Hearts of Darkness DVD

Great doc, and kind of sad. You can see Coppola breaking here, and his film output was never the same after. It was as though he was afraid to return to that dark place artists often need to go to create great art. I think his only post Apocalypse film that even approached him in his prime is Tucker. Dracula was visually innovative and had its moments, but overall I found it to be an over the top mess and a perversion of Bram Stoker's book. Although it wasn't nearly as bad as Kenneth Branagh's atrocious Frankenstein.
 
FIIIIIIIINALLY! Now I can stop watching the downloaded bootleg copy recorded from some French TV show with French subtitles, and the TV station's watermark in the corner (which is also in PAL video and makes Martin Sheen sound like a little girl).
 
Billy Pilgrim said:
FIIIIIIIINALLY! Now I can stop watching the downloaded bootleg copy recorded from some French TV show with French subtitles, and the TV station's watermark in the corner (which is also in PAL video and makes Martin Sheen sound like a little girl).
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I was so afraid to admit this part of the process. :cheesy:
 
karapetkov said:
I was so afraid to admit this part of the process. :cheesy:
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It really is the only way to view movies sometimes. A perfect example is I cannot find Last Year at Marienbad on DVD and in Toronto there are very few copies available for rent, so I downloaded it. I would gladly buy it, but that option is not there since it is out of print and sold out everywhere. Not to mention I have lost two eBay auctions for it.
 
jpeck said:
It really is the only way to view movies sometimes. A perfect example is I cannot find Last Year at Marienbad on DVD and in Toronto there are very few copies available for rent, so I downloaded it. I would gladly buy it,
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Dude, I got a copy five years ago at Sunrise Records on Yonge St. Back when I had the cash, I was dropping a couple of hundred bucks there, and at another joint, every two or three weeks while taking film classes at Ryerson.

The manager was very serious about building a respectable foreign film section, and had been ordering in some very nice titles...you should check that place out.

Apparently there was a lot of toursit traffic from Australia and other zones (3, I think...North america is zone 1, yes?), and they were buying DVDs like crazy when they walked in, sometimes spending in the thousands, because our prices were so much better.

This was back when a DVD player that played copies from all zones cost close to a grand....and it was still worth it for them. Go figure.
 
karapetkov said:
I was so afraid to admit this part of the process. :cheesy:
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It really was the only way to see it. I often have to download the obscure stuff, and that's pretty much all I'm into (well, not ALL) and if I like the film, I buy it (if they're even available on DVD, which most of the films I download aren't). I've been wanting to get the new Apocalypse Now DVD, so when I get it, I'll probably pick up Hearts of Darkness too.
 
DeSica, thanks for trying to help. Sunrise down at the Eaton's Center is long gone, I think there are only a handful left in the city, if that. I used to go in there from time to time.

For my purchases I tend to go to Bay Street Video (just south of Bloor and Bay) which is an independent store (which I support over major retailers), they have the best rental selection in the city and the staff is good.

How did you like Ryerson?


Over amazon.ca we Canadians are only paying 20 cents more than you Yankees, even with our strong dollar for Hearts of Darkness. Oh! And we have to pay $39 to get free shipping. Luckily I need to get some books as well. :crybaby:
 
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