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Swan 05-11-15 06:32 PM

Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
I'm making this thread mostly for my fellow commentators, so we can have an easier time picking a movie. Raul's DVD thread is extremely helpful when I'm planning a commentary with him, so I'm following suit. To my fellow commentators, I also have Netflix and Hulu.

I recently got rid of most of my movies, for various reasons, including the majority of my collection of Criterions (I used to have about 100 Criterions, maybe a few more than that), but I still have a good amount of films, I feel.

HORROR

BLU-RAY:

Amer
Antichrist
Army of Darkness
The Beyond
Black Christmas
Black Sunday
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
The Burning
Carrie
Christmas Evil
Crimson Peak
Cronos
Dawn of the Dead
The Descent
The Devil’s Backbone
Don’t Look Now
The Entity
The Evil Dead
Evil Dead
Evil Dead 2
Excision
Eyes Without a Face
The Fly
From Beyond
Ginger Snaps
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Halloween
Hellraiser
The Hills Have Eyes
The House by the Cemetery
The House of the Devil
Inferno
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (remake)
It Follows
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Let the Right One In
The Lords of Salem
Martyrs
Ms. 45
The New York Ripper
The Orphanage
Phenomena
Poultrygeist
The Prowler
Re-Animator
Repulsion
Rosemary’s Baby
Saw (the complete collection)
Scanners
Scream 4
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
They Live
The Thing
The Toxic Avenger
The Uninvited
Videodrome
The Witch
Zombie

DVD:

The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Alice, Sweet Alice
Basket Case
Blood and Black Lace
Blood Feast
A Bucket of Blood
Cabin Fever
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Cannibal Holocaust
Creepshow
The Curse of Frankenstein
Daughters of Darkness
Dead-Alive/Braindead
Dead Snow
Deep Red
The Devils
Don’t Torture a Duckling
Dr. Phibes Rises Again!
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Fright Night
Horror of Dracula
Hostel
Hostel Part II
House on Haunted Hill
Incubus
The Innocents
Kill, Baby, Kill
The Last House on the Left
Nekromantik
Night of the Living Dead
Nosferatu
Phantasm
Pieces
Possession
[REC]
The Slumber Party Massacre
Spider Baby
Suspiria
Thirst
Thriller: A Cruel Picture
Torso
Rabid
The Tenant
The Wicker Man
Wolf Creek

NON-HORROR

BLU-RAY:

20 Million Miles to Earth
Adaptation
Alice in Wonderland (animated)
Anomalisa
Autumn Sonata
Band of Outsiders
Being John Malkovich
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Birdman
Black Swan
Blue is the Warmest Color
Breaking the Waves
The Tim Burton Collection
Children of Men
Chinatown
Clerks
The Conformist
Coraline
The Double Life of Veronique
Drive
Enemy
Eraserhead
Escape from New York
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Godfather (complete collection)
Harakiri
A Hard Day’s Night
Harold and Maude
The Hateful Eight
Hellboy
Hellboy II
Her
Interstellar
Life is Sweet
The Lobster
The Long Goodbye
Looper
Lord of the Rings (Complete Extended Edition Trilogy)
The Master
Midnight Special
Moon
Mud
Mulholland Dr.
Naked
The Nightmare before Christmas
Once Upon a Time in the West
Pan’s Labyrinth
Persona
The Piano
The Prisoner (complete series)
A Scanner Darkly
Se7en
Seven Samurai
The Seventh Seal
Sicario
The Social Network
Spirited Away
Spring Breakers
Summer with Monika
Sunshine
Super
Synecdoche, New York
Take Shelter
Tarantino XX Collection
There Will Be Blood
The Turin Horse
Under the Skin
Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
Vivre sa Vie
The Wolf of Wall Street
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Zodiac

DVD:

American Movie
Boy Meets World
The Brother Quay Collection
Buddy Rich: At the Top
Cries and Whispers
Fantastic Planet
The Great Silence
Happy-Go-Lucky
Hot Rod
Irreversible
Le Samourai
Man Bites Dog
Pink Floyd The Wall
Primer
Shotgun Stories
Stop Motion Animation - Puppet Creation
Talk to Her
Team America: World Police
Vampyr
The Village
The White Ribbon

jiraffejustin 05-11-15 10:19 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Movies I've seen that I'd be down to do a commentary on in the future:


Amer
Army of Darkness
The Beyond
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Carrie
Cronos
Dawn of the Dead
Demons
Eyes Without a Face
The Fly
Gojira
Halloween
The Hills Have Eyes
Let the Right One In
Possession (assuming this is the great one)
Re-Animator
Rosemary's Baby
Scanners
Scream 4
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre II
The Thing
The Toxic Avenger
Videodrome

Alice Sweet Alice
The Blair Witch Project
Blood and Black Lace
Day of the Dead
Dead-Alive
The Fog
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
The Innocents
May
Nekromantik
Night of the Living Dead
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3
The Old Dark House
The Shining Suspiria

Cemetery Man
The Last House on the Left
Phantom of the Opera (1925?)

