Originally Posted by The_Return (Post 820626)

I think I'm going to just grab Eyes Without a Face and Viridiana for now...and then hopefully put in another order before the sale ends.

Very tempted to grab Dreyer's Passion of Joan of Arc - mostly because I'm such a huge fan of Antonin Artaud, and would love to see his performance here. (On a related note, I would love to see these guys put out a worthwhile edition of Abel Gance's Napoléon...even the heavily edited Coppola version is damn hard to come by these days, and you can forget about finding the original.)

Originally Posted by alkytrio666 (Post 820618)

Have you read Kino-Eye? I mostly liked it, he had a very interesting way at looking at the cinema, but godDAMN was that man high on himself!

Originally Posted by The_Return (Post 820626)

I think I'm going to just grab Eyes Without a Face and Viridiana for now...and then hopefully put in another order before the sale ends.

Very tempted to grab Dreyer's Passion of Joan of Arc - mostly because I'm such a huge fan of Antonin Artaud, and would love to see his performance here.

Originally Posted by fortunato (Post 820654)

And while it's cool to see Artaud at work, all the performances (while good) are rendered invisible next to Falconetti as Joan.

Originally Posted by fortunato (Post 820654)

I haven't checked that out, actually. I've heard pretty much all around what you said: interesting but arrogant and annoying.



It's one of my all-time favorites. Completely spellbinding. I give it a 100% recommendation.
And while it's cool to see Artaud at work, all the performances (while good) are rendered invisible next to Falconetti as Joan. To quote Dreyer himself on the subject:

"In Falconetti, who plays Joan, I found what I might, with very bold expression, allow myself to call 'the martyr’s reincarnation'."

Also, it has some of the most stunning cinematography I've ever seen; the composition is completely revelatory (which sounds melodramatic, I know, but seriously...wait until you watch it).

Originally Posted by alkytrio666 (Post 820701)

No doubt- watching that performance takes a year off your life.

Originally Posted by Papillon Noir (Post 820788)

Agreed!! I have Joan of Arc on VHS and it is spellbinding! You forget you are watching a silent film. Falconetti's performance is some of the best acting in history. Unfortunately, it was the last film she acted in and it was lost for 50 years until it was found in a janitor's closet.

Originally Posted by Elvis_Christ (Post 820845)

Anyone pick up Salo? I wanna see the special features.

Originally Posted by fortunato (Post 820846)

Yeah, I bought that one back when they re-issued it.
The special features are great. Some in-depth interviews with appreciators of the film and people that worked on it, and a lot of digging-into the film, which is especially great with a work like Salo.

By the way, if anyone's interested, here is an incredible article written on Salo by Ben Simington:

http://www.theauteurs.com/notebook/posts/347

Originally Posted by alkytrio666 (Post 820853)

Thanks for posting that article, it was an interesting read. It's so true that the symmetry Pasolini uses is so alarmingly constant that it is almost the scariest part of the entire film. If nothing else, it was his strongest tool on the path to total coldness.

Originally Posted by alkytrio666 (Post 820851)

Picked up The Seventh Seal (reissue) today on my way home from work- beautiful little package with some special features I cannot wait to discover...though it's a shame they couldn't get all of Bergman Island on there.

Originally Posted by fortunato (Post 820846)

Yeah, I bought that one back when they re-issued it.
The special features are great. Some in-depth interviews with appreciators of the film and people that worked on it, and a lot of digging-into the film, which is especially great with a work like Salo.

By the way, if anyone's interested, here is an incredible article written on Salo by Ben Simington:

http://www.theauteurs.com/notebook/posts/347

Originally Posted by alkytrio666 (Post 821215)

Pappy, I'm so freaking eager to hear what you think of Viridiana!

Originally Posted by alkytrio666 (Post 821394)

I picked up Sansho the Bailiff on my way home from work today. It's my first blind-buy of this sale.

Originally Posted by fortunato (Post 821400)

Excellent. Be sure to post about it!

Originally Posted by fortunato (Post 821722)

Woo hoo! My BN package just got here today.

The Brakhage set, Dreyer set, Gate of Flesh, Made in U.S.A., and L'eclisse!

Originally Posted by alkytrio666 (Post 821752)

Nice! I didn't know you ordered L'eclisse. That contains one of the greatest cinematic endings of all time, period.

Originally Posted by alkytrio666 (Post 822413)

Ahh! Help me! I can't afford this!

On my way home from work I picked up Tati's Playtime and De Sica's Bicycle Thieves.

Originally Posted by fortunato (Post 822478)

Haha, no kidding, bud. It's getting ridiculous.

Nice buys!
The Mr. Hulot films are some of many that I need to buy. They're so great.

I picked up Repulsion today.

Originally Posted by alkytrio666 (Post 822483)

Didn't that just come out...today? Good grab- I watched a really awful transfer of that film a few months back and was thinking how luxurious a Criterion print would look.

I loooooooove Catherine Deneuve.

Originally Posted by alkytrio666 (Post 823118)

Alright, made a final online purchase to get two films I couldn't find in stores.

Fellini's 8 1/2

And, to right a wrong and fill a gap, and to keep a promise to my pal Fortunato,

Eyes Without a Face

Very excited to recieve this package.