Age of Consent DVD review: http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s2791powe.html
________________________________ From: Phil Edwards <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 11:58:49 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Jack Cardiff One of the true greats. Absolutely essential viewing from his amazing career is WESTERN APPROACHES, perhaps his least known work. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037455/fullcredits#cast A re-enacted documentary for the Crown Film Unit, it features some of the most amazing Technicolor camerawork shot under truly difficult conditions. I thought we all liked I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING. I recently re-watched THEY'RE A WEIRD MOB a film that I had not seen since first release and one of two films shot in Australia by MP. It absolutely captures the then Australian spirit in riotous colour and is enormously observant of the times and mores. Still looking to find a quality DVD of AGE OF CONSENT, MP's other Australian film, featuring a gorgeous and very young Helen Mirren. Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Del Belso To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 2:04 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] My frustrations searching for old U.K. posters. I totally agree, Bruce. And I too regard I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING as one of my favorites. (but then again, there's hardly a Michael Powell film I don't like!). Speaking of Michael Powell: Jack Cardiff , whose passing we mourn today, was the cinematographer on both THE RED SHOES and BLACK NARCISSUS, two of the most gorgeous color films ever made. RDB Richard Del Belso ________________________________ Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:17:24 -0500 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] My frustrations searching for old U.K. posters. To: [email protected] This is a rare case where I have to disagree with David! I think Brief Encounter is a virtually perfect "little" movie. I think it completely and acurately captures the feelings good decent people go through when they find themselves in this situation, and I don't find a flaw in it. Obviously David really likes it as well, but he seems to be "apologizing" for liking it so much, and I think there is no reason to do so! I wish David Lean had stuck to making little movies, and left the epics to someone else (kubrick too!). A movie I like almost as much is "I Know Where I am Going", but few people seem to have ever seen it. Bruce On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Paul Gerrard <[email protected]> wrote: David, I think you would have had some rabid competition from me too if a GB HS for Brief Encounter had surfaced during that period - I haven't seen one in that format either. It is a great film, so restrained and simple in plot you feel it shouldn't work, especially viewed from today's perspective, but it shows Lean could make even small films seem epic with music, cinematography and the subtle suggestiveness of trains! (as per Hitchcock in NbNW). I'm sure some find it too over-melodramatic to bear - it's been well spoofed on comedy shows - even a current British TV ad - but it gets me every time. Assume the GB export one sheet that Phil refers to is this one:- http://www.movieposterstudio.com/tmp1/BriefEncounterGB1.jpg tho I do prefer the Quad image. The US Half Sheet http://www.movieposterstudio.com/tmp1/BriefEncounterUSHS.jpg seems to show this being marketed primarily as a woman's film, so that only goes to show what sensitive souls some of us men are! *cough* Russ Meyer movies are pretty good too. Freeman, is this the Churchill poster you saw printed on back of quad you sold recently? http://www.movieposterstudio.com/tmp1/backquad.jpg Phil, you're surely being over-modest about your expertise in this area (no irony), as your time in the UK must have pre-dated most UK dealers/collectors, along with some UK posters finding their way to Oz. And you probably have hair-raising tales to tell of the comparable rarity of Australian posters, especially larger format, due to population size, and lack of interest in cinema due to more pressing concerns like sheep-shearing and croc-wrestling (OK maybe that last bit isn't true and my perception of Australia has been severely scarred by movies). Another thumbs up from me for Sim Branaghan's book - it's excellent (or is that near mint), tho I'm ashamed to say I've only skimmed through it so far. He also did a podcast for Liverpool Museums: http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/podcasts/british_film_posters.aspx Overall, though, I'm sure the pattern of rarity for British material is echoed for other European material from war-torn countries, complicated by the fact that original release dates could vary enormously from country to country, censorship issues, import quotas etc etc. Hats off to Ed/Sue for pulling all this sort of information together. Paul Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. 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