Swan 05-11-15 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by jiraffejustin (Post 1307954)
Possession (assuming this is the great one)
Indeed.

Originally Posted by jiraffejustin (Post 1307954)
Phantom of the Opera (1925?)
Yes.

Swan 05-12-15 01:17 AM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Updated with general blu-ray and DVD.

honeykid 05-12-15 11:53 AM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
There's a great version of Possession? Why didn't you pick that instead of that crappy one? :p

MovieMeditation 05-12-15 11:59 AM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
I just added my movie collection to my signature, since you said you find it nice to be able to see what people own if you want to do a commentary. :)

It is 90% complete, but I'll update it soon... And on another note, if we plan the commentary in decent time, I'll be able to find a copy of whatever film we might choose, in less than an hour - 30 minutes if all goes well - so it's not like my movie library is the only stuff we can watch for commentaries, but it's a great thing to have. :up:;)

Swan 05-12-15 12:07 PM

Originally Posted by honeykid (Post 1308249)
There's a great version of Possession? Why didn't you pick that instead of that crappy one? :p
For shame, honeykid. Truly for shame. :D

Swan 05-13-15 01:47 AM

Looking to expand the number of exploitation films in my collection. Used Future recommended me some lesser-known exploitation films, so I ordered two of those.

Ohyaku: The Female Demon

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...pscf07xvjg.jpg

Fight for Your Life

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...pstuscz4lo.jpg

Also bought these two, which UF didn't recommend but I need to see anyway.

Who Can Kill a Child?

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...pshmn15xuo.jpg

The Mack

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psxgonfh02.jpg

Any other exploitation recommendations are welcome!

jiraffejustin 05-13-15 01:50 AM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
I can personally only vouch for Who Can Kill a Child?, it's a great movie, but it's less exploitative than most exploitation films.

I have The Mack on vhs, I bought it for like 50 cents a couple years ago.

Swan 05-13-15 01:53 AM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
How do you like The Mack, JJ?

jiraffejustin 05-13-15 01:54 AM

Originally Posted by Swan (Post 1309142)
How do you like The Mack, JJ?
I forgot to mention that I still haven't popped it in the VCR. :blush:

Swan 05-13-15 01:55 AM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
I would have bought Coffy as well, but I'm waiting for the blu-ray that comes out next month.

Swan 05-13-15 02:11 AM

Bought another pinky violence film, because that was the one that appealed to me most for some reason. :p

Sex and Fury - recommended by The Deuce, a badass site I discovered today.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psjqeljzsj.jpg

Nausicaä 05-13-15 12:15 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Who Can Kill A Child? is a fabulous film, good choice there. :)

honeykid 05-13-15 12:28 PM

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As you like Kill Bill, I'd recommend Lady Snowblood and its sequel.

Swan 05-13-15 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by honeykid (Post 1309294)
As you like Kill Bill, I'd recommend Lady Snowblood and its sequel.
I'll check out. Been a long time since I've seen Kill Bill, though I liked it when I saw it.

honeykid 05-13-15 12:36 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Between that and Thriller: A Cruel Picture you'll have all you need to see where Kill Bill's 'inspiration' comes from.

Swan 05-15-15 11:32 PM

I try and buy movies whenever I can. It's a bad habit... or is it a good habit?

Anyway, bought some more pinky violence. Bought a set that includes:

Criminal Woman: Killing Melody
Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom
Girl Boss Guerilla
Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless To Confess


http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psslbaytfr.jpg

rauldc14 05-15-15 11:35 PM

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Good lord what is happening to your taste :p. It used to be so good :)

Swan 05-15-15 11:38 PM

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:facepalm:

rauldc14 05-15-15 11:39 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Don't worry I have junk too. Chuck and Larry, Fun With Dick and Jane, Traffic, Morning Glory, etc. etc.

