Histoires Extraordinaires - Spirits of the Dead
What are ya'll opinion of this Euro-omnibus of loose Poe adaptions? The WIKI page is a good place to start reading about it if you haven't heard of it. I think the Vadim piece is interestingly...
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Not sure how much of it was fictitious blather, but I also remember reading that the stories would be directed by Fellini, Bergman, and Kurosawa. Probably just wishful thinking on someone's part.
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I'm probably going to have to break down and get issue 33 of Video Watchdog after all - I'm sure it covers these rumors!
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doctor kiss wrote: When I first saw this movie as SPIRITS OF THE DEAD (on the long-defunct British 'Xtasy' video label), it was in fact completely missing Malle's William Wilson segment! While it's...
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Dr Acula wrote: doctor kiss wrote: When I first saw this movie as SPIRITS OF THE DEAD (on the long-defunct British 'Xtasy' video label), it was in fact completely missing Malle's William Wilson...
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I agree. The movie improves by story as it progresses. METZENGERSTEIN is silly. WILLIAM WILSON is okay, if a little slow. TOBY DAMMIT is magnificent. One of the greatest (short) horror films of all...
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TF1 Video in France will finally release a dvd of Spirits of the Dead. I produced this disc for TF1 Video and it will include a new 16X9 transfer of the movie, an image gallery (with french lobby...
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Pretty cool! Are the English and French versions of the Fonda segment very different?
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Thanks for the info, Jerome.I'm hoping the UK release of just TOBY DAMMIT will be the Italian/English version.
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Dr Acula wrote: Pretty cool! Are the English and French versions of the Fonda segment very different?Sorry for the late answer. No big differences.
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Good or bad, I'm just glad some film maker DID do a version of Metzengerstein, which to me is nearly Poe's most underrated story. I know I harp on this in Corman-Poe thread, but "Toby Dammit" always...
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You guys know there's a BD coming out in the UK...right?
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Koukol 5 wrote: You guys know there's a BD coming out in the UK...right?Sure, can't wait to watch it.
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I remember seeing the ads for it in the paper as a kid. I had to go look up the words "ultimate" and "orgy" just to understand the ad.
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Things I learned from watching this last night: Terence Stamp looks like Christopher Walken after pulling an all-Nolte nighter. Did Syd Barret ever meet Fellini? Renaissance womyn wore tight leather...
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OK, I'm confused... (Business as usual)DVD Savant has a review of the new Blu-Ray HERE.1) Glenn says that Vadim's Metzengerstein is improved, on the visual plane, anyway. The version on view is said...
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Tumak wrote: OK, I'm confused... (Business as usual)DVD Savant has a review of the new Blu-Ray HERE.1) Glenn says that Vadim's Metzengerstein is improved, on the visual plane, anyway. The version on...
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Mike Mariano wrote:The review up at mondo-digital.com pretty much answers your questions, I think.Why yes it does... Thanks, Mike!
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