This Savage Art » 2007 http://www.thissavageart.com a steady diet of obsessive cinema and screenwriting in the dark Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:11:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Copyright © This Savage Art 2010 wsperuzzi@gmail.com (This Savage Art) wsperuzzi@gmail.com (This Savage Art) http://www.thissavageart.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg This Savage Art http://www.thissavageart.com 144 144 a steady diet of obsessive cinema and screenwriting in the dark This Savage Art This Savage Art wsperuzzi@gmail.com no no The Auteurs http://www.thissavageart.com/2007/12/31/the-auteurs/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-auteurs http://www.thissavageart.com/2007/12/31/the-auteurs/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2007 14:39:19 +0000 William Speruzzi http://www.thissavageart.com/2007/12/31/the-auteurs/ A minimal wordpress theme by Jared Erickson

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]]> http://www.thissavageart.com/2007/12/21/its-got-electrolytes/feed/ 0 The Look Of HBO’s The Wire http://www.thissavageart.com/2007/12/19/the-look-of-hbos-the-wire/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-look-of-hbos-the-wire http://www.thissavageart.com/2007/12/19/the-look-of-hbos-the-wire/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:15:45 +0000 William Speruzzi http://www.thissavageart.com/2007/12/19/the-look-of-hbos-the-wire/ A minimal wordpress theme by Jared Erickson

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]]> http://www.thissavageart.com/2007/12/19/the-look-of-hbos-the-wire/feed/ 0 Give Me A “C” http://www.thissavageart.com/2007/12/18/give-me-a-c/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=give-me-a-c http://www.thissavageart.com/2007/12/18/give-me-a-c/#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:28:11 +0000 William Speruzzi http://www.thissavageart.com/2007/12/18/give-me-a-c/ A minimal wordpress theme by Jared Erickson

]]> Now that the holidays are here a lot of people are scrambling to get gifts for their family and friends. One gift always undeniably works for the cinephile – a DVD from the Criterion Collection. Looking over the site today I noticed that there is a four disc set of Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor in the works. Nice! As we all know a lot of films are still missing from the catalog. A couple came to mind for me:

  • The Landlord – This 1970 Hal Ashby [not the Will Ferrell/Adam McKay wacky short]  satirical gem taking place in pre-gentrified Park Slope, Brooklyn is no where to be found on DVD.
  • Angelo My Love – A little seen but excellent film written and directed by Robert Duvall about the rituals of a gypsy community in New York City is also nowhere to be found.

Added:

  • Last Year at Marienbad – Alan Resnais’ strange and mysterious classic. How can you go wrong with characters named A, X and M? [screening at the Film Forum in 2008]

Are there any films you would like to see Criterion do a hi-def transfer with all the extras? Which one’s do you think deserve the treatment?

Related: The Criterion Contraption.

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