Swan 05-15-15 11:41 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
I still like arthouse, but I have a newfound love of grindhouse/exploitation. Why? Because I'm a style guy, and that stuff was often incredibly stylistic, I've found. It's also just fun. Live a little, buddy.

Anyway, for some reason the trash really appeals to me.

rauldc14 05-15-15 11:45 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
I'm just kidding Swan. It's all good.

Swan 05-15-15 11:46 PM

Originally Posted by rauldc14 (Post 1311445)
I'm just kidding Swan. It's all good.
I know, I was just ranting. :D

Lucas 05-16-15 12:07 AM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
You have an amazing collection Swan. Must have cost a fortune to get all those titles.

Swan 05-16-15 12:08 AM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Thanks Lucasman. :cool:

Lucas 05-16-15 12:14 AM

Originally Posted by Swan (Post 1311474)
Thanks Lucasman. :cool:
No prob Swandude. :cool:

I just got into collecting heavily this past year. Have spent a bit too much, but the collection is still in it's baby stages. In a year or two it might be something somewhat impressive.

I really need to get more Criterions, only have Summer Interlude and All that Heaven Allows at the moment.

Swan 05-16-15 12:16 AM

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Cool dude. I said it in the main post already, but I got rid of 3/4's of my collection. I had literally no room for them all in my new house. I'm excited at the opportunity to re-expand my collection again.

Lucas 05-16-15 12:21 AM

Originally Posted by Swan (Post 1311489)
Cool dude. I said it in the main post already, but I got rid of 3/4's of my collection. I had literally no room for them all in my new house. I'm excited at the opportunity to re-expand my collection again.
Yeah I did that for my DVD collection like six years ago, had about 50 titles. I made the horrible mistake of trading them in at MovieStop. I got seriously ripped off lol. :mad:

Swan 05-16-15 12:25 AM

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Tell me about it brother. I feel like I got a bit ripped off, as well.

Lucas 05-16-15 12:28 AM

Originally Posted by Swan (Post 1311497)
Tell me about it brother. I feel like I got a bit ripped off, as well.
I think I got like 20$ for over 50 titles! Wish I could go back and slap myself in the face. :p

I really want to build a good blu-ray collection, my only worry is that a newer and better format will emerge in the future.

Swan 05-16-15 12:29 AM

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I have a feeling the next step will just be having a digital collection, but who knows.

rauldc14 05-16-15 01:11 PM

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I won't be going digital. That would end my collecting. I'll always have my DVDs though.

Swan 05-17-15 05:28 PM

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Holy crap, this pinky violence collection is blinding me with the color pink. :D

Swan 05-18-15 12:05 AM

Went a little crazy and bought some more. :laugh: I think that'll be enough for a while. Thanks to HK for recommending a few of these. :cool:

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps2jxdckyf.jpg

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Swan 05-19-15 09:33 PM

:cool:

She Killed in Ecstacy

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psmyowxkeo.jpg

Grindhouse Experience

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psatlqqahs.jpg

I have no clue what any of these movies are, but it was 20 grindhouse flicks for 11 bucks, so I went for it. We'll see if any of them are good.

Included are:

Womens Camp 119
Tortured Angels
Savage Man/Savage Beast
Raw Force
Confessions of a Police Captain
Executioner 2
Poseidon Explosion
Earthquake 7.9
Violent Professionals
Frank and Tony
Kung Fu Punch of Death
Return of the Tiger
Go Kill and Come Back
Bounty Man
Three Tough Guys
Mandinga
The Children
Demon Witch Child
High School Hitch Hikers
Carry On Emannuelle

Swan 05-20-15 10:29 AM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Ugh. Amazon can't seem to find Stone or I Drink Your Blood in their warehouse, so I just cancelled the order for those two. Damn them. :mad:

honeykid 05-20-15 10:40 AM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Violent Professionals is a film I've wanted to see for a while, I think. I think it's one of the trailers I saw on one of those grindhouse trailers discs one.

Swan 05-20-15 10:41 AM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Yeah, it seems there might be some good gems on that set. I think it'll have been worth the price.

Used Future 05-20-15 10:58 AM

That's a real shame about Stone which would be a good film to watch right now what with all the Fury Road talk. It often feels like the godfather to the original Mad Max film, and also co-stars Hugh Keays-Byrne who gives another oddball performance.

