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Adventure of Baron Munchausen Special
I am moist with the news that The Adventure of Baron Munchausen 20th Anniversary Edition is out on DVD and blue-ray as Mack reports on twitch. And I have the same confession that I do not have any format of this movie at home. Shame on me. Although I missed out on the big screen as it was impossible to release the film in Thailand, so was another Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, I watched it several times on Laser Disc. Remember the format, anyone 30 up? It is definitely my all-time classic.
This is going to be my wish list. Pity my Birthday is still far away, let alone Greeting Season Holiday.
Cinema 16 British
16 doses of shorts from UK masters.
It seems unreal that someone put my favourite filmmakers on the same disc: Ridley Scott, Peter Greenaway, Mike Leigh and even Martin Parr, who are more recognised as a documentary photographer. It is the compilation of early works that gave them the launch pads to their big career. You can find that shorts are likely be more freely creative, sometime more indulgent than feature length films. But that craft of producing a long movie is another complex story. And this proves how these directors still keep the their own story telling style.
The usual themes are about coming of age which is fair enough that artists’ first picks are close to themselves. Anyhow, growing up in the UK is just a tad out of my cultural references. They are just too bleak for my liking. The piece I like the most is Telling Lies by Simon Ellis with its humour and simple graphics. His first feature debut will be released soon. Watch out for this guy.
There are more in this Cinema 16 series: European, American, European (US Edition) and World which is due in early 2008. Can’t wait to see more.
Anywhere Chairs DVD
Posted by 'Pong in DVD, Movies, Photography, Shorts on 17/07/2007
This is pretty much the last bit of Anywhere Chairs project, making DVDs. Because I was working with my own tools not the school’s facilities, the first two DVDs with various of compressed file formats were made as the masters for Metro Screen and myself. They are in cases with printed covers. “It’s about the presentation” I told them while handing one of the masters. This new batch of five is given to other associates:
I keep one and will give one away. Interested, anyone? Just leave a comment on this post and tell us what item you would like to dump on the street the most. The DVD will be posted to the witty lucky winner which will be selected by the end of next week, Sunday 22 July 2007. Be imaginative.
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