This Savage Art » DVD 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 Wire Complete http://www.thissavageart.com/2008/11/26/the-wire-complete/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-wire-complete http://www.thissavageart.com/2008/11/26/the-wire-complete/#comments Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:53:33 +0000 William Speruzzi http://www.thissavageart.com/?p=1373 A minimal wordpress theme by Jared Erickson

]]> The entire series is now available for pre-order.

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]]> roku I finally got around to setting up my new Roku. It’s a downloadable delivery device for Netflix members and I have to say, it’s pretty f’in nice. So simple to set-up it’s stupid. If you have an existing qualifying Netflix account you can download content for no additional cost. There is a limit to what is available now [10,000 titles and not the greatest seletion] but for $99 this is a simple and effective way to kick off the digital download revolution. In a year they will probably launch a slicker, more feature heavy version to stay competitive but for now I would say this is the shit. Supposedly Roku recently sold out all their units [?] and are now on backorder. Either way, a very cool little addition to your set-up.

Update: Thank you XBOX [sigh.]

]]> http://www.thissavageart.com/2008/07/10/roku/feed/ 0 Not So Dirty Any More http://www.thissavageart.com/2008/06/04/not-so-dirty-any-more/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=not-so-dirty-any-more http://www.thissavageart.com/2008/06/04/not-so-dirty-any-more/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:41:32 +0000 William Speruzzi http://www.thissavageart.com/?p=993 A minimal wordpress theme by Jared Erickson

]]> The recently released Blu-ray version of the Dirty Harry box set gets rid of all that ugly, ugly film grain. Bleghh.  Bad film grain, bad.

]]> http://www.thissavageart.com/2008/06/04/not-so-dirty-any-more/feed/ 0 Made For TV http://www.thissavageart.com/2008/04/22/made-for-tv/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=made-for-tv http://www.thissavageart.com/2008/04/22/made-for-tv/#comments Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:44:33 +0000 William Speruzzi http://www.thissavageart.com/?p=975 A minimal wordpress theme by Jared Erickson

]]> And The Film’s Aesthetic Dictates How It Should Be Exhibited But There’s No Way In Hell I’m Not Going To Cash In On It Award goes to…J.J. Abrams.

]]> http://www.thissavageart.com/2008/04/22/made-for-tv/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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