BAKA | 17th November 2013 02:59 PM | Quote:
Originally Posted by nosferatu42
(Post 378227)
Im a big fan of the wicker man but i can see how new converts might not be impressed, people these days are used to a more flashy style of film making and the storyline may seem a little basic. | From my end that certainly isn't the case. I'm far from a spring chicken. I like a lot of 70's cinema, but it's actually films from the 50s-60s that is my main interest. Very far removed from the modern 'flashy style' of today. And it's certainly not the subversive elements or reflective cinema in general either. I'm a big fan of Welles' The Trial, Tarkovsky's Stalker, granted neither are Horror films, but off the top of my head they're two subversive delights I particularly enjoy.
I've read a great deal on The Wicker Man and can appreciate it, but it's not a film I am eager to seek out, or eager to rewatch (although I'm curious to see the 'Final Cut'). I've talked about it before, but I find the big 3 from 1973 overrated (including The Exorcist and Don't Look Now; despite being a fan of Daphne du Maurier). I'd much prefer to watch DePalma's Sisters from the same year, or Don't Torture a Duckling from the prior year, or Black Christmas from the year after.
I think everyone has a few movies that are almost universally adored that they don't really rate as highly as everyone else. I far from dislike any of them, I just don't love them, like the vast majority of others seem to. Quote:
Originally Posted by J Harker
(Post 378196)
So can anyone clarify what's going on with the new Nosferatu blu for me please? Does the steelbook have a different booklet to the standard amaray or is it the dvd that has a longer version of the booklet? | I think it's the original DVD release. |