? LOL, have downloads killed SD-DVD? Uh, no. No multiply the size of downloading an SD-DVD x 10. Yeah, get back to me when you have the proper bandwidth to pull down that kind of data in a reasonable amount of time. Downloading music hasn't killed CDs either and those files are miniscule by comparison. If you're fine with your compressed to shit crappy 720p 5.1 Xbox Live download rentals, fine, but I'll stick with 1080p plus loseless audio. And what are you going to when, as is always the case, your hard drive crashes? Aw, too bad. Pony up for those downloads again. How about if you want to watch a movie at your friends house? Ooo, sorry, you'll have to bring your console over or whateverthefuck new STB you have. LOL, yeah right. Downloading movies will become the standard, but that's not going to happen any time in the next ten years. Blu-ray is here to stay, get over your bitterness for choosing HD-DVD or hatred for Sony (who btw is not the sole backer of BR) and accept it.
"Here’s the great Coppola’s return to cinema" by GodMars	May 15th, 2008 08:19:52 AM
LOL, ok Harry. If you say so.
SpreadLegsNotWar by jamazio	May 15th, 2008 08:23:57 AM
Dumbass. Poor you say? Well what about personal film tastes? You ever think about that? I'm into mostly 70s film including stuff like exploitation, blaxpoitation, grindhouse movies, obscure cult gems, and IF they are released on blu-ray ever (which I highly doubt) how do you think they are gonna look? What would last house on the left or texas chainsaw massacre or coffy or obscure Giallo films look like? Just cuz I'm not into more modern stuff like shrek the third (which is always shown as a demo in tech store shop windows) or whatever is meant to look great on blu-ray, doesn't mean I can't afford one. A fairly cheap blu ray player costs around 200 quid in the UK, I could buy one if I wanted, plus the fact that the discs themselves are dropping down in price quite a bit (but hey! Look! It doesn't have as many extras as the dvd release!) but I don't like the idea that once you get used to the image quality dvds will look shit. Its like when you were getting used to dvd quality when they first came out, VHS was the equivalent of a dodgy TV signal. Personal finance has nothing to do with it.
telemarketer by jamazio	May 15th, 2008 09:02:35 AM
You sound like my next door neighbour. He's a pretty shady looking character too.
jamazio by SpreadLegsNotWar	May 15th, 2008 09:18:36 AM
"but I don't like the idea that once you get used to the image quality dvds will look shit." Well that's too bad because that's exactly what happens once you start watching Blu-rays. And yes, there are plenty of older movies that have fantastic transfers to Blu-ray. Believe it or not, they do look better.
Sinatra Best in FHTE and VRE by William Munny	May 15th, 2008 09:18:42 AM
Sinatra made his mark as an actor in From Here To Eternity - dramically, a movie that was ahead of its time. Von Ryan's Express is also a great vehicle for Sinatra, and provides lots of action like The Great Escape or The Dirty Dozen. The ending of VRE was completely Sinatra's idea - and he deserves credit for that.
telemarketer by Knuckleduster	May 15th, 2008 09:19:46 AM
You're funny.
I can no longer trust Harry's taste ... by TheAFLACDuck	May 15th, 2008 09:37:07 AM
after I found out his deep seeded hate for MST3K. I mean, have a sense of humour, man! Come'on.
The people bagging on HD by eggart	May 15th, 2008 10:00:35 AM
for no good reason are highly amusing.
The Fire Within & Louis Malle by drakeavenue	May 15th, 2008 10:01:42 AM
Can't wait to see these two new Malle additions in the Criterion set. Criterion sure does love them some Malle, and for good reason. If you haven't seen it, Elevator To The Gallows is a great taught little thriller with a score by Miles Davis. And his documentaries released under the Eclipse umbrella, are pretty fascinating as well. The one about the Tour de France is great!
Sinatra by skimn	May 15th, 2008 10:03:59 AM
Does anyone remember a movie called Assault On The Queen? I saw it as a double feature with Psycho at a drive-in when I was a wee little child. It was a Sinatra-caper flick about robbing from the Queen Mary... I think.
The Fire Within/Cleo From 5 to 7 double feature by drakeavenue	May 15th, 2008 10:04:48 AM
It just struck me how those two might make for a good, if not sobering, double feature.
Dances With Smokey by Hawaiian Organ Donor	May 15th, 2008 10:17:15 AM
Who knew that the Bandit did a movie about the plight of the American Indian? Sweaty Jesus on steroids, I freakin' love Harry's weekly DVD columns. The best way to discover stuff you never heard of.
jamazio by Bouncy X	May 15th, 2008 12:28:27 PM
dont worry, while its true that once you're used to blu-ray, regular dvds looks a little worse than you remembered, its not a huge dropoff. its not as bad as VHS that i can promise you. maybe it because i have an upconverting player but DVDs still look good. i have a 42inch as well so i figure if they still look good to me, they'd be more than fine on smaller tvs.
