No big secret, and nothing TOO technologically fancy (or illegal). I get virtually all of my films from:
1. Turner Classic Movies and (more rarely) Fox Movie Channel or some other cable station that's commonly available through regular or digital cable subscription in the US. I often go through the TCM schedule several weeks in advance, and plan what to DVR. Before I could use a DVR via our cable subscription, I used a DVD player that could record on rewritable discs, and before that, a VCR.
2. Netflix and Netflix InstantWatch. Netflix InstantWatch is particularly good for a lot of obscure films that aren't on DVD, especially stuff like hard-to-find American film noir, British films from the 1940s to late 1960s, and a hodgepodge of indie and older non-English-language films.
3. I buy some once in a while...mostly Criterions and Eclipses.
If you have questions about where I found any particular film, I'd be very happy to tell you! I've been spending more time at Icheckmovies.com lately, so I often only come back here about once every 1-2 weeks to list what I've watched (and they have an unofficial forum where I post: http://s15.zetaboards.com/iCheckMovies/index/).
Thanks for catching that typo! I copied and pasted it straight from The Guardian, so I'm guessing it was incorrect there at the time. (I know the book, though I've only read excerpts -- I always love the scene in Annie Hall where Woody Allen produces McLuhan to tell the guy in line who's pontificating about McLuhan, "You know nothing of my work!")
Nine (Rob Marshall, 2009) has at least six winners: Sophia Loren, Daniel Day-Lewis (a two-time winner!), Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz, and Judi Dench.
I read it in college, and then with my husband about 5-6 years ago. I love both novels, and have a special fondness for epistolary novels in general. If you like novels written in different formats (letters, journals, news stories), two I heartily recommend are Choderlos de Laclos' Dangerous Liaisons (a.k.a. Les liaisons dangereuses) and Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White. Neither is horror/gothic horror, but they're both suspenseful and creepy in wonderful ways.
Lydia - Slaid Cleaves (love this song)...there's also a beautiful art song (classical) by Gabriel Fauré titled Lydia. If classical (vocal) music is okay, I can think of others.
Pictures of Lily - The Who
See Emily Play - Pink Floyd
Liza Jane - David Bowie
Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad - The Clash
Julie - David Bowie
Lucy Can't Dance - David Bowie
Janine - David Bowie
Remembering Marie A. - David Bowie
Rosalyn - The Pretty Things (David Bowie did a cover)
Annie Waits - Ben Folds Five (he's done a ton with women's names)
Emaline - Ben Folds
Jane - Ben Folds
Julianne - Ben Folds
Alice Childress - Ben Folds Five
Losing Lisa - Ben Folds
Gracie - Ben Folds
Give Judy My Notice - Ben Folds
Adelaide - Ben Folds
Kylie from Connectiut - Ben Folds
Oh! Susanna - Stephen Foster
Oh, My Darling Clementine (folk song)- not sure of composer
Annabel Lee - Joan Baez, probably others (it's the Poe poem)
Barbara Allen - folk song (Joan Baez, many others)
Elvira - Kenny Rogers (Oak Ridge Boys version is probably more famous)
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town - Kenny Rogers
Lucille - Kenny Rogers
Johanna - musical Sweeney Todd (don't know if musical theater is okay...)
Rebecca - Bee Gees
Angela - Bee Gees
4 - Mary Tyler Moore? I almost said Warren Beatty in the 70s, but the eyebrows look too plucked.
9 - Parker Posey? Head looks a little small, though...
11 - Charlie Sheen?
15 - Chloe Sevigny?
16 - Steve Allen?
Ha! Sadly, I have seen Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, so I definitely hope that disc you have hiding in that case really is The Pianist. Your story reminded me of another that keeps me eluding me, and I'll add it in a second: Lewis Milestone's 1932 Rain , with Joan Crawford and Walter Huston. I've screwed up recording it a few times, and I've just plain missed it by coming in too late. When I ordered it from Netflix, the DVD envelope was correct, but inside was some recent Spanish-language B-level crime movie...I think it was made for TV and had some part of the name "Rain" in it. I don't even see it on Netflix any more, or I'd link it.
