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Being on a limited budget right now, I finally decided to buy : The Possesed, Street Mobster, Cops & Thugs and Coffy. Hold Back the down and Tales of Terror among others will have to wait.
Love Billy Wilder as well and even when he did such great writing with Charles Brackett back in his early career. I think you will like The Major and The Minor it is light escapist entertainment and I feel Ginger pulls it off playing a child. One of my favorite Anthony Mann films is The Naked Spur and do not know if you saw that one yet. Pretty much follows that same ongoing movie formula with Jimmy Stewart. Looking forward to hearing your review of Model Shop, I love Demy(especially his musicals) too and this movie is a very 60's type independent movie and a bit of a departure for him. Almost his own version of a French New Wave film with an American twist. Again wonderful suggestions and video and now on to 5,000 subscribers.
Great pick ups my friend! I think I went a little overboard on this sale but I just couldnt contain myself 😅so I bought 20 titles: Journey to the beginning of time, robocop, oldboy, being John Malkovich, Dekalog, Climax, One Cut of the dead, the apartment, Carrie, Children of Men, The bird with the crystal plumage, Viva l’Italia, The thing, Ronin, The Hunt, Battle Royale, My Darling Clementine, Videodrome, Network and finally the Killing. I cant wait to watch them!
Hi Elliot! Great video! The crazy thing for me in regards to shipping times was receiving a package here in the states from Indicator in TWO DAYS!!! I was absolutely beside myself when the package arrived. I also picked up "The Far Country" and watched it in the last month or two. It isn't a top tier western, but it is certainly one I will come back to again. I should also note that I watched it near the end of a 24-hour movie marathon I did. So, the exhaustion of having watched so many films could have come into play as well. Haha! Stay safe and healthy, my friend.
Elliot Coen Not at all! I love your commentary, and you’ve been instrumental in me checking out some fantastic titles. I actually just watched Wake in Fright, since you recommended it in your top 10 Masters of Cinema video. Brilliant, disturbing film. Hasn’t left my mind
It was all Second Run for me from Arrow this time. Made a big dent in my collection there with 13 titles. Really excited to make my way through them. Of yours, I’ve seen Curling and Journey to... and I liked both of them immensely. It would be easy to go back in straight away and pick up some more but like you, the watchlist is out of control! Thanks for the pickup update. Never too many videos! 😀👍
Elliot I have to commend you on your production values of late. Your new camera is clearly excellent and your infographics are informative and helpful. The lighting and whole aesthetic really is first class. Well done!
Other Second Run titles I'd recommend are anything by director Milos Foreman, as he was the director of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Other titles of his are two charming Czech comedies called Fireman's Ball and Closely Observed Trains. Other Second Run titles I recommend are The Ear, Witchhammer, The Shop on the High Street, Ikarie XB 1, Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, The Miraculous Virgin, and one japanese documentary that's extremely confrontational and intense called The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On.
Great haul, Elliot! Waiting on my order to leave the UK 😅 Shame to see your Far Country disc came without the slip - I must’ve lucked out, I got one with a slip from Zavvi during their Arrow sale last month.
Thanks for drawing attention to the sale. There are quite a few titles out of stock which is a bit frustrating but I've ordered Cinema Paradiso and The Andromeda Strain - two films I haven't watched for ages but which I really need to see again. If the Extras are as good as they look, then £7.50 each is a great price. Looking forward to receiving them!
Aha, indeed. I do sound a bit like a broken record sometimes. What can I say, there's so many films and filmmakers out there and not enough time for them all! Cheers as always for the support, Mark 😁
Elliot, thank you for reminding me of Miklos Jancso. I saw some of his early movies, eg The Roundup and Red Psalm, and they are unique cinematic experiences featuring fluid takes and superbly choreographed scenes, which flow across the open Hungarian Plains. Now you have told me about Second Run and there they are, so what a find! I have a book called "Produced and Abandoned" where film makers talk about films that slipped under the radar. One chapter was entitled "I Found it at the Nudies" and this was "Lola", presumably because of the title, relegated to a cinema playing soft porn. What a fate, but at least he caught it and appreciated it.
"The Naked Spur" is my favourite Anthony Mann western, it desperately needs a proper release! All of the Stewart/Mann westerns are great. Nice shout out to Second Run, I love Jancsos films, in particular "The Round-Up" and "The Red and the White". My order with the re-issued noir set and "Eight Hours Don't Make a Day" is on the way.