I Drink Your Blood is a funny Romero knock off with cut rate gore effects and the lovely Lynn Lowry from Davey C's Shivers . It's an oft mentioned exploiter that doesn't really live up to it's 'classic' reputation. I say there's better stuff out there to be going on with.

Looks like you've been adding a lot of films close to my heart. I also recently picked up that blu ray edition of Ms. 45. Had a bootleg of the French dvd release for years so it's great to own a legit copy at last.

Not seen that much Jess Franco stuff - only Vampyros Lesbos (which is rubbish, but has one of the coolest scores of all time), Venus In Furs, Jack the Ripper, Wanda, the Wicked Warden (which was marketed as an Ilsa movie because of Dyanne Thorne), and Oasis of the Zombies which rivals Zombie Lake as one of the worst movies of all time.

Anyway glad to see you're enjoying these and don't feel like you've wasted your money.
If you like the Pinky Violence stuff then also check out Shunya Itô's three* original Female Prisoner: Scorpion movies (I like Meiko Kaji even more than Reiko Ike). There's also Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight, and Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs - some of the very best there. ;)

[EDIT]*There's a fourth Scorpion movie Grudge Song also starring Kaji but with a different director. It's ok, but not as good as the first three.

Swan 05-20-15 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by Used Future (Post 1316279)
That's a real shame about Stone which would be a good film to watch right now what with all the Fury Road talk. It often feels like the godfather to the original Mad Max film, and also co-stars Hugh Keays-Byrne who gives another oddball performance.
Yeah, I'm pretty bummed about it. That was one of the ones I was looking forward to the most. I definitely still intend to get it, maybe when I get it that damn Amazon will know where it is. :mad:

This has never happened before, for me, where they can't locate one of their movies. Big bummer it had to be with this film.

Originally Posted by Used Future (Post 1316279)
Anyway glad to see you're enjoying these and don't feel like you've wasted your money.
If you like the Pinky Violence stuff then also check out Shunya Itô's three* original Female Prisoner: Scorpion movies (I like Meiko Kaji even more than Reiko Ike). There's also Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight, and Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs - some of the very best there. ;)
I do intend to buy the Female Prisoner: Scorpion films, but a lot of these exploitation films are rather expensive and/or you have to buy second-hand. So I'm going to wait a little bit.

Thanks for checking in on the thread, Used Future. :)

Swan 05-21-15 01:08 PM

First off, I reordered Stone. I can wait a bit for it to arrive, no big deal.

Then I got these. Most of them are based on recommendations. I'll explain each one.

Blind Beast

Recommended by JJ and the samoan lawyer, this is the MVP of this purchase, the one I'm looking forward to the most. Unfortunately, it's also the one that Amazon has out of stock right now so it might take a while. :mad:

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...pstqxx49g7.jpg

Four of the Apocalypse

I bought this for the Trash Vault. JJ and I really want to do a Fulci spaghetti western next, and this looked possibly the best out of the two we were looking at, plus it's by Blue Underground, so I went for it.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psb5hgctvp.jpg

The Great Silence

Recommended by JJ. I've been meaning to see a Corbucci spaghetti western for a while now, and this looked better than Django, so I got it.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...pshsmbdbdb.jpg

Switchblade Sisters

Recommended by Quentin Tarantino. :D I don't know much about it, but it was cheap and I liked the girl-gang stuff in Girl Boss Guerilla, so I went for it.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psnuzq8wl6.jpg

Used Future 05-21-15 01:48 PM

+ rep for The Great Silence and Switchblade Sisters which are both great in their own way. I also have both on dvd and predict you wont be disappointed with either. I was actually going to recommend Switchblade Sisters to you as a solid cheap purchase (at least it was when I last looked). Another classic from Jack Hill that predates the cycle of gang films that includes The Warriors and The Wanderers.

I've seen quite a lot of Fulci but not Four of the Apocalypse despite my love of Euro westerns. Have heard it's pretty nasty, depraved and grueling which shouldn't surprise anyone familiar with the director's work. Let me know what you think because it's been on my radar for years and I'll pick up the dvd cheap. Incidentally my favourite Fulci is The Psychic aka Seven Notes In Black which I heartily recommend seeing as you've already seen and enjoyed Zombi 2, and The Beyond . :)

Swan 05-21-15 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by Used Future (Post 1317263)
+ rep for The Great Silence and Switchblade Sisters which are both great in their own way. I also have both on dvd and predict you wont be disappointed with either. I was actually going to recommend Switchblade Sisters to you as a solid cheap purchase (at least it was when I last looked). Another classic from Jack Hill that predates the cycle of gang films that includes The Warriors and The Wanderers.
Oh good, glad to hear Switchblade Sisters was worth the purchase. I'm looking forward to The Great Silence quite a bit, too. Corbucci seems great and it has the always fascinating Kinski in it.