Oh my gosh -- I didn't even remember that he was responsible for The Invasion! That was a horrible film! Just a fluke, perhaps; Downfall was so good. I haven't seen Moloch, but I think it's on my queue somewhere. I'm cranking them out, but if you'll notice, my reading rate has dropped a bit this year compared to last; I think that's part of where I'm getting the time. I also tend to be a night owl...I watch a lot of films in the wee hours of the morning.
I absolutely loved it. I know we're still in January, but I already believe it will be one of the best films of my 2009 viewing, whatever else comes along. Riveting, great filmmaking. I felt and thought so many different things all at once watching it and afterward...it was definitely a memorable film experience. It's not the sort of film I'd usually anticipate watching repeatedly (sort of like Umberto D. -- I'm not sure when I'll be able to watch that one again, if ever, despite how deeply I admire it), but I've contemplated buying a copy for repeat viewings in future, it was so good. I'd have been interested in more on the fall of Berlin, but at the same time, the focus within the bunker seems so perfect that I'm on the fence about broadening it; what I'd really wish for is a second movie dealing with that topic, comparable in quality. (Hard to imagine, but I hope to see such a thing. It would be fascinating.)
I know, I know! I had a suspicion you'd be horrified by either the Pynchon or Grass (or both!). The only Pynchon I own is Mason & Dixon, but it would make sense, if I'm going to be introduced, to start with Gravity's Rainbow. Maybe it'll be a 2009 read. Just started I Served the King of England in the wee hours of this morning, by the way, and I'm loving it.
I definitely plan on reading them at some point; I love exploring new things, especially when fellow readers feel strongly about them (for better or worse). Saul Bellow is on my near-list to read; I already have a couple of books on my shelves waiting for me. A few of the others...I haven't gotten to them yet, but at some point, I'll probably get there. I'm not deliberately avoiding anything. I had thought about going with Augie March for my first Bellow, but maybe I should look into Seize the Day.
Hey, from 17 down to 7 -- that's not bad! Definitely progress!
Thanks! I just updated for 2011.
Hi!
No big secret, and nothing TOO technologically fancy (or illegal). I get virtually all of my films from:
1. Turner Classic Movies and (more rarely) Fox Movie Channel or some other cable station that's commonly available through regular or digital cable subscription in the US. I often go through the TCM schedule several weeks in advance, and plan what to DVR. Before I could use a DVR via our cable subscription, I used a DVD player that could record on rewritable discs, and before that, a VCR.
2. Netflix and Netflix InstantWatch. Netflix InstantWatch is particularly good for a lot of obscure films that aren't on DVD, especially stuff like hard-to-find American film noir, British films from the 1940s to late 1960s, and a hodgepodge of indie and older non-English-language films.
3. I buy some once in a while...mostly Criterions and Eclipses.
If you have questions about where I found any particular film, I'd be very happy to tell you! I've been spending more time at Icheckmovies.com lately, so I often only come back here about once every 1-2 weeks to list what I've watched (and they have an unofficial forum where I post: http://s15.zetaboards.com/iCheckMovies/index/).
Thanks for catching that typo! I copied and pasted it straight from The Guardian, so I'm guessing it was incorrect there at the time. (I know the book, though I've only read excerpts -- I always love the scene in Annie Hall where Woody Allen produces McLuhan to tell the guy in line who's pontificating about McLuhan, "You know nothing of my work!")
Ha ha...thanks for giving me something to think about / agonize over for the next few days during slow moments... ;-P
Nine (Rob Marshall, 2009) has at least six winners: Sophia Loren, Daniel Day-Lewis (a two-time winner!), Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz, and Judi Dench.
Fun question...I bet there are more out there!
I read it in college, and then with my husband about 5-6 years ago. I love both novels, and have a special fondness for epistolary novels in general. If you like novels written in different formats (letters, journals, news stories), two I heartily recommend are Choderlos de Laclos' Dangerous Liaisons (a.k.a. Les liaisons dangereuses) and Wilkie Collins's The Woman in White. Neither is horror/gothic horror, but they're both suspenseful and creepy in wonderful ways.
