"_Lola Montes_ can be shockingly inert -- a stale sachertorte that might have worked as a silent film or an awkward early talkie." No, that's not Manny Farber...
... For whatever it's worth, I find the German restoration far superior, at least for the colors (which seem relatively garish in the French restoration). The...
Can any kind members help? Possibly Carey's only films as director THE WORLD'S GREATEST SINNER (1962) is showing on TCM on Friday October 24th at 2.0 AM EDT. A...
My new web sites are set up. They are exactly like the old web sites - but they have a new address. The old ISP has announced it is shutting down November 1 -...
I can't imagine anyone not loving "Lola Montes". J.G. Ballard's science fiction story "The Waiting Grounds" describes the "Supreme Moment of the Cosmos". Well,...
... But isn't the German version a restoration of a German release, which Ophuls pere presumably knew about? I haven't seen the current version yet, but I too...
... "...The reason why it can't be shown is Marcel Ophuls, who objects to it not as a restoration but because it's German (I kid you not--he claims his father...
... superior, at ... who ... kid you ... version ... which ... My recollection is that the German version consists entirely of alternate takes in which many...
I've only seen two versions of LOLA MONTES. The French version shown by the BBC (108m at 25 fps) and the German version entitled LOLA MONTEZ screened on German...
... The German (Droessler) restoration has a longer, uninterrupted track back from Lola, with (as I recall) no cut or dissolve, and the voices of the crowd...
Hi folks, I'm currently in LA as a tourist, and am having trouble finding Nicholas Ray's star in the walk of fame. Did he get one, and where is it, as I would...
... And it is just as well since dogs will not crap on it, shoes tarnish it, and druggies will not vomit over it. He is where he belongs - on the cinema...
... shown ... version ... and ... Brad, in addition to these the Droessler version also contains a longer version of the first flashback sequence with Liszt -...
Brad wrote: "4- When we return to the circus after the Bavarian section, the scene with the doctor in the clown's office has two extra shots at the start:...
C'est idiot! Pressed the wrong button. Richard the legal quarantine on the Droessler does not extentd at least to Germany where, for instance it's screened on...
... Just for the record, did Brad's points of comparison between the French & German versions of "Lola" as seen on TV, refer to earlier release versions, or to...
... My comments refer to an unrestored French version of LOLA shown by the BBC, and an old print screened many years ago on German television (I used to have a...
Hello all, Does anyone know who distributes Shaw Bros. films in the US? I saw digital restorations of a few Lau Kar-Leung and Chang Cheh films a few years...
Based on what I heard when the Shaw Brothers films played at UCLA, the prints came directly from the Shaw Brothers company or their licensee Celestial...
David E.'s advance look at MILK: MILK is magnificent. Unlike anything Gus has done before it's a rock solid piece of political filmmaking in the tradition of...
... DRAGON DYNASTY has now begun to release some Shaw Brothers films in the USA following the collapse of Bey Logan's Hong Kong Legends Distribution outlet in...
Sorry--I should have clarified that I was looking to rent 35mm prints. I wasn't aware of the Dragon Dynasty releases; thanks for the heads-up. That's good to...
You will find them available on amazon.com The release of COME DRINK WITH ME is as good as Celestial. In fact, I think it comes from that company. ... ...
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