i just bought the critirion collection's jean-luc godard's BAND OF OUTSIDERS. goddamn! i love this dvd. the menu alone is worth the purchase.
*rudie*
p.s.
it's cool that i'm the first one to post in this section. i feel like a real dork!
Haha, I felt the same in the PTA section... because probally everybody around is from the ptanderson.com nostalgic & all.....
I ordered LA BANDE APART criterion at 'mon oncle' - who lives in NY - yesterday, 'cause he's supossed to be here next week in Amsterdam ( Vincent, my man from Amsterdam!) but thanks for making a topic about Godard's flick 'cause now I'm droolin' even more :(
lucky bastard!
for some stupid reason i was told that it wouldnt be available in quebec!!! this cant be true!!! must order it from amazon!!!
EDIT: do you guys think my avatar is too big?
Quote from: cecil b. dementedlucky bastard!
EDIT: do you guys think my avatar is too big?
It seems OK to me
These new boards are so big and luxurious that you can have bigass avatars. It doesn't matter anymore.
Band of Outsiders won't be available at all in Canada due to contract restrictions.
~rougerum
Quote from: The Gold TrumpetBand of Outsiders won't be available at all in Canada due to contract restrictions.
~rougerum
ahhh man... but i can still order from amazon, right?
Quote from: cecil b. demented
ahhh man... but i can still order from amazon, right?
Yeah, just make sure it's amazon.com, not ca. You'll probably have to pay some hefty shipping charges but I guess it's worth it.
EDIT - they actually do have it on amazon.ca. My bad. :oops:
I've been watching a lot of Godard the past two weeks. Vivre Sa Vie (My Life To Live) is available on DVD, and is one of Godard's best films. It has a very austere, distanced feel, and the compositions are meticulously done (which shows that Godard wasn't merely a shoot-it-on-the-fly cinema verite director). Petit Soldat is worth looking at, too, merely for the quick cutting. Le Mepris was good, not as good as some of the others. I haven't seen Band A Part in a long time, so I'll have to buy it soon. I think Godard's best films are Breathless, A Married Woman, Alphaville, Weekend, and Vivre Sa Vie. He did 15 films between 1960 and 1967. He continues to make films his way, with no regard for the marketplace or for trends. He's never sold out, unlike a lot of directors.
how is the Breathless DVD?
DVDFile review of Band Of Outsiders:
http://www.dvdfile.com/software/review/dvd-video_6/bandofoutsiders.html
no one owns Breathless in DVD form?
Quote from: bigideasno one owns Breathless in DVD form?
Fuck yeah I own that sweet freaking movie. The DVD is pretty cool. If you've seen one Fox Lorber DVD, you've pretty much seen them all. I'm not really an expert with transfers but this one seems pretty nice. The sounds seems nice. Everything is nice, the movie fucking rocks.
I got Band of Outsiders too. What a cool movie, what a freaking weird, cool movie.
did anyone felt like taking Madison lessons after watching this movie?
yeah, i need to get this. i bought the Fox Lorber My Live to Live and it was amazing........how is the Little Soldier?
......and A Woman is a Woman is likely to be relased by Criterion so says GT
Quote from: bigideasno one owns Breathless in DVD form?
I rented it from the library. It is an okay disc if you aren't too picky about video transfers, but I was disappointed in it. It looks to be a PAL to NTSC conversion and I remember noticing some compression and/or noise reduction artifacts. Otherwise it is a fairly clean transfer, but hope that Criterion does this one someday, as there is room for improvement. Fox Lorber is known for subpar transfers.
that's an old post, i actually bought the DVD a few months back.
Fox Lorber aren't the greatest, but they're cheap and i've gotten to see My Life to Live and Shoot the Piano Player that way......even a subpar transfer can't deny the greatness of the films.
My Life To Live is actually a pretty good transfer. Le Petit Soldat is passable. And it's not like Breathless is so bad that it ruins the movie. It's not distracting in any way.
how would you rate Le Petit Soldat alongisde the other Godard films?
i'm not talking about transfer or the DVD, i mean the film itself.
i just ordered Band of Outsiders a few minutes ago.
Very high. I've never figured why it's not mentioned among his best. Notable for two reasons: Anna Karina's debut (lovingly shot in extended close-ups), and the torture sequence.
Yes, all must see Le Petit Soldat.
i watched this soon after i got it and was a little disappointed.
butttttt, i watched the second time last night and really enjoyed it.
the glossary section was pretty interesting.
can't wait for A Woman is a Woman!!
Band of Outsiders is a great film(see avatar...love that scene), now i gotta get the breathless dvd.