Lydia - Slaid Cleaves (love this song)...there's also a beautiful art song (classical) by Gabriel Fauré titled Lydia. If classical (vocal) music is okay, I can think of others.
Pictures of Lily - The Who
See Emily Play - Pink Floyd
Liza Jane - David Bowie
Julie's Been Working for the Drug Squad - The Clash
Julie - David Bowie
Lucy Can't Dance - David Bowie
Janine - David Bowie
Remembering Marie A. - David Bowie
Rosalyn - The Pretty Things (David Bowie did a cover)
Annie Waits - Ben Folds Five (he's done a ton with women's names)
Emaline - Ben Folds
Jane - Ben Folds
Julianne - Ben Folds
Alice Childress - Ben Folds Five
Losing Lisa - Ben Folds
Gracie - Ben Folds
Give Judy My Notice - Ben Folds
Adelaide - Ben Folds
Kylie from Connectiut - Ben Folds
Oh! Susanna - Stephen Foster
Oh, My Darling Clementine (folk song)- not sure of composer
Annabel Lee - Joan Baez, probably others (it's the Poe poem)
Barbara Allen - folk song (Joan Baez, many others)
Elvira - Kenny Rogers (Oak Ridge Boys version is probably more famous)
Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town - Kenny Rogers
Lucille - Kenny Rogers
Johanna - musical Sweeney Todd (don't know if musical theater is okay...)
Rebecca - Bee Gees
Angela - Bee Gees
4 - Mary Tyler Moore? I almost said Warren Beatty in the 70s, but the eyebrows look too plucked.
9 - Parker Posey? Head looks a little small, though...
11 - Charlie Sheen?
15 - Chloe Sevigny?
16 - Steve Allen?
First book listed in each year is the winner.
Ha! Sadly, I have seen Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, so I definitely hope that disc you have hiding in that case really is The Pianist. Your story reminded me of another that keeps me eluding me, and I'll add it in a second: Lewis Milestone's 1932 Rain , with Joan Crawford and Walter Huston. I've screwed up recording it a few times, and I've just plain missed it by coming in too late. When I ordered it from Netflix, the DVD envelope was correct, but inside was some recent Spanish-language B-level crime movie...I think it was made for TV and had some part of the name "Rain" in it. I don't even see it on Netflix any more, or I'd link it.
Oh my gosh -- I didn't even remember that he was responsible for The Invasion! That was a horrible film! Just a fluke, perhaps; Downfall was so good. I haven't seen Moloch, but I think it's on my queue somewhere. I'm cranking them out, but if you'll notice, my reading rate has dropped a bit this year compared to last; I think that's part of where I'm getting the time. I also tend to be a night owl...I watch a lot of films in the wee hours of the morning.
I absolutely loved it. I know we're still in January, but I already believe it will be one of the best films of my 2009 viewing, whatever else comes along. Riveting, great filmmaking. I felt and thought so many different things all at once watching it and afterward...it was definitely a memorable film experience. It's not the sort of film I'd usually anticipate watching repeatedly (sort of like Umberto D. -- I'm not sure when I'll be able to watch that one again, if ever, despite how deeply I admire it), but I've contemplated buying a copy for repeat viewings in future, it was so good. I'd have been interested in more on the fall of Berlin, but at the same time, the focus within the bunker seems so perfect that I'm on the fence about broadening it; what I'd really wish for is a second movie dealing with that topic, comparable in quality. (Hard to imagine, but I hope to see such a thing. It would be fascinating.)
I know, I know! I had a suspicion you'd be horrified by either the Pynchon or Grass (or both!). The only Pynchon I own is Mason & Dixon, but it would make sense, if I'm going to be introduced, to start with Gravity's Rainbow. Maybe it'll be a 2009 read. Just started I Served the King of England in the wee hours of this morning, by the way, and I'm loving it.
I definitely plan on reading them at some point; I love exploring new things, especially when fellow readers feel strongly about them (for better or worse). Saul Bellow is on my near-list to read; I already have a couple of books on my shelves waiting for me. A few of the others...I haven't gotten to them yet, but at some point, I'll probably get there. I'm not deliberately avoiding anything. I had thought about going with Augie March for my first Bellow, but maybe I should look into Seize the Day.