Originally Posted by Used Future (Post 1317263)
I've seen quite a lot of Fulci but not Four of the Apocalypse despite my love of Euro westerns. Have heard it's pretty nasty, depraved and grueling which shouldn't surprise anyone familiar with the director's work. Let me know what you think because it's been on my radar for years and I'll pick up the dvd cheap. Incidentally my favourite Fulci is The Psychic aka Seven Notes In Black which I heartily recommend seeing as you've already seen and enjoyed Zombi 2, and The Beyond . :)
I was going to say, I'm not surprised to hear it's depraved and nasty. :laugh: A Fulci western sounds so cool to me, I'm really hoping it's good and in line with his horror. I've also heard great things about The Psychic. I know Tarantino loves it, and now with your recommendation, I'll put it quite a bit higher on my watchlist. Thanks UF. :)

Swan 05-24-15 03:55 AM

So I've now got more than enough horror and exploitation to last me a while. Time for some different stuff. And since I had a transcendent rewatch of Take Shelter tonight, I decided to go ahead and buy the rest of Jeff Nichols small filmography. I have seen Mud before, and dug it. Shotgun Stories is a blind buy but I've heard good things.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps4amnjt4p.jpg

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MovieMeditation 05-25-15 06:39 AM

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I definitely need to see Shotgun Stories! I really liked Mud as well, and I own that one too. Looks like I generally love what Jeff Nichols does, so let's see if Shotgun Stories is great as well. I'll look forward to your thoughts once you see it! :up:

Swan 05-25-15 09:35 AM

Thanks for checking in, MovieMeds. I think Nichols is great, too. :up:

Anyway, I had been meaning to get some more Mike Leigh, so it's about time I do that. I've seen Naked and Happy-Go-Lucky, and loved both. I imagine those are probably his two most polar opposite films, considering one is so bleak and misanthropic while the other has this really charming, cheery character. Anyway, he's two for two and if he keeps impressing me like this he'll be a favorite director of mine in no time. Thanks honeykid for directing me in the right direction as to what to get.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps5dyrstyv.jpg

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mistique 05-25-15 09:37 AM

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^I haven't seen those two, but I've seen Happy-Go-Lucky and Secret and Lies and loved them.

Swan 05-26-15 11:37 PM

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honeykid 05-27-15 08:20 AM

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I'll be interested to see what you think of Mr. Turner.

Swan 05-27-15 08:21 AM

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I'll let you know. I'm looking forward to it. Mike Leigh. :up: :D

Swan 05-27-15 06:23 PM

Got these for cheap. A Fulci I have never seen and a slightly pretentious but nonetheless fascinating and moving Malick pic. I love it personally. And it has Jessica Chastain! So it's a win anyway.

http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/n...psdgym7rxv.jpg

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Lucas 05-27-15 06:32 PM

The Tree of Life is one of those films I desperately need to see again. First time viewing it I was not in the right mindset or mood, although it's grown on me over time. If I see it again, there's a chance I might consider it a masterpiece.

Great pickups. :up:

MovieMeditation 05-27-15 06:33 PM

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What a buy, Swan! And I'm glad to hear you have nice words about it too. Yes, I'll admit it's slightly pretentious, but it's also so damn ambitious that it's hard to think anything else. The meaning of life itself, the way humans understand and interpret life, religion, science, love, innocence, guilt..... There is so much crammed into this picture it's unbelievable.

But one thing's for certain: it's a damn fine looking movie, stunning actually, and the Blu-ray transfer is top notch. A must own for that reason alone. :cool:

Lucas 05-27-15 06:35 PM

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I don't think the old Terry boy is pretentious, but he does sort of "lose" himself in his visuals sometimes. But what visuals they are. :love:

Swan 05-27-15 06:36 PM

Cheers guys. I agree with you Meds. It's not flawless but it's still beautifully made. I still can't believe it didn't get the win for cinematography at the Oscars, but I'm just now starting to realize the Oscars are kind of for sh*t. :p Took me a while, eh?

I'm excited to give it another go. I LOVED it both times I have seen it, despite it's flaws (mostly notably the pretentiousness).

