What Blu-Ray did you watch last night?

[Graham Ritchie]

Saturday night, well its time again to step back to watching JAWS' I first saw it in 1975, hard to believe its coming up to "50 years" now. JAWS was of course filmed in the summer of 1974, and released worldwide in 1975.

Even after all those years, watching it tonight, the film still looks as good tonight, as it was 50 years ago, except having the experience of 1100 people in the cinema with me at the time, and that "was" something. Sadly many of the original cast and crew and writer Peter Benchley are no longer with us, but there film will still be popular for future generations, long after we are gone.

[Graham Ritchie]

Last Friday night "The Eagle Huntress" this is a excellent film to watch, and very highly recommend, projected using the Panasonic VP, screen shots are taken from last Friday night

[Ed Gordon]

The Story of Film: An Odyssey is an unprecedented cinematic event, an epic journey through the history of world cinema that is a treat for movie lovers around the globe. Guided by film historian Mark Cousins, this bold 15-part love letter to the movies begins with the invention of motion pictures at the end of the 19th century and concludes with the multi-billion dollar globalized digital industry of the 21st.

The Story of Film: An Odyssey Trailer

This 15 hour epic is available on disc for about $30 used, and also available on youtube to watch with ads. You will either love it or hate it, but you will continue to watch. It is a very personal documentary by Mark Cousins, and you may find yourself disagreeing with many of his assessments.

A “Personal” Odyssey would be a more accurate subtitle as Mr. Cousins, (who first wrote a book covering this same ground and then spent six years shooting the documentary) lets us know up front this is his personal and highly opinionated story of film. He takes us step by step through every technical innovation from the invention of the camera to the recent changeover to all digital shooting and projection. He accurately informs us that it was not the camera that made the movies, it was the editing table. The first time two or more pieces of film were spliced together to create a narrative, cinema was made. Then came color tinting, sound, wide screen systems, stereo sound, 3 Dimensions.

Source: https://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2015...lm-dvd-review/

[Graham Ritchie]

Watched this one the other night and really enjoyed it

[Douglas Meltzer]

Graham,

I saw The Lunchbox when it was in theatres and loved it. Irrfan Kahn was so good and added so much to every movie he was in.

[Graham Ritchie]

Got around to screening the Imprint blu-ray the other night. I would have to add, that this movie is one of the best I have seen, its a absolute gem highly recommend watching this one. The extras are well worth watching also, image and sound are very good, a very nice transfer, full marks "Imprint" .


Screen shot from the other night, Projector Panasonic.

[Graham Ritchie]

I don't know if you remember me mentioning the best local cinema here called the "Lumiere" a while back, well they had a special visitor this week out here on holiday being the sister of director of the above film David Lynch. This photo came up on there Facebook page today.

[Graham Ritchie]

Watched this one last night. The image and sound quality of the "Imprint" release to blu-ray is excellent, plus the extras that come with it are very interesting.

[Ed Gordon]

Watched this one last night. The image and sound quality of the "Imprint" release to blu-ray is excellent, plus the extras that come with it are very interesting.

The name is familiar, but after seeing the trailer, this looks like a good one I missed. I'll add it to my "to watch" list.

[Graham Ritchie]

Watched the blu-ray of this one today

[Ed Gordon]

Burl Ives won the Academy and Golden Globe awards for best supporting actor.

Audiences complained about the nearly three hour run time. William Wyler eventually agreed that it should have been cut. The cast complained about the constant re-writes and the co-producers, Peck and Wyler had a falling out that lasted three years.

They clashed repeatedly during filming. After Peck stormed off the set one day following a blazing row, Wyler told the press, "I wouldn't direct Peck again for a million dollars and you can quote me on that." They reconciled three years later, but true to the director's word Wyler and Peck never made another film together.

If you saw this film in it's original Technirama you probably loved it. It you saw it on a 19 inch black and white TV you probably don't understand how anyone liked it.

[Graham Ritchie]

A couple of past screen shots from using the Panasonic .

The LP soundtrack I have is certainly one of the best, Jerome Moross brilliant score ads so much the film.

Tonight it was a visit back to Scotland with "Local Hero" 1983, I only on DVD at the moment, but that might change one day

[Ed Gordon]

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The LP soundtrack I have is certainly one of the best, Jerome Moross brilliant score ads so much the film...

I agree that the score for The Big Country is among the best ever written. Ironically, William Wyler did not like it.

Director William Wyler absolutely hated Jerome Moross's score for "The Big Country", and insisted on hiring another composer to redo the job. But preview audiences were so enthusiastic about the music, especially the opening theme, that star and co-producer Gregory Peck persuaded Wyler to back down. Moross went on to earn an Oscar nomination and his score for "The Big Country" is now considered one of the classic western soundtracks.

[Graham Ritchie]

Watched the blu-ray of "Darkest Hour" Gary Oldman was brilliant as Winston Churchill, this scene below as Winston states to a member of his cabinet who wants to negotiate some sort of peace agreement, when he was really up against peace talks. There is another scene where the King visits Churchill at his home when he is struggle for support and to find an answer. The King states simply, go to the people and ask them?, which he does on the underground, and that's where he gets his answer, his inspiration and later speech, to push the reason why to fight at all costs no matter what the price might be.

"Darkest Hour" is a brilliant film and well worth watching.

I remember my father telling me long long ago, that if you are going to negotiate "you only do it if you are holding a big stick", that was his thoughts back then. He served in the Indian army in Burma during the war but very rarely talked about his time there, except full of praise for the American pilots that flew dangerous missions to keep them supplied and also full of praise for the Indian people themselves.