What classics did you see last week ? (8 Mar - 14 Mar 2020)
Mar 15, 2020 12:47:16 GMT
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I didn’t know Max Von Sydow died last week. My fasting from the Internet left me out of touch. I will always remember him as Jesus, Ming the Merciless, and the King in CONAN THE BARBARIAN.
AGATHA CHRISTIE’S MISS MARPLE (1985) “A Pocketful of Rye Part 2” 35TH ANNIVERSARY. The first series of the Joan Hickson Miss Marple series comes to an end. BBC Video DVD.
GANKUTUSOU – THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (2005) “The Golden Boy’s True Identity” 15TH ANNIVERSARY & CoMC 175TH ANNIVERSARY. The Count makes his final strikes on Danglars (abandoned on a space shuttle filled with gold) and Villefort (his attempted murder of an illegitimate son has said offspring revealing his act in public and then infecting him with a mind-rotting poison). Mondego, however ruined his reputation, will not go down without a fight. Geneon DVD.
DAVID COPPERFIELD (1974) “Episode Two” 170TH ANNIVERSARY. The Second Episode covers the remainder of David the Boy, from his meeting with Mr. Micawber (Arthur Lowe), his salvation by Aunt Betsey, and his education near Uriah Heep (Marvin Jarvis). The last few minutes feature David the Man and his reunion with Steerforth. Koch Video DVD.
IVANHOE (1970) “Saint Martin’s Day” 50TH ANNIVERSARY & 200TH ANNIVERSARY. The conclusion of the 1970 BBC-TV Serial. Simply Media DVD.
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (1980) “Rodney Dangerfield/J. Geils Band” 40TH ANNIVERSARY. A MANHATTAN Spoof with Rodney dating a 10-year-old (played by Laraine Newman). The final courtroom sketch features a young Rob Morrow in the Jury. Universal DVD.
ROBIN OF SHERWOOD (1985) “The Prophecy” 35TH ANNIVERSARY. The second series begins with the intro of my direct ancestor Prince John making a visit at Nottingham and becoming King. Just as the series revoked the tradition of Richard the Lion-Hearted as a benevolent King whose return solves everything, this episode also plays with the sad overtone that Robin Hood’s opposition to Prince John’s power play schemes in the traditional stories overlooks the fact that John eventually became King (Richard dies offscreen with John’s ascension). MIDSOMMER MURDER John Nettles makes a guest appearance, along with George Baker (as Marion’s long-lost father). Acorn Media DVD.
ER (1995) “Love’s Labour Lost” 25TH ANNIVERSARY. Oh this episode…pretty much one the major stories of the entire series. Dr. Greene, dealing with the end of his marriage, misdiagnoses a pregnant woman and tries to save her and the child with tragic results. I still remember how emotional it was when I first saw the episode on its first syndicated run on TNT in the fall of 1998 (in the early Millenium, NBC would re-broadcast the episode, highlighting its importance in promos). Warner DVD.
MOBILE FIGHTER G GUNDAM (1995) “Rain in Crisis: Resurrection of Devil Gundam” 25TH ANNIVERSARY. The Gundam Fights have been completed, but the climactic storyline is set. Japanese with English Subtitles. Bandai DVD.
ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS (1960) “Jet-Rocket Formula Part 33 & 34” 60TH ANNIVERSARY. Sony Wonder DVD.
DRAGON BALL Z: THE WORLD’S STRONGEST (1990) 30TH ANNIVERSARY. The second DRAGON BALL Z Movie is another out-of-continuity storyline, this time involving the awakening of a long-inactive evil brain searching for a powerful body to inhabit. Its biggest highlight is a dream sequence where Gohan sings the praises of Piccolo. This was one of the earliest DBZ films shown when the series was broadcast in America, not to mention one of the few DBZ media that was left Uncut and Unedited for video. Japanese with English Subtitles. Pioneer DVD.
SEVEN CHANCES (1925) 95TH ANNIVERSARY. Buster Keaton plays a businessman in dire potentially convicted straits who has to get married to win a money inheritance in a limited time frame. His attempts climax in a newspaper advertisement with disastrous results. My favorite Buster Keaton film, I first watched it in Robert Youngson’s FOUR CLOWNS (1970) edit. Later, on the night of the Keaton Centennial on American Movie Classics, the channel’s broadcast revealed to me that the opening with in Two-Strip Technicolor. I finally saw the whole product in the Spring of 1997. Kino Lorber BluRay.
DADDY LONG LEGS (1990) “The Letter Thrown in the Waistbin.” 30TH ANNIVERSARY Japanese with English Subtitles. Bootleg DVD.
HOLLYWOOD (1980) “The Man With The Megaphone” 40TH ANNIVERSARY. The 10th Episode covers the Directors. With interviews by Allan Dawn, Bessie Love, Janet Gaynor, King Vidor, and Eleanor Boardman, the subjects are Rex Ingrams’ MARE NOSTRUM, Marshall Neilan’s DADDY LONG LEGS and (with greater coverage) F.W. Murnau’s SUNRISE and Vidor’s THE CROWD. Bootleg DVD.
THE ROSE OF VERSAILLIES (1980) “The Necklace Shines Ominously…” 40TH ANNIVERSARY. A few years pass as Marie Antoinette enjoys motherhood much to the neglect of her duties to her subjects. Things are about to get worse when villainess Jeanne perpetrates the royal-reputation-shattering Affair of the Necklace. Japanese with English Subtitles. Right Stuf DVD.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN (2013) “Contact: Naruto VS Itachi” Viz Media DVD.
CINDERELLA (1950) 70TH ANNIVERSARY THIS MONTH. Walt Disney’s return to full-length features is the classic Fairy Tale. Despite feminist criticisms of the characterization, I felt Cindy was a more dimensional character than Snow White or Aurora. I also disagree that she was ‘waiting for her prince to come’. I gathered more that her dream wasn’t so much getting married to a prince but finding a way out of her degraded subservient lifestyle (at the ball, she danced with a man whose royal trappings she didn’t recognize or learn about until the next day). My first viewings of the film was via clips on several Disney specials (the mice and birds making Cinderella’s dress, Jacques and Gus trying to gather trimmings, the fairy godmother sequence), finally watching the whole film on VHS in October 1988. It is this VHS (from the original video release that aforementioned date, with a trailer for the upcoming OLIVER AND COMPANY) that I watched for this viewing.
ONCE AND AGAIN (2000) “Strangers and Brothers” 20TH ANNIVERSARY. Buena Vista DVD.
I LOVE THE 70’S (2003) “1970”, “1972”, “1973”, “1974”, “1975” Sequel series of I LOVE THE 80’S covers the films, TV shows, fashions, events, products of the decade through the people who remembered them. 80s commentators Mo Rocca, Hal Sparks, Rich Eisen, Stuart Scott, Joel Stein, and Michael Ian Black returns with the addition of Rachael Harris. It is a sad thing to note that several of the commentators (Scott, Jerry Stiller, Rick James, David Cassidy) are no longer with us. This is a VHS recording of its premiere on VH1 August 2003. My I LOVE THE 80S recording had CHICAGO promos for its cinema run. This recording now advertises the film on video.
DRAGON BALL KAI (2011) “Another Time Machine? Bulma Uncovers a Mystery” Funimation BluRay.
I also watched parts of several episodes of SONIC X, one of them, “Emerald Anniversary” features several characters dressed up as Marie Antoinette and Count Fersen from THE ROSE OF VERSAILLES.
AGATHA CHRISTIE’S MISS MARPLE (1985) “A Pocketful of Rye Part 2” 35TH ANNIVERSARY. The first series of the Joan Hickson Miss Marple series comes to an end. BBC Video DVD.
GANKUTUSOU – THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (2005) “The Golden Boy’s True Identity” 15TH ANNIVERSARY & CoMC 175TH ANNIVERSARY. The Count makes his final strikes on Danglars (abandoned on a space shuttle filled with gold) and Villefort (his attempted murder of an illegitimate son has said offspring revealing his act in public and then infecting him with a mind-rotting poison). Mondego, however ruined his reputation, will not go down without a fight. Geneon DVD.
DAVID COPPERFIELD (1974) “Episode Two” 170TH ANNIVERSARY. The Second Episode covers the remainder of David the Boy, from his meeting with Mr. Micawber (Arthur Lowe), his salvation by Aunt Betsey, and his education near Uriah Heep (Marvin Jarvis). The last few minutes feature David the Man and his reunion with Steerforth. Koch Video DVD.
IVANHOE (1970) “Saint Martin’s Day” 50TH ANNIVERSARY & 200TH ANNIVERSARY. The conclusion of the 1970 BBC-TV Serial. Simply Media DVD.
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (1980) “Rodney Dangerfield/J. Geils Band” 40TH ANNIVERSARY. A MANHATTAN Spoof with Rodney dating a 10-year-old (played by Laraine Newman). The final courtroom sketch features a young Rob Morrow in the Jury. Universal DVD.
ROBIN OF SHERWOOD (1985) “The Prophecy” 35TH ANNIVERSARY. The second series begins with the intro of my direct ancestor Prince John making a visit at Nottingham and becoming King. Just as the series revoked the tradition of Richard the Lion-Hearted as a benevolent King whose return solves everything, this episode also plays with the sad overtone that Robin Hood’s opposition to Prince John’s power play schemes in the traditional stories overlooks the fact that John eventually became King (Richard dies offscreen with John’s ascension). MIDSOMMER MURDER John Nettles makes a guest appearance, along with George Baker (as Marion’s long-lost father). Acorn Media DVD.
