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For 6 years now we've had a thread going at the film forums for Desert Island Films.
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As an AVF community we do a lot of watching on our home systems, so I thought it only right that we have a parallel Desert Island Disc thread.
Feel free to be flexible. Just name your favourite films (about 10, but my counting can be poor) which are available on Blu-ray Disc, if you like. Or maybe, if one of these releases is sub-standard, choose another. You might want to balance the quality of the film with the quality of the presentation.
Just don't make it another demo-disc thread - we have plenty of those.
Perhaps you'll want to list your favourite films and say which are out on Blu-ray Disc and which you're still waiting for.
Feel free to read the other thread for ideas.
At that other thread I listed my 10 favourite films as the following:
Casablanca (Michael Curtiz 1942) - All Blu-ray Disc releases are good, with the US re-issue perhaps edging the earlier version
Crimes and Misdemeanours (Woody Allen 1989) - Twilight Time's splendid release (limited to just 3,000 copies) is not sold out. Yet.
The Godfather 1&2 (Francis Ford Coppola 1972 & 1974) - Superb restoration by Robert A Harris, can be bought very cheaply, and you even get the inferior (but not bad) 3rd instalment thrown in for free!
Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer 1949) - Optimum's restoration is pretty good.
A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger ["The Archers"] 1946) - Out in France next week.
OldBoy (Chan-wook Park 2003) - Debate continues about the various transfers available, and rumours come and go about a re-master, but the current UK Blu-ray release is fine for now. DON'T get the dodgy re-make.
Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino 1994) - Some people don't like the Blu-ray Disc, but it's fine for me.
The Swimmer (Frank Perry 1968) - Superb release from Grindhouse (who'd have thought it?).
The Third Man (Carol Reed 1949) - The UK Studio Canal version is okay, but the now deleted Criterion is superior. That transfer now available from Italy.
Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock 1958) - An imperfect transfer, with just a few issues, but bloody excellent for 95% of the film.
Six years on and I don't think I've changed considerably. Of course, it can change from day-to-day and hour-to-hour, but I think it's still there or thereabouts. I might have to go away and have a think.
All are now on Blu-ray Disc (and very decent releases, too) except A Matter of Life and Death, and as I say that appears in France next Tuesday.
Steve W
Desert Island Films | AVForums
As an AVF community we do a lot of watching on our home systems, so I thought it only right that we have a parallel Desert Island Disc thread.
Feel free to be flexible. Just name your favourite films (about 10, but my counting can be poor) which are available on Blu-ray Disc, if you like. Or maybe, if one of these releases is sub-standard, choose another. You might want to balance the quality of the film with the quality of the presentation.
Just don't make it another demo-disc thread - we have plenty of those.
Perhaps you'll want to list your favourite films and say which are out on Blu-ray Disc and which you're still waiting for.
Feel free to read the other thread for ideas.
At that other thread I listed my 10 favourite films as the following:
Casablanca (Michael Curtiz 1942) - All Blu-ray Disc releases are good, with the US re-issue perhaps edging the earlier version
Crimes and Misdemeanours (Woody Allen 1989) - Twilight Time's splendid release (limited to just 3,000 copies) is not sold out. Yet.
The Godfather 1&2 (Francis Ford Coppola 1972 & 1974) - Superb restoration by Robert A Harris, can be bought very cheaply, and you even get the inferior (but not bad) 3rd instalment thrown in for free!
Kind Hearts and Coronets (Robert Hamer 1949) - Optimum's restoration is pretty good.
A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger ["The Archers"] 1946) - Out in France next week.
OldBoy (Chan-wook Park 2003) - Debate continues about the various transfers available, and rumours come and go about a re-master, but the current UK Blu-ray release is fine for now. DON'T get the dodgy re-make.
Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino 1994) - Some people don't like the Blu-ray Disc, but it's fine for me.
The Swimmer (Frank Perry 1968) - Superb release from Grindhouse (who'd have thought it?).
The Third Man (Carol Reed 1949) - The UK Studio Canal version is okay, but the now deleted Criterion is superior. That transfer now available from Italy.
Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock 1958) - An imperfect transfer, with just a few issues, but bloody excellent for 95% of the film.
Six years on and I don't think I've changed considerably. Of course, it can change from day-to-day and hour-to-hour, but I think it's still there or thereabouts. I might have to go away and have a think.
All are now on Blu-ray Disc (and very decent releases, too) except A Matter of Life and Death, and as I say that appears in France next Tuesday.
Steve W
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