It’s available online at the internet archive if you want to see it before you buy it. It’s a beautiful, visually inventive movie. The story is heavy handed propaganda which I don’t mind personally.
I haven’t seen the other movie by the same director, The Cranes Are Flying, except for a clip of the famous long shot shared on Reddit.
Look up a free program called Handbrake. It converts video files to mkv, mp4, and webM. It also handles subtitles. If you need mpeg only then this person’s setup is too old. You can check wikiHow to convert files to mpeg.
I second the recommendation to get a media box or a cheap bluray player that has a usb slot. Burning dvds will be a pain in the ass because you have to manage file sizes, take time to burn the dvds, and you will end up with useless piles of plastic discs when you’re done. Sharing one or two usb drives is much easier.
I finally received The Fight Back to School boxset last week. I preordered it back in mid-August with Lady Reporter. I also picked up the Wicker Man box, Touch of Evil, and Magic Cop.
Magic Cop is a blast. The ending has great non-stop action and time melts away.
I don’t know if I would recommend the Wicker Man boxset. I’m mostly disappointed that the source material for two cuts of the film are in bad shape. The box itself is kind of meh and expensive. The movie is perfect folk horror.
Lady Reporter is okay. The story is a bit of a mess, but action set pieces were fun.
Mel Brooks’ style of humor can definitely get corny sometimes. Spaceballs is better depending on how much of a Star Wars fan you are. I think Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles gets the humor mixture better.
Criterion Flash Sale, 50% off disks. Roughly 13 hours left! (www.criterion.com)
Anyone get anything good?
Arrow May 2024 releases (lemmy.world)
88 Films May 2024 releases (lemmy.world)
Arrow's April 2024 releases for UK and US (lemmy.world)
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Arrow teaser for April 2024 (lemmy.world)
Criterion April release slate (lemmy.world)
January 2024 - Will anyone's new year resolution be to buy more shelving space? Let's see your pickups this month.
Well, seeing as it’s the first of the month, I obviously haven’t bought anything yet, but here are some leftovers from last month....
Criterion February release slate (lemmy.world)
Arrow Video January 2024 Releases (lemmy.world)
Hou Hsiao-hsien Is Now Retired from Filmmaking Due to Battle with Dementia (www.indiewire.com)
Roger Corman's Closet Picks (m.youtube.com)
Criterion flash sale has started. 50% off at their website for 24hrs (www.criterion.com)
Criterion January scheduled releases (lemmy.world)
Umbrella Entertainment January slate (lemmy.world)
New Oldboy 4k release by Neon Cinema (lemmy.world)
OLDBOY: DELUXE ULTRA 4K LIMITED EDITION [PRE-ORDER]...
Lucasfilm & Disney set INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY for Blu-ray, DVD & 4K UHD on 12/5! (thedigitalbits.com)
Well, to be honest, those covers are pretty terrible. The Best Buy steel book comes out the best....
DVD writing help needed
This may not be the correct place for this, if so please point me elsewhere....
Monthly random discussion post for October
This place is for discussion, questions, really anything, including news and sales.
What films have you recently watched?
Share and discuss what films you have recently watched, including, but not limited to films of the Criterion Collection and the Criterion Channel.