ER (1995) “Love’s Labour Lost” 25TH ANNIVERSARY. Oh this episode…pretty much one the major stories of the entire series. Dr. Greene, dealing with the end of his marriage, misdiagnoses a pregnant woman and tries to save her and the child with tragic results. I still remember how emotional it was when I first saw the episode on its first syndicated run on TNT in the fall of 1998 (in the early Millenium, NBC would re-broadcast the episode, highlighting its importance in promos). Warner DVD.
MOBILE FIGHTER G GUNDAM (1995) “Rain in Crisis: Resurrection of Devil Gundam” 25TH ANNIVERSARY. The Gundam Fights have been completed, but the climactic storyline is set. Japanese with English Subtitles. Bandai DVD.
ROCKY AND HIS FRIENDS (1960) “Jet-Rocket Formula Part 33 & 34” 60TH ANNIVERSARY. Sony Wonder DVD.
DRAGON BALL Z: THE WORLD’S STRONGEST (1990) 30TH ANNIVERSARY. The second DRAGON BALL Z Movie is another out-of-continuity storyline, this time involving the awakening of a long-inactive evil brain searching for a powerful body to inhabit. Its biggest highlight is a dream sequence where Gohan sings the praises of Piccolo. This was one of the earliest DBZ films shown when the series was broadcast in America, not to mention one of the few DBZ media that was left Uncut and Unedited for video. Japanese with English Subtitles. Pioneer DVD.
SEVEN CHANCES (1925) 95TH ANNIVERSARY. Buster Keaton plays a businessman in dire potentially convicted straits who has to get married to win a money inheritance in a limited time frame. His attempts climax in a newspaper advertisement with disastrous results. My favorite Buster Keaton film, I first watched it in Robert Youngson’s FOUR CLOWNS (1970) edit. Later, on the night of the Keaton Centennial on American Movie Classics, the channel’s broadcast revealed to me that the opening with in Two-Strip Technicolor. I finally saw the whole product in the Spring of 1997. Kino Lorber BluRay.
DADDY LONG LEGS (1990) “The Letter Thrown in the Waistbin.” 30TH ANNIVERSARY Japanese with English Subtitles. Bootleg DVD.
HOLLYWOOD (1980) “The Man With The Megaphone” 40TH ANNIVERSARY. The 10th Episode covers the Directors. With interviews by Allan Dawn, Bessie Love, Janet Gaynor, King Vidor, and Eleanor Boardman, the subjects are Rex Ingrams’ MARE NOSTRUM, Marshall Neilan’s DADDY LONG LEGS and (with greater coverage) F.W. Murnau’s SUNRISE and Vidor’s THE CROWD. Bootleg DVD.
THE ROSE OF VERSAILLIES (1980) “The Necklace Shines Ominously…” 40TH ANNIVERSARY. A few years pass as Marie Antoinette enjoys motherhood much to the neglect of her duties to her subjects. Things are about to get worse when villainess Jeanne perpetrates the royal-reputation-shattering Affair of the Necklace. Japanese with English Subtitles. Right Stuf DVD.
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN (2013) “Contact: Naruto VS Itachi” Viz Media DVD.
CINDERELLA (1950) 70TH ANNIVERSARY THIS MONTH. Walt Disney’s return to full-length features is the classic Fairy Tale. Despite feminist criticisms of the characterization, I felt Cindy was a more dimensional character than Snow White or Aurora. I also disagree that she was ‘waiting for her prince to come’. I gathered more that her dream wasn’t so much getting married to a prince but finding a way out of her degraded subservient lifestyle (at the ball, she danced with a man whose royal trappings she didn’t recognize or learn about until the next day). My first viewings of the film was via clips on several Disney specials (the mice and birds making Cinderella’s dress, Jacques and Gus trying to gather trimmings, the fairy godmother sequence), finally watching the whole film on VHS in October 1988. It is this VHS (from the original video release that aforementioned date, with a trailer for the upcoming OLIVER AND COMPANY) that I watched for this viewing.
ONCE AND AGAIN (2000) “Strangers and Brothers” 20TH ANNIVERSARY. Buena Vista DVD.
I LOVE THE 70’S (2003) “1970”, “1972”, “1973”, “1974”, “1975” Sequel series of I LOVE THE 80’S covers the films, TV shows, fashions, events, products of the decade through the people who remembered them. 80s commentators Mo Rocca, Hal Sparks, Rich Eisen, Stuart Scott, Joel Stein, and Michael Ian Black returns with the addition of Rachael Harris. It is a sad thing to note that several of the commentators (Scott, Jerry Stiller, Rick James, David Cassidy) are no longer with us. This is a VHS recording of its premiere on VH1 August 2003. My I LOVE THE 80S recording had CHICAGO promos for its cinema run. This recording now advertises the film on video.
DRAGON BALL KAI (2011) “Another Time Machine? Bulma Uncovers a Mystery” Funimation BluRay.
I also watched parts of several episodes of SONIC X, one of them, “Emerald Anniversary” features several characters dressed up as Marie Antoinette and Count Fersen from THE ROSE OF VERSAILLES.