Swan 05-27-15 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by Lucas (Post 1322388)
I don't think the old Terry boy is pretentious, but he does sort of "lose" himself in his visuals sometimes. But what visuals they are. :love:
For me, the pretentiousness was most noticeable in the voiceovers. They bothered me a little bit, but it's really a minor criticism.

MovieMeditation 05-27-15 06:39 PM

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I still loose my head thinking about the fact that it lost the cinematography award... One of the biggest snubs ever.

Swan 05-28-15 09:46 PM

So of these, I've seen The Conformist and The Long Goodbye. Been meaning to buy The Long Goodbye for a long time, because it's a great film. I bought The Conformist even though I don't really remember it, because I'm interested in further exploring general Italian cinema after loving all this Italian horror and spaghetti westerns. They're so stylish and cinematic.

Also bought Big Trouble in Little China, which I've never seen.

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rauldc14 05-28-15 09:53 PM

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Big Trouble in Little China commentary in the future

Swan 05-28-15 09:54 PM

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Yep. Primary reason I bought it. :D

Used Future 05-28-15 10:46 PM

Ha! I also picked up that Big Trouble In Little China blu ray recently but haven't posted it yet. The film is super entertaining and just ripe for a commentary, I really hope you like it. Incidentally Kurt Russell is always great to listen to on commentary tracks and seems like a lot of fun in real life.

Sadly Fulci's The Black Cat is one of his lesser horror efforts in my humble opinion. Pretty sub-par and boring unless you're a fanatical Poe film completionist. I really must re-recommend The Psychic and his UK set giallo A Lizard in a Woman's Skin which I think is far cooler than Don't Torture A Duckling.

The Long Goodbye is another solid purchase, though not my favourite 70's noir. Love me some Elliot Gould though.

Never seen The Conformist which is something I'm not proud of. HK thinks it's a snooze, but HK also thinks Sci-fi and westerns are rubbish so go figure. :)

Swan 05-28-15 10:54 PM

Originally Posted by Used Future (Post 1323198)
Ha! I also picked up that Big Trouble In Little China blu ray recently but haven't posted it yet. The film is super entertaining and just ripe for a commentary, I really hope you like it. Incidentally Kurt Russell is always great to listen to on commentary tracks and seems like a lot of fun in real life.

Sadly Fulci's The Black Cat is one of his lesser horror efforts in my humble opinion. Pretty sub-par and boring unless you're a fanatical Poe film completionist. I really must re-recommend The Psychic and his UK set giallo A Lizard in a Woman's Skin which I think is far cooler than Don't Torture A Duckling.

The Long Goodbye is another solid purchase, though not my favourite 70's noir. Love me some Elliot Gould though.

Never seen The Conformist which is something I'm not proud of. HK thinks it's a snooze, but HK also thinks Sci-fi and westerns are rubbish so go figure. :)
I bought The Black Cat because it was five bucks and I might just end up being a Fulci completist. :p My dad has A Lizard in a Woman's Skin, and I am looking to buy The Psychic based on your and a few others recommendation, but have not yet found it at a decent price.

Thanks for checking up on the thread UF. :)

Swan 05-29-15 04:25 AM

Favorite western and favorite Fellini! Also, honeykid's favorite film L'avventura!

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honeykid 05-29-15 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by Swan (Post 1323162)
So of these, I've seen The Conformist and The Long Goodbye.
I was going to say "... and you still bought them?!?!?" but then I went to the next page and saw you'd bought L'avventura.. :facepalm: Frankly I'd rather watch both The Conformist and The Long Goodbye again than L'avventura.

Swan 05-29-15 11:22 AM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Oh hush! :D

Swan 05-30-15 03:21 AM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
(Hopefully) ending the mega buying streak with a blind buy. Looks like something I might like.

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rauldc14 05-30-15 04:17 AM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
L'Avventura is a great film, don't listen to HK for he knows what not he says.

Swan 05-30-15 04:20 AM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
I love L'avventura, raul! Excited to rewatch it.

Swan 05-31-15 02:07 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
So I lent my copy of The 400 Blows to my older sister and totally forgot. :laugh:

Added.

Swan 06-02-15 02:34 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
For the 7th Hall of Fame:

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Swan 06-04-15 04:39 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Newest addition to the family courtesy of rauldc14!

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Nope1172 06-04-15 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by Swan (Post 1307808)
I'm making this thread mostly for my fellow commentators, so we can have an easier time picking a movie. Raul's DVD thread is extremely helpful when I'm planning a commentary with him, so I'm following suit. To my fellow commentators, I also have Netflix and Hulu.