Blu-Ray vs. DVD by MCVamp	May 15th, 2008 01:40:05 PM
Look I LOVE my Blu-Ray player and HD projector. However, some movies do just fine in standard DVD and I can live with that. I don't need Dumb & Dumber or Strange Brew or Kentucky Fried Movie in HD. Don't tell me you do--you dont NEED it. You want it, and you really don't even know why. You're just greedy with too much disposable income (go sponsor an African kid or something.) I can live with "selective HD" as long as all the right movies are on there. If a studio doesn't want to clean up "Sister Street Fighter" or "I Spit on Your Grave" for Blu-Ray, then FINE. Release the best possible transfer on S-DVD and my projector will make it look as primo as possible. I have 420p stuff on my hard drive played through my PS3 that looks superb blown up and upscaled on a 90-inch screen. Would I prefer Blu-Ray if it was cost-effective, yes. But I'm not going to weep over not having something like No Retreat, No Surrender available in 1080p with lossless audio and 2 hours of HD extras.
Dear Ndugu... by loogenhausen	May 15th, 2008 02:38:48 PM
I'd rather sponsor an American kid.
Blueray made Not A shit of Difference to... by FILMFUNK	May 15th, 2008 06:00:55 PM
Alien Vs Predator Rectum!
$60 a movie? by SpreadLegsNotWar	May 15th, 2008 06:44:39 PM
Talk about uninformed, that is ridiculously false and completely retarded. Have fun with regular DVD loser.
Salò has a rerelease date! by FraDolcino	May 15th, 2008 08:22:53 PM
If anyone is interested Criterion just announced their slate of August releases, including the long-awaited (by me at least) rerelease of Pasolini's Salò. I lost track of the "Criterion has chosen BluRay" talkback so I posted here.
What can I say, telemarketer... by FraDolcino	May 15th, 2008 09:44:55 PM
I love Salò, haha! I'm one sick motherfucker.
MST3K and Salo! by maxjohnson1971	May 15th, 2008 10:38:51 PM
Harry can like all the stuff he wants, but this bs about MST3K "ruining" these old movies? I call bullshit on that. He is just trying to be "cool" or something by saying that. The VAST majority of the movies on there are almost unwatchable. Even if you watched them without Joel/Mike and the Bots, you'd sit there and make fun of them anyway. I just watched "MST3K: The Movie" last night - twice! Fucking funny. Do I have less respect for "This Island Earth?" No, but lets be honest. If it weren't for that iconic alien design, nobody would remember that movie anyway. Again, I call bullshit. He likes it, but doesn't want to admit it. Salo? Back on DVD? Is the Blu-Ray coming too? Wooo Hooo!!! Can't wait for that one. Finally retire that $70 bootleg VHS!
Youth Without Youth by Chishu_Ryu	May 15th, 2008 11:33:08 PM
I loved this film. I have to say it's probably Coppolla's most personal film to date. How? Coppolla been through some shit since his glory days. He's lost his film empire through one box office bomb after another and reduced to making Hollywood hackery like Jack and Time to Kill. I think the only thing that's kept him afloat all these years is his wine business. Now, Youth Without Youth delves into some pretty deep shit, but if you want to break it down into simple character terms, the film is about second chances. In this film, Tim Roth's character is given a second chance at life. A second chance to finish his life's work, the book, and a second chance with his one true love. Coppolla is the same age as the character in the film. I'd say the man is attempting to live his own "second chance" right now. Youth Without Youth is the filmmaker's own statement on life, dreams, love. His own life, even. In this way, it's probably his most personal film to date.
descrpiton of autism:the musical by aicnball	May 16th, 2008 12:23:59 AM
It's a teacher who has a son with autism that decides to do a musical with all the people having autism. It is a great program as i caught it on hbo, and you will be suprsised at one of the parents of a child with autism, the only hint I'll give is was he is a member of Crosby Stills and Nash. Plus please don't make fun of people with autism as i have it, i have aspergers syndrome, which is a high-functioning form of autism, and also the type of autism that jason mcelwean has
I'm sure Pasolini by drakeavenue	May 16th, 2008 01:07:34 AM
would have appreciated the discussion and debate Salo is still generating to this day. It's a testament to the quality and importance of his work even if it comes with a level of divisiveness.
And still no Daisies from Criterion... by drakeavenue	May 16th, 2008 01:13:19 AM
Still waiting for Criterion to crack in to more Czech New Wave films other than just Milos Forman's. I know everyone has hopes for a favorite film of theirs to be Criterion-ed, and Daisies happens to be that one for me. One can wait I guess...
Industry Killer by SnakesOnABicycle	May 16th, 2008 03:01:13 AM
I couldn't agree with you more. Harry has almost a repulsive giddiness that usually destroys any opinion he makes... not because he raises expectations so high we immediately start preparing for the let down, but because he sounds like an annoying, slobbering, insecure fool.
