Movies not on DVD

[cherydactyl]

In my college and early married years, I went to a lot of movies at the Michigan Theatre. We saw a lot of offbeat stuff, including the original Pixar short in an animated film fest before Pixar was anything but a tiny computer animation studio struggling to make a name for itself. I saw a lot of foreign and independent films before Sundance got so hot and made indie films le sexay. I remember fondly the Henry V double feature...the Lawrence Olivier version paired with the then-new Kenneth Branaugh one. I miss us being members of the Michigan. *Thinks ahead to life after children are old enough to not need a babysitter; sighs*

I absolutely adored the films of Peter Greenaway, including the infamous The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover. That one is worth a look if you like the odd and shockable, btw, and IS available on DVD.

Two films of his that I would really like to see again, Prospero's Books, which starred John Gielgud as the title character in an absolutely lush vision of Shakespeare's Tempest, and Drowning by Numbers, are not available on DVD. *cries*

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[folkmew.livejournal.com]

*Thinks ahead to life after children are old enough to not need a babysitter; sighs*

Boy do I hear *that!* ;-)

I love the Michigan. We have a nice artsy theater in Burlington but it doesn't comapre to Michigan. Alas. The one in Montpelier might but I haven't been there.

I like Prospero's Books as I recall but "The Cook, The Theif, His Wife, and Her Lover" was too upsetting for me. I am pretty sure I saw all of it and I couldn't tell you now why it bothered me so much at the time but I do remember vividly thinking it was just too disturbing.

Maybe I should give it another try now...

[cherydactyl.livejournal.com]

Well, it does involve rather disturbing acts of unknowing cannibalism, as I recall, and seemingly oceans of blood at one point. I remember a scene that looked like an army must have been bled in that restaurant. Definitely not everyone's cup of tea, and not my favorite of his for that over-the-top reason.