Naked Spur is also my favourite - and Robert Ryan in particular is excellent. But I also love The Far Country which arguably has Jimmy is one of his most unlikable roles and again includes great support from the very affable villain John McIntire who unfortunately entirely forfeits my grudging sympathy just before the end. It also has Walter Brennan and Jay C Flippen dong their stuff along with other favourite supporting actors. I will admit though I found Corinne Calvert annoying, even without that woolly hat. I much preferred Ruth Romain.
@@WolfGratz Yeah, I have them all on DVD, and a region 1 import of "The Naked Spur", which will do for now until someone does a proper release. Not sure about the licensing, but something akin to the Indicator Scott/Boetticher would send med over the moon. Jimmy really nails the anti-hero in these films. Underrated collaboration.
I’m a HUGE Jimmy Stewart fan, he’s my all time favorite. He’s just wonderful. For yakuza stuff, I recommend the OUTLAW GANGSTER VIP collection from Arrow.... raw, wild stuff! I’ll be reviewing that one on my channel, soon!
Great video Elliot! I spent way too much on the recent B&N sale, but I am certainly looking at this sale and thinking about getting some great Arrow releases. This was very helpful! Keep up the good work friend.
Nice pickups! Cops vs Thugs is another great yakuza movie. One of my favourite Fukasaku films. I'm sure you'll love it! Model Shop is Jacques Demy's love letter to LA. It's about life in America during the Vietnam War and the driving around LA scenes are gorgeous. I really love this film. So good!
Damn, this was a great haul. Cops vs. Thugs and The Far Country are two of my favourite Arrow releases! I'm trying to resist this sale because I'm in the US and just spent a ton on the Barnes & Noble Criterion sale lol
I've got the German release of Winchester 73. I've been watching it today It's a good transfer (although not really any extras) and it's not too expensive You'll probably really like The Major And The Minor. I don't want to spoil it for you
I have been tempted to import that German disc many a time but I'm holding out for now. I'm excited for the Billy Wilder! Cheers for watching, Matthew.
I bought my first 2 arrow blurays: Deep Red and Don't Torture a Duckling, i'm italian and i have finally found a great edition of these 2 masterpieces, I can't wait.
Thank you Elliot for these recommendations. I absolutely love these videos and I cannot get enough. My bank, however is broken again around this time of the year…
Hi mate, Doberman Cop has been in a sale previously, that's when I've picked it up in the past. Weird how some older titles don't end up in current sales and some do. I bought Journey to the Beginning of Time, watched it a while back. I did enjoy it, the effects are awesome for its time. Very much a film targeting a younger audience.
Great video as always, Elliot! I really do like The Limits of Control (Jarmusch is one of my favourite directors overall) even though it is generally not as appreciated as his other work. The cast is phenomenal, I love the ending and the nihilistic and mysterious touch of the film.
Great video and amazing pickups! I myself have kind of become a huge patron of Arrow this month since the sale coincided with my birthday and everything so I have been buying tons of Arrow titles. In the sale I went and supported my local HMV and picked up Branded to Kill and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia. Then through various other means (some gifts, some gifts from myself to myself haha) I got: The Long Goodbye Dekalog Cinema of Conflict Kieslowski Boxset Akio Jissoji's Buddhist Trilogy Boxset Then currently in the post I took the plunge and and got the OOP Kiju Yoshida's Anarchist Trilogy boxset. Then finally, I pre ordered the upcoming Alejandro Jodorowsky Boxset. So Arrow is very much on my mind and in my wallet at the moment. Again brilliant video and amazing pickups yourself! :)
Nice! Love them collection and haul videos. Doberman Cop has been on sale before, not sure whats their system for selecting the sale items is. I did look at the Second Run titles as you have praised them before, but could not find a single title I would of liked to risk it. So I went with the other label they are also distributing Third Window. Their selection is much more my taste. In the end managed to find a couple of items (OK maybe 18) that I wanted for my collection.
Another great video! Those Yakuza films have really interested me, maybe I should dip my toes into Second Run... keep it up with these recommendations, my birthday’s coming up so I’m building up a nice wishlist, I know there’s isn’t really a sale on but I’d be interested in Masters of Cinema recommendations outside of that top 10 video you did. Edvard Munch is one I’m eyeing. Maybe some BFI videos? And of course more criterion videos...
Picked up: Dolls A scene at sea Kids return Phantom of the paradise Dressed to kill Pulse The appartment Poëtic trilogy Human condition Excorcist III Thief And Blue Spring Now I have basically everything I really wanted from arrow, so I can focus on other labels. All films I haven't scene and have the feeling they're all knockouts.
