Paris, Texas (1984) - 40th Anniversary (4K + Blu-ray Limited Edition) (Curzon) [UK]
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That's where I have disagree. Perfect Days is anything but boring. That's the human condition on screen right there. It's shows you don't have to have Boom Boom, Pew Pew, Dopamine, Dopamine.Million Dollar Hotel and The End of Violence for me, but his movies are all rather slow and 'atmospheric', so they can seem extremely boring, like Better Days, if you judge just by the setup - a Japanese janitor sits around thinking about stuff... I mean, c'mon, that's like watching paint dry.
It's no box office film certainly; it's intimate, internal and hopeful.You get a 5 minute scene between the main character and his sister and it tells you a lifetimes worth of history in expressions alone!
Modern bullsh*t has robbed everyone's attention span for peace.
I'm amazed you even watched it @Lenny Nero, I wouldn't have thought you'd bother.
Well done for giving it a go brother.
Maybe, now, I wonder what if someone like Zack Snyder had made a film about grain farming. Grain Farming! GRAIN.
(Only trolling of course. I love the fact everyone has different tastes. World would be boring otherwise)
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Now. Why haven't we had a 4k version of Strange Days yet? We need that and Near Dark or at least a decent Blu-ray remaster of them both. Limited sets. We had steels of Point Break, Zero Dark and The Hurt Locker. Love Bigelow's movies.
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If that paint is directed by Wender i'd gladly watch it dry.Million Dollar Hotel and The End of Violence for me, but his movies are all rather slow and 'atmospheric', so they can seem extremely boring, like Better Days, if you judge just by the setup - a Japanese janitor sits around thinking about stuff... I mean, c'mon, that's like watching paint dry.
Going on past editions.
Probably a poster(s) and a booklet. Hopefully the slipcase is better quality and that image has a decent colour depth and print clarity.
The special features look the same as Dvd and Blu-ray. Nothing new.
I