What classics did you see last week ? (4 Aug- 10 Aug 2019)
Aug 11, 2019 9:35:59 GMT
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DARK SHADOWS (1969) “Episodes 811-815” 50TH ANNIVERSARY MPI Video DVD.
August 4 marks the 75th Anniversary of the ‘Secret Annex’ capture: when Gestapo found and arrested the Franks, Van Pels and Dr. Pfeiffer, ending their 2-year hiding, the beginning of the end for most of them. I watched several films.
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (1959) 75TH ANNIVERSARY (of the Arrest) and 60TH ANNIVERSARY (of the film this year). This is Act 2 of the George Stevens film (having viewed Act 1 last March). My first viewing of this film- at school in 1992 didn’t reach this part; the 1980 TV film and an edited script of the play in my School Reading Book helped fill in the blanks until I saw this on American Movie Classic in 1993 (as part of the 1st Annual Film Preservation Festival). Fox Video DVD.
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (1987) “Part Four” Conclusion of the BBC-TV Serial. Just Entertainment PAL DVD.
THE ATTIC: THE HIDING OF ANNE FRANK (1988) Based on her co-written ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED, Meip Gies- the Austrian-turned-Dutch employee who helped protect & support the ‘Secret Annex’- is the focal point of this TV-Movie starring Mary Steenburgen, Paul Scofield, Eleanor Bron, Tom Wilkinson, and Victor Spinetti. I first saw parts of this on the Disney Channel in June 1992, as part of a string of Frank-related subjects (a docu THE WORLD OF ANNE FRANK, and the 1980 version of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK with Maxmillian Schell sharing Scofield’s out-of-visual-accuracy Otto Frank) Cabin Fever VHS.
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (2009) "Part 3" YouTube.
ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED (1995) Jon Blair’s award-winning documentary, with interviews of Anne’s friends and Pfeffer’s son (who gets an emotional reunion with Miep Gies shortly before his death) as well as actual film footage of Anne (from a home movie of a wedding occurring in her neighborhood). First saw this on the Disney Channel in June 1995 (the Disney Channel was a very different thing back then). Sony Classics DVD
I also watched the beginning part of Part 2 of ANNE FRANK (2001 Buena Vista DVD) up to the arrest.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN (2013) “An Old Nemesis.” Viz Media DVD
A TALE OF TWO CITIES (1980) “Episode Three” To2C 160TH ANNIVERSARY Marquis St. Evermonde (Morris Perry) and Madame DeFarge (Judy Parfitt) make their appearances in this serial. One doesn't make it past the episode. Just Entertainment PAL DVD.
THE SON OF THE SHIEK (1926) UNITED ARTISTS 100TH ANNIVERSARY Rudolph Valentino’s final film (he plays both father and son). First saw parts of this on a documentary called LIFE OF VALENTINO back in 1989. Kino Lorber BluRay.
FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST (2004) “Hohenheim of Light” 15TH ANNIVERSARY. Funimation DVD.
FINAL CUT: THE MAKING OF HEAVEN’S GATE AND THE UNMAKING OF A STUDIO (2004) Narrated by Willem DaFoe, this documentary covers the making and legacy of Leonard Cimino’s epic bomb, with interviews by Stephen Bach, Jeff Bridges (who bought the cabin whorehouse when filming ended), Kris Kristoffersen, and Brad Dourif. This is a VHS recording from a Trio TV Broadcast in 2004. Guess what I will be watching this week?
SERVING THE ROYALS (2015) Netflix.
DRAGON BALL Z (1989) “Escape From Piccolo! Gohan Summons a Storm!” 30TH ANNIVERSARY. Funimation DVD.
THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920) ZORRO 100th ANNIVERSARY and UNITED ARTISTS 100TH ANNIVERSARY. In honor of the centennial publication of Johnston McCulley's “The Curse of Capistrano”, I revive my Zorro watching with the Douglas Fairbanks Sr. film (which will have its own centennial next year) that launched the swashbuckler phase of his career. The film is also notable for debuting Zorro’s ‘Z’ signature, and the magic tricks, which weren’t in the pulp serial but impressed McCulley to add these actions in his book-form revision. I only saw parts of this film (the chase sequence) in many forms (SESAME STREET for example), not viewing the full film until my birthday in 1995 on a Blackhawk/Image VHS. This is the Kino DVD, with an Orson Welles introduction from THE SILENT YEARS.
METROPOLIS (1927) GRIGORI MORODER VERSION (1984) 35TH ANNIVERSARY. Moroder’s controversial revision of the film with songs by Pat Benatar, Bonnie Tyler, Adam Ant, Freddie Mercury (his association would cause this edit to be erroneously referred to as scored by Queen), and Dreamboy. Back in Elementary school in 1991, a special class I went to would have this scholastic activity of the Metropolis story with questions for memory learning (I recognized the film from my horror history books). On my final day at school, the teacher then showed me this version (at least up to Freder struggling through the workday). I didn’t see the rest of the Morodoer version for almost a decade until I rented the film in 1999. Kino Lorber BluRay.