"Who Blew-Ray" DVD Is ........ A HOLLYWOOD Conspiracy by Red Dawn Don	May 16th, 2008 03:45:48 AM
In the 1950's people were buying home TV's, so the theatre industry came out with WIDE-SCREEN theatres. 50 years later the Hollywood Industry is afraid of illegal downloading so they come up with big screen TV's and HIGH DEFINITION movies on discs (Who Blew-Ray? Not me.), to slow down the down-load process. Guess what they fooled you again. If the big screen owner did not have a 10 foot wide TV in his 15 foot living room he would be okay with SD-DVD (Standard Definition). Harry Knowles is exempt because he lives in a mansion of sorts. The rest of us live in normal houses with normal living rooms.
I'm sure Pasolini would also have enjoyed by JackRabbitSlim	May 16th, 2008 05:17:17 AM
the quality and quantity of chickenboy prostitutes he enjoyed fucking on a regular basis - until one of them finally murdered his kiddieraping ass
Youth Without Youth by Shawn F.	May 16th, 2008 06:24:13 AM
God that was fucking awful. Love Francis and I applaud his effort to make a small, personal film. But man, this was one incomprehensible pile of cinematic shit.
Good luck, Harry! by 11dayempire	May 16th, 2008 08:18:18 AM
Thindom, as you say, awaits. :)
MCVamp by Series7	May 16th, 2008 11:07:40 AM
If you are still here. Yeah totally agree. I saw that one of the first DVD Blu Ray releases was like the Adam Sandler collection. Like those movies will be the same on a shit smeared film projection as a high class fancy whatever. Its funny but its not techincal gueinuess. But you gotta understand why they do that. Because those are the DVDs that always sell, those are the ones that will convice idiot american he needs a blu ray. Which is sad because if I ever do get a Blu ray, I know I'll be able to buy Epic Movie probably way before I'll get to see something I really want to see on Blu Ray.
Sinatra by TheMahone	May 16th, 2008 11:28:11 AM
Man, I cannot believe it's been 10 years since FAS died, which is why we're seeing all these reissues. Unfortunately each of the box sets has a few clunkers in it. The Sinatra family has a deal with Warners, so we're only getting the movies they have rights to and not standouts like The Manchurian Candidate, Guys And Dolls, The Joker's Wild, High Society, and, of course, Pal Joey. The Man With The Golden Arm, Ocean's 11, and Robin and the Seven Hoods are all must-sees. There's also a new Sinatra/Gene Kelly DVD box set just released, too featuring Anchors Aweigh, New York, New York, and Take Me Out To The Ballgame. If anybody really wants to see some great Frank stuff, dig TCM this Sunday for A Man and His Music with Ella and Jobim, followed by Frank at his ring-dinginest in Pal Joey. Yeah, I'm a Sinatra nut. I'm a jazz singer from Jersey. Whaddaya expect? Ten years.. man, this calls for a Jack and water.
Tobor by MeshGearFoxx	May 16th, 2008 06:12:34 PM
spelled backwards is Robot. You read it here first.
Autism by eveelcapitalist	May 17th, 2008 05:40:34 AM
It's caused by vaccinations. Remember, if you love your kids you won't get them vaccinated. Ever. Let them get sick, the risk of corneal scarring and death from measles, mups and rubella is better then being a fucking retard the rest of their lives. Whooping cough? Adds character. Being retarded means getting pedophiled up by Michael Jackson.
Finally. A list that doesn't totally suck shit. by Uncle Stan	May 17th, 2008 06:37:43 AM

Great titles -Shitty covers by christian66	May 17th, 2008 04:50:49 PM
Except for Criterion. Gawd, they look bland photoshop marketing bullshit. Just give us the real posters.
I think there are about 2 films I want on Blu-Ray... by SmokeFilledTavern	May 18th, 2008 05:23:43 PM
...at this point. I was in the LD camp for 10 years, and came a couple years late to DVD. I have a big screen TV and no HD. It's going to be like that for awhile. No complaints here. Until more interesting stuff hits BLU-RAY (and is not made available on SD DVD) upgrading is pointless. Honestly, I don't see Blu-Ray ever taking first place...not arguing that a better format eventually will. But it's TOO SOON.
Blu-Ray vs Downloads by JaggedSac	May 18th, 2008 05:47:07 PM
Blu-Ray players are a bit expensive. I am not gonna buy a PS3 just for Blu-Ray(and if you buy a stand-alone player you are a fucking twit because the PS3 comes with a multi-core processor, gpu, hard-drive, wireless, and can also play games and is less expensive that almost all other players) because they are way too expensive. I will wait until downloads take off, which won't be long because rumor has it, new infra-structures are on the way that run at 100mbps. More than enough to stream HD content. Plus the content won't have to be saved on a hard disk, and in fact that would be the worst way of doing it. You would have a company with a giant server farm that you would have an account with. Once you purchase a movie, it is flagged as purchased by you, and you just stream it when you want to watch it. This also allows for the seamless growth of picture quality whenever a new television comes out that can handle more pixels. This is how XBox Live works. It is secure and consistent. This might not come for a while, and if it doesn't then I will get a Blu-Ray player. And hopefully they will have gone down in price by then.

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