I recently got rid of most of my movies, for various reasons, including the majority of my collection of Criterions (I used to have about 100 Criterions, maybe a few more than that), but I still have a good amount of films, I feel.

BLU-RAY:

20 Million Miles to Earth
Amer
Army of Darkness
Autumn Sonata
The Beyond
Big Trouble in Little China
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Birdman
Black Christmas
Black Swan
The Blood Trilogy (Blood Feast/ Two Thousand Maniacs!/ Color Me Blood Red)
Blue is the Warmest Color
Breaking the Waves
Carrie
Children of Men
Clerks
The Conformist
Cronos
Dark Star
Dawn of the Dead (1978)
Death Race 2000
Demons
Diabolique
Don't Look Now
The Double Life of Veronique
Drive
Enemy
The Entity
Eraserhead
The Evil Dead (1981)
Evil Dead (2013)
Evil Dead II
Eyes Without a Face
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Flight
The Fly
The Godfather Collection (The Godfather/ The Godfather Part 2/ The Godfather Part 3)
Gojira (1954)
Halloween Collection (Halloween (1978)/ Halloween II (1981)/ Halloween 3: Season of the Witch/ Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers/ Halloween 5/ Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers/ Halloween: H20/ Halloween: Resurrection/ Halloween (2007)/ Halloween II (2009))
Harakiri
Hellboy
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Herzog: The Collection (Even Dwarfs Started Small/ Land of Silence and Darkness/ Fata Morgana/ Aguirre, the Wrath of God/ The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser/ Heart of Glass/ Stroszek/ Woyzeck/ Nosferatu the Vampyre/ Fitzcarraldo/ Ballad of Little Soldier/ Where the Green Ants Dream/ Cobra Verde/ Lessons of Darkness/ Little Dieter Needs to Fly/ My Best Fiend)
The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
The House of the Devil
Interstellar
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Killer Joe
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
La Dolce Vita
L'avventura
Let the Right One In
Life is Sweet
The Long Goodbye
The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
M
Mr. Turner
Ms. 45
Mud
Naked
Oculus
Once Upon a Time in the West
The Orphanage
Pan's Labyrinth
Phenomena
Persona
The Piano
Possession
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
The Prisoner series
Re-Animator
Repulsion
Rolling Thunder
Rosemary’s Baby
Santa Sangre
A Scanner Darkly
Scanners
Scream 4
Se7en
The Seventh Seal
Signs
The Social Network
The Stepfather
Stoker
Super
Take Shelter
Tarantino XX (True Romance/ Reservoir Dogs/ Pulp Fiction/ Jackie Brown/ Kill Bill: Vol. 1/ Kill Bill: Vol. 2/ Death Proof/ Inglorious Basterds)
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre II
There Will be Blood
They Live
The Thing (1982)
Three Colors Trilogy (Blue/ White/ Red)
The Toxic Avenger
Tourist Trap
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (1976) (includes The Evictors)
The Turin Horse
The Tree of Life
Videodrome
The World's End

DVD:

The 400 Blows
Alice Sweet Alice
American Movie
April Fool’s Day (1986)
Bad Taste
Basket Case
The Black Cat (1981)
The Blair Witch Project
The Blob (1988)
Blood and Black Lace
Blow-Up
The Brothers Quay Collection
A Bucket of Blood
Cabin Fever
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
The Celebration
Children of the Corn
Christine
Creepshow
Cries and Whispers
Day of the Dead
Dead-Alive
Deep Red
Fantastic Planet
Faust
Fight for Your Life
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Freddy vs. Jason
The Fog (1980)
Four of the Apocalypse
Friday the 13th (1980)
Ginger Snaps
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed
Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning
The Great Silence
Grindhouse Experience: Volume 1
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Horror of Dracula
Hot Fuzz
The Howling
I Am Curious... (I Am Curious: Yellow/ I Am Curious: Blue)
The Innocents
Insomnia (1997)
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (2005)
Knocked Up
Land of the Dead
The Loved Ones
The Mack
May
Mountain of the Cannibal God
The Mummy (1959)
Nekromantik
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
A Nightmare on Elm Street Collection (A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)/ A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge/ A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors/ A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master/ A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child/ New Nightmare)
Ohyaku: The Female Demon
The Old Dark House (1932)
The Piano Teacher
Pink Floyd the Wall
The Pinky Violence Collection (Criminal Woman: Killing Melody/ Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom/ Girl Boss Guerilla/ Delinquent Girl Boss: Worthless To Confess)
Pontypool
Primer
Rabid
Return of the Living Dead
Sex and Fury
Shaun of the Dead
She Killed in Ecstacy
The Shining
Shotgun Stories
Stalker
Stone
Superbad
Suspiria
Switchblade Sisters
Team America: World Police
The Tenant
Three Films by Hiroshi Teshigahara (Pitfall/ The Face of Another/ Woman in the Dunes)
The Thing from Another World
Timecrimes
Torture Garden
The Valley of Gwangi
Vampyr
Vera Drake
The White Ribbon
Who Can Kill a Child?
Do you keep track of your collection on bluray.com? it's very helpful