August 4 marks the 75th Anniversary of the ‘Secret Annex’ capture: when Gestapo found and arrested the Franks, Van Pels and Dr. Pfeiffer, ending their 2-year hiding, the beginning of the end for most of them. I watched several films.
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (1959) 75TH ANNIVERSARY (of the Arrest) and 60TH ANNIVERSARY (of the film this year). This is Act 2 of the George Stevens film (having viewed Act 1 last March). My first viewing of this film- at school in 1992 didn’t reach this part; the 1980 TV film and an edited script of the play in my School Reading Book helped fill in the blanks until I saw this on American Movie Classic in 1993 (as part of the 1st Annual Film Preservation Festival). Fox Video DVD.
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (1987) “Part Four” Conclusion of the BBC-TV Serial. Just Entertainment PAL DVD.
THE ATTIC: THE HIDING OF ANNE FRANK (1988) Based on her co-written ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED, Meip Gies- the Austrian-turned-Dutch employee who helped protect & support the ‘Secret Annex’- is the focal point of this TV-Movie starring Mary Steenburgen, Paul Scofield, Eleanor Bron, Tom Wilkinson, and Victor Spinetti. I first saw parts of this on the Disney Channel in June 1992, as part of a string of Frank-related subjects (a docu THE WORLD OF ANNE FRANK, and the 1980 version of THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK with Maxmillian Schell sharing Scofield’s out-of-visual-accuracy Otto Frank) Cabin Fever VHS.
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (2009) "Part 3" YouTube.
ANNE FRANK REMEMBERED (1995) Jon Blair’s award-winning documentary, with interviews of Anne’s friends and Pfeffer’s son (who gets an emotional reunion with Miep Gies shortly before his death) as well as actual film footage of Anne (from a home movie of a wedding occurring in her neighborhood). First saw this on the Disney Channel in June 1995 (the Disney Channel was a very different thing back then). Sony Classics DVD
I also watched the beginning part of Part 2 of ANNE FRANK (2001 Buena Vista DVD) up to the arrest.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN (2013) “An Old Nemesis.” Viz Media DVD
A TALE OF TWO CITIES (1980) “Episode Three” To2C 160TH ANNIVERSARY Marquis St. Evermonde (Morris Perry) and Madame DeFarge (Judy Parfitt) make their appearances in this serial. One doesn't make it past the episode. Just Entertainment PAL DVD.
THE SON OF THE SHIEK (1926) UNITED ARTISTS 100TH ANNIVERSARY Rudolph Valentino’s final film (he plays both father and son). First saw parts of this on a documentary called LIFE OF VALENTINO back in 1989. Kino Lorber BluRay.
FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST (2004) “Hohenheim of Light” 15TH ANNIVERSARY. Funimation DVD.
FINAL CUT: THE MAKING OF HEAVEN’S GATE AND THE UNMAKING OF A STUDIO (2004) Narrated by Willem DaFoe, this documentary covers the making and legacy of Leonard Cimino’s epic bomb, with interviews by Stephen Bach, Jeff Bridges (who bought the cabin whorehouse when filming ended), Kris Kristoffersen, and Brad Dourif. This is a VHS recording from a Trio TV Broadcast in 2004. Guess what I will be watching this week?
SERVING THE ROYALS (2015) Netflix.
DRAGON BALL Z (1989) “Escape From Piccolo! Gohan Summons a Storm!” 30TH ANNIVERSARY. Funimation DVD.
THE MARK OF ZORRO (1920) ZORRO 100th ANNIVERSARY and UNITED ARTISTS 100TH ANNIVERSARY. In honor of the centennial publication of Johnston McCulley's “The Curse of Capistrano”, I revive my Zorro watching with the Douglas Fairbanks Sr. film (which will have its own centennial next year) that launched the swashbuckler phase of his career. The film is also notable for debuting Zorro’s ‘Z’ signature, and the magic tricks, which weren’t in the pulp serial but impressed McCulley to add these actions in his book-form revision. I only saw parts of this film (the chase sequence) in many forms (SESAME STREET for example), not viewing the full film until my birthday in 1995 on a Blackhawk/Image VHS. This is the Kino DVD, with an Orson Welles introduction from THE SILENT YEARS.
METROPOLIS (1927) GRIGORI MORODER VERSION (1984) 35TH ANNIVERSARY. Moroder’s controversial revision of the film with songs by Pat Benatar, Bonnie Tyler, Adam Ant, Freddie Mercury (his association would cause this edit to be erroneously referred to as scored by Queen), and Dreamboy. Back in Elementary school in 1991, a special class I went to would have this scholastic activity of the Metropolis story with questions for memory learning (I recognized the film from my horror history books). On my final day at school, the teacher then showed me this version (at least up to Freder struggling through the workday). I didn’t see the rest of the Morodoer version for almost a decade until I rented the film in 1999. Kino Lorber BluRay.