What did you watch today? v 24.0

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Permalink Reply by e manderthal on September 7, 2009 at 3:03pm

I fell in love with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's A Canterbury Tale (1949).
Of all of this duo's films, this is now my favorite. I saw it Friday night and I think I'll be seeing it again tonight with the family. A surprising, refreshing treat that goes down oh-so-easy.
I'm baffled that it only has 6,000 ratings on Netflix. 5 big stars from me.

Permalink Reply by e manderthal on September 11, 2009 at 12:17am

The year mentioned above (and on the Netflix site) should read 1944, not 1949.
Although A Canterbury Tale was released in the US in '49, this was a bastardized, severely chopped version; dumbed down by idiots for an idiot American market. The above disk contains the original, unedited British release, from 1944, as well as extras, which include scenes filmed later for the US version. These scenes starred Kim Hunter, and were inserted into the beginning and the end of the edited original. They made me cringe.

Permalink Reply by photo heathen on September 11, 2009 at 12:21am

Were Americans idiot back in the 40s? I always thought the baby boomers started that trend. Well, they certainly perfected it at least.

Permalink Reply by e manderthal on September 11, 2009 at 12:33am

Yes, and in any case, they couldn't sit still for the full 124 mins, what with all those booming babies screaming and squirming in their laps. Time to start editing.

Permalink Reply by photo heathen on September 11, 2009 at 12:51am

Hmph - Greatest Generation my ass :)

Permalink Reply by Jen Hutch on September 24, 2009 at 9:05pm

The unedited version is such a GREAT movie! And yeah I can't believe it doesn't have more ratings. So good.
5 stars frm me too.

Permalink Reply by Guy on September 24, 2009 at 9:20pm

Note the prologue section which has a falcolner launching his bird which transitions into an aircraft. Kubrick undoubtedly ganked this for 2001 when he had the famous transition of ape-man throwing a bone that dissolves to a spaceship.

Permalink Reply by e manderthal on September 25, 2009 at 12:28am

Perhaps Bunuel ganked it as well. His Simon of the Desert (1965) uses a similar, but much more in your face technique when the sudden appearance of a jumbo jet propels the story forward in time.

Permalink Reply by Pihk on September 25, 2009 at 4:13am

I haven't seen this Powell film yet but that's bullshit, sir...a boner turning into a spaceship is quite a quantum leap compared with a natural flying object changing into a man made flying object.

Capiche?

I have decided to deputize myself as the Defender of Kubrick on these boards. You fucking barbarians have been served notice!

Permalink Reply by Tabigarasu on September 25, 2009 at 5:43am

*Ahem*

KBRCK , peace be upon Him, needs no one to defend Him. Even if He did, it would certainly not be by a pretentious twat with over-large sunglasses.

Permalink Reply by Pihk on September 25, 2009 at 7:14am

My glasses fit fine.

They may be large but that is only to cover up the baggy eyes I suffer from due to countless sleepless nights. Sleepless nights during which I sadly reflect upon living in a world where wisecracking avians aren't immediatley executed and turned into a wholesome puree to feed my network of white slave massage parlors.

Permalink Reply by Tabigarasu on September 29, 2009 at 3:20pm

I would submit pictures at this time of my standard diet, but Ning admin would get so many outraged e-mails so fast, they would think they were under a DOS attack.

I am what I eat. If you gave your slaves any puree tainted with raven, you would have a revolt on your hands that would make Nat Turner look like Gandhi.

Parrots on the other hand, now, parrots...THEY have it soft. Their abundant sense of self-worth is evidenced by the careful capitalization of every word. They even do it when they're speaking, you just can't see it.

Think of them as ortolan for the 21st century.

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