Swan 06-04-15 04:49 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
No, but I'll look into it. Thanks. :)

Miss Vicky 06-04-15 04:59 PM

Not gonna replace Being John Malkovich?

:tsk:

Swan 06-04-15 05:09 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Don't worry, I'm planning on it. Will probably be in my next purchase. :)

MovieMeditation 06-04-15 05:28 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Festen :up: :randy:

Swan 06-06-15 10:49 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
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Derek Vinyard 06-06-15 11:23 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
I'm interested to watch ''Le Samourai'' one day! and Amélie is one nice french movie

honeykid 06-07-15 08:02 AM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Rep because Amélie is just so lovely.

Swan 06-07-15 06:23 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
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rauldc14 06-07-15 08:40 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Damn you got the dough bro!

Miss Vicky 06-07-15 08:52 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
And still no Malkovich.

Swan 06-07-15 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by Miss Vicky (Post 1329302)
And still no Malkovich.
Almost bought it today at Streetlight. But then I thought, nah, let's annoy Vicky some more. :D

Sexy Celebrity 06-07-15 11:01 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Malkovich is a common, well known movie that shouldn't be represented by Criterion. You've gotta buy something more obscure, something less people have heard of.

rauldc14 06-08-15 07:26 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Something Asian.

Swan 06-08-15 08:59 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Seven Samurai aint that obscure. :p

Gatsby 06-08-15 09:23 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Buy a few Kenji Mizoguchi and Wong Kar Wai. Or even better, Oldboy.

Swan 06-08-15 09:24 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
I actually used to have In the Mood for Love and the Vengeance Trilogy. I still regret getting rid of them.

Actually, a lot of these purchases are REpurchases of things I used to have. :laugh:

Miss Vicky 06-08-15 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by Sexy Celebrity (Post 1329358)
Malkovich is a common, well known movie that shouldn't be represented by Criterion. You've gotta buy something more obscure, something less people have heard of.
I don't give a rat's ass about Criterion. My copy of BJM isn't Criterion. I just think Swan's crazy for getting rid of it and I think he needs to fix that. Especially since I nominated it for the HOF.

rauldc14 06-09-15 01:13 AM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Well, I will be buying criterion's in July. But nothing before that, with a house to buy and all.

Sexy Celebrity 06-09-15 03:19 AM

Originally Posted by Miss Vicky (Post 1329738)
I don't give a rat's ass about Criterion. My copy of BJM isn't Criterion. I just think Swan's crazy for getting rid of it and I think he needs to fix that. Especially since I nominated it for the HOF.
I'm just joking around and pretending to be a film snob.

honeykid 06-09-15 07:34 AM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
You should get Bio Zombie, Swan. :D I think you'd like it.

Swan 06-12-15 10:45 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
:shifty:

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Sexy Celebrity 06-12-15 10:47 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Uh oh. Incoming Spring Breakers GIF from Miss Vicky.

Miss Vicky 06-12-15 10:50 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
...and still no Malkovich.

Swan 06-12-15 10:54 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
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Swan 07-14-15 06:27 PM

Rebuys:

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New buys:

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MovieMeditation 07-14-15 06:37 PM

Her is one of my all-time favorite films! Didn't know you liked it, that's awesome. I liked Moon but wasn't a huge fan of it.

I want to watch Upstream Color and Ex Machina, and perhaps Shogun Assassin and Sunshine - heard good and bad about the latter.

It Follows was rather awesome!

Great buys overall!

Cole416 07-14-15 06:37 PM

Re: Swan's Blu-ray and DVD Collection
 
Sorry, but what is a rebuy?


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