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Giant
»rank: 7490
Chroniques et points de vue:Additional Features:A strikingly beautiful transfer makes Giant one of the best-looking classic films available on DVD. Curiously, the picture is letterbox format rather than anamorphic, though the relatively modest 1.66 aspect ratio makes this less of a problem than it could have been. (George Stevens Jr. mentions in the commentary track that his father liked a sense of height in his pictures and said that CinemaScope was only useful for the Last Supper.) The bonus features are as big as Texas. Most ...
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Story of O
»rank: 2959
Chroniques et points de vue:From :A milestone of cinematic eroticism, The Story of 0 was an art house sensation in 1975, and it's still worthy of intelligent discussion. As with the controversial French novella by Pauline Réage, reactions to Just Jaeckin's sumptuous adaptation range from moral outrage to masturbatory indulgence, yet this remains one of the few sex films that stand the test of time (and a lot of academic study). Championed by practitioners of bondage and discipline and vilified by feminists, this metaphorical 'love dream' ...
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Purple Rain (Widescreen Special Edition)
»rank: 6234
Chroniques et points de vue:From :The late Albert Magnoli directed this ragged but effective 1984 drama (with lots of musical interludes) starring (the artist formerly known as) Prince as a Minneapolis musician whose ego is his biggest obstacle to fame and love. ln the backdrop is a strong story about the character's violent family life and a father made monstrous by broken dreams. Prince's film debut as an actor is not bad at all, and he is surrounded by a few people (Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, ...
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Anne of Green Gables
»rank: 668
Chroniques et points de vue:Amazon.ca Canadian Essential: The orphan Anne Shirley is a classic character in children's literature, brought to life in this adaptation of the popular book by Canadian L.M. Montgomery. This DVD version of Anne of Green Gables does a fine job of enhancing Montgomery's original story, and as such it's a strong adaptation of a classic Canadian book, perfect for family viewing. From :This gorgeous adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic children's story is well worth watching with the whole family. Produced for ...
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The Truman Show
»rank: 668
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:The whole world is watching--literally--every time TrumanBurbank makes the slightest move. Unbeknownst to him, in thishauntingly funny film by Peter Weir, his entire life has been anunending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. Andeveryone he knows--including his mother, his wife, and his bestfriend--is really an actor, paid to be part of his life. ln thisintriguing and surprisingly touching 1998 film, writer Andrew Niccolimagines an ultimate kind of celebrity, then sees it brought to lifewith comic intensity and ...
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Random Passage / Cap Random
»rank: 6433
de: Morningstar Ent.
Chroniques et points de vue:From Amazon.co.uk:The whole world is watching--literally--every time TrumanBurbank makes the slightest move. Unbeknownst to him, in thishauntingly funny film by Peter Weir, his entire life has been anunending soap opera for consumption by the rest of the world. Andeveryone he knows--including his mother, his wife, and his bestfriend--is really an actor, paid to be part of his life. ln thisintriguing and surprisingly touching 1998 film, writer Andrew Niccolimagines an ultimate kind of celebrity, then sees it brought to lifewith comic intensity and ...
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Nowhere to Run (Full Screen)
»rank: 6217
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Poor Rosanna Arquette ended up in this Van Damme potboiler about an escaped convict who moves onto the farm of a widow (Arquette) and her two kids. Stuff happens: a cop who likes her gets jealous and beats up the Muscles from Brussels (but only after handcuffing him), there's a fire in the barn, bad guys are trying to drive her away, etc. The story was first developed by screenwriter Joe Eszterhas (Basic lnstinct) and the late director Richard Marquand (Eye ...
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CSI: New York - Season 3
»rank: 2036
de: Alliance (Universal)
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Poor Rosanna Arquette ended up in this Van Damme potboiler about an escaped convict who moves onto the farm of a widow (Arquette) and her two kids. Stuff happens: a cop who likes her gets jealous and beats up the Muscles from Brussels (but only after handcuffing him), there's a fire in the barn, bad guys are trying to drive her away, etc. The story was first developed by screenwriter Joe Eszterhas (Basic lnstinct) and the late director Richard Marquand (Eye ...
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Henry V
»rank: 4992
Chroniques et points de vue: Essential Video:Very few films come close to the brilliance Kenneth Branagh achieved with his first foray into screenwriting and direction. Henry V qualifies as a masterpiece, the kind of film that comes along once in a decade. He eschews the theatricality of Laurence 0livier's stirring, fondly remembered 1945 adaptation to establish his own rules. Branagh plays it down and dirty, seeing the bard's play through revisionist eyes, framing it as an antiwar story. Branagh gives us harsh close-ups of muddied, bloody ...
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The Double Life of Veronique
»rank: 4992
Chroniques et points de vue: Essential Video:Very few films come close to the brilliance Kenneth Branagh achieved with his first foray into screenwriting and direction. Henry V qualifies as a masterpiece, the kind of film that comes along once in a decade. He eschews the theatricality of Laurence 0livier's stirring, fondly remembered 1945 adaptation to establish his own rules. Branagh plays it down and dirty, seeing the bard's play through revisionist eyes, framing it as an antiwar story. Branagh gives us harsh close-ups of muddied, bloody ...
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