Hello. I'm from Czech Republic. I highly recommend the Criterion edition of film named Marketa Lazarova by František Vláčil. Francis Coppola described it as the best historical film of all time. It is considered by Czech film critics to be the best Czech film of all time. That movie will change your life.
Hi Elliot, thanks for the heads up re Arrow sale, I have just ordered: Goto, Isle of Love Story of Sin Daisies Being John Malkovich Henri Georges Clouzot’s Inferno A Blonde in Love Trying to complete my Borowcyk set from Arrow, and excited to see the Daisies release upgraded to blu ray. A Blonde in Love is a blind buy so I hope it’s a good un! Continue making great videos dude!
The Daisies disc is great, and the film is such a unique one. I missed out on that Borowcyk boxset from years ago so I also have the separate releases. Enjoy the movies, and thanks for watching :)
I ordered a bunch of films by Shinya Tsukamoto the day before the sale, unaware of course that there would be a sale on the very same films the day after. Bad timing, but that's how it is! In any case, I did order some more Japanese films that were on sale some days later. The films I ordered on sale include from Teruo Ishii, Takashi Miike and Seijun Suzuki. The films from Ishii were all 'blind buys' (I haven't seen any film from this director before) while as I haven't seen the ones I ordered from Suzuki or Miike either, I have seen others from these particular directors. In total I ordered fifteen films, including two boxsets with three and five films respectfully (Suzuki's 'The Taisho Trilogy' boxset, and Yasuharu Hasebe's 'Stray Cat Collection') Hasebe is also a 'blind buy' on my end, as I don't believe I've seen any of his films before, either. But I'm a fan of Meiko Kaji, so I feel like I need to watch more films with her :) Hope you have a nice day, Elliot, and anyone reading this!
The Major and the Minor is good fun but a huge suspension of disbelief is required to accept Ginger Rogers passing herself off as a kid! But if you get over that there a lot of fun there and it's quite interesting who isn't fooled and their reaction.
The reason why Doberman Cop wasn't in this sale is because it's a Dual Format release. I've noticed the Dual Format titles tend not to be in the sales, hence why you never see something like Tenderness of the Wolves in any sales, for example.
Awesome pickups pal, got my first Second Run title coming in the mail from the sale. In contrast to your experience my order is taking forever to even get shipped 😩
They actually released Winchester 73 on blu ray here in Australia. It’s part of our Hollywood Gold series from Shock Entertainment. If your interested 😅
Great video. My pickups: The Long Goodbye The Big Combo Miracle Mile To Live And Die In LA Dead End Drive In Massacre Gun The Human Condition Dekalog I would love to own Dekalog on criterion, but it was cheaper this way. So, I don't mind too much. Anyway, excited to own all of them!
Great video again :-D And congratulations on completing your Second Run collection :-D Are there any other labels you also have a complete collection from? Eureka is one of them right?
Notification for this video came through just as I was checking out from my small scale raid on Arrow's sale. Spooky! From them I bought the Sacha Guitry: Four Films 1936-38 set (which I had just last week purchased from a marketplace seller on Amazon. Irritatingly though, it had somehow been exposed to water and the bottom of the booklet was damp affected. They were quick to refund though, and Arrow were cheaper for a replacement, so all's good). Next is the Poetic Trilogy from Mohsen Makhmalbaf, just because.... as you said when you picked it out from the shelves on another video. Such releases deserve support. Finally, a pair of Second Run titles; Daisies (which is flagged as limited availability, so fingers crossed on that one) and The Ear I would have bought more but the rest of my ready cash went on two ebay purchases; "brand new and sealed" copies of Arrow's Der Todesking and Blood Bath limited editions. The last copies in both cases.
That is spooky! I still need to watch all of the films in that Guitry set. I'm quite the fan of his film La Poison. I'm glad you managed to get those Arrow Video limited editions! Enjoy all of the films :)
The central character is extremely confrontational and intimidating in his pursuit of justice from the crimes of the second World War. It's up there with Shoah for me!
Quite recently I picked up from Second Run : Diary for my Children; Electra My Love; Father (Apa); The Shop on the High Street; Silence and Cry; Three Wishes for Cinderella; My c20th Century and Transport From Paradise. And yes as almost anyone could have predicted I haven't watched any of them and can be of no help in making suggestion amongst them! Actually it's worse than that cos I also raided Artifical Eye and the BFI.
Hello Elliot. I am a great supporter of your passion for film. You have encouraged me to start collecting Criterion’s and other blu rays that I used to discard. I just wanted to ask, I live in the UK, but have a multi region player. I believe that you live in the UK, and if so, how do you import criterion’s that are not available in the UK.?
Hello! I mainly have friends or family who live in the US who can send me packages to the UK. Failing that, I use shipping forwarding services like shipito or stackry. Thanks for watching :)
In case you're wondering Jancsó's name is pronounced Meeklosh Yancho. Oh and the E in Côté is not silent. I've studied French and live relatively close to Hungary, only reason I know this :D
Intrigued by a bunch of these, especially the Karel Zeman one. Baron Prasil is on my list. And I envy all of you UK/US people so fortunate with mail. I’ve received 1 out of 5 blurays I ordered 8 weeks ago. Still gonna try and grab Kwaidan but yuck.
My last package arrived within 5 days even though I live in germany. Really happy about that. I will probably pick up a few more based on your arrow video recommendations and from arrow academy I will finally pull the trigger on the human condition trilogy. Really curious about these films.
Hey Elliot, I have a serious question for you: I've been looking into Arrow, Eurika, and Kino brand Blu-Rays, but their websites don't mention anything about the "Region Code" of the Blu-Ray player. I know they're all listed in pounds, so my thinking is that if I order from them they'll come and I won't be able to play them (I am in the US, region 1/A). I think Kino is fine because their website lists it in US dollars. Arrow says all their videos are region B when I click on the details of their products. And Eurika doesn't specify at all, but they're listed in pounds as well. If I order something from their website, can I specify the region, or are they restricted to only catering to those who live in the UK or have the means to play their discs? Obviously I have no trouble with Criterion, but what about the others? I can't find these labels in the stores, so I'm willing to order them directly, but I'm hesitant for this reason. Any thoughts/insights you can give?
Hi Kevin. So, I know that Arrow and Eureka make all of their discs region B at least, and sometimes include other regions. As long as you have a player capable of playing region B discs, you should be confident purchasing any film released here in the UK. I know that Arrow and Eureka both ship internationally from their websites, so you should have no problem purchasing. Zavvi also ship internationally and you can buy Arrow and Eureka films through them. I hope this helps. Cheers!
Canadians must not have the luck of Americans. I'm still waiting for my day one order. It shipped out fast but it's stuck in the Atlantic somewhere. I stuck with 5£ titles this time. Some true bargains at that price point. Zardoz, What happened to Solange, La Grand Bouffe, Erik the Conquerer. The Taviani brothers trilogy LE set for 7.50 is a bargain. Already had the films on region A.
Also Zavvi UK and Zavvi US are a little more Canadian friendly. Cheaper, tax-friendly shipping. The Arrow titles are more limited however. I didn't mind, as I raided their giallo collection.
Hello! This was the first sale i ever participated in. So, i got 22 blus + eight hours don't make a day box set. From second run i only got IKARIE XB 1 as there were so many titles i wanted. Too bad i placed my order before all your recommendation videos. This has nothing to do with the subject, but are you collecting any animations? And i am not talking about disney/pixar, but more on the line of Genius Party / Genius Party Beyond or Tokyo Godfathers or Ernest & Celestine. Would be awesome to see a collection with this kind of animations.
Hey Elliot! Quick question, I’m in the USA and I really want to participate in this Arrow sale cause I’m eyeing the CLIMAX Blu-ray. Do you know how that works and if it’s different region? Also the check out has the price in pounds instead of American dollars so idk if I could even participate in the sale. Not very knowledgeable on Arrow, thought it was universal 😮
That version of Climax is region B, so if you're in the US and don't have a region free bluray player (wich isn't a standard) it won't play. There is a normal region A release that you can get from the US amazon.
Hi Elliot,just a heads up on a Eureka Masters of Cinema Pre Release-Made In Hong Kong 1997 directed by Fruit Chan 4k restoration of this little known cult film quote from Amazon 'Released to critical acclaim in 1997, the year of the Hong Kong handover, Fruit Chan s Made in Hong Kong was praised as an anarchic masterpiece, a powerful distillation of urban alienation and youthful despair. Moon (Sam Lee) is a small-time triad, stuck in an endless cycle of pointless violence with no hope of escape. After he and his friends witness the suicide of a young girl, they embark on a journey to deliver two letters she had on her when she died. Hope you check ot out
It's also part of a trilogy of films focusing on the handover of Hong Kong to China. "Made in Hong Kong" is great but "Little Cheung", the third movie, is the little-seen masterpiece. Hope the whole trilogy comes to bluray.
Hey man. Great haul. I'm not the biggest fan of american westerns. I'm more of a spaghetti western film guy. Most of the films you have i don't know and have never seen.
