Post by Rufus-T on Mar 25, 2021 19:38:23 GMT
I bought hundreds of those "blind" here for a dollar each. I had not previously realized how many films were produced in the US, some with A-list stars, and never released in the UK. The quality, as you say, was generally poor and I have thrown 95% away.
There are many good old classics available on YouTube for free.
Indeed. I have watched hundreds of worthwhile movies there free, including many Soviet and Russian films, though my appreciation of the latter is often hampered by the badly translated subtitles. Many of these movies are expensively produced but unknown in the US or UK. I cannot understand why they are not sold in the West as a cheap line. The cost of adding decent subtitles must be minimal compared with the overall costs of production.
Many are also available for a fee.
I do not mind the (usually trivial) expense but I am wary of giving out my card details.
There are ways to get a movie if you want it bad enough and willing to pay for it.
If I can't find it and wanted bad enough and that the DVD is available through online store, I'll buy it.
I never feel the need to pay a premium price. There is such a constant stream of new (to me) titles to watch. I have over 100 films in my collection which I have yet to see, and these are titles which I specifically sought out, often following recommendations from posters here.
There were quite a bunch of movies that I desperately wanted to see and the only resource at the time was to buy the DVD or VHS. Examples are
Little Dorrit, the 1987 version with Alec Guiness
Jude, starring Kate Winslet
The German version of Titanic
The Nasty Girl, starring Lena Stolze
The Wim Wenders movie Wrong Move
The 1934 Raymond Bernard version of Les Miserables
There are others, but these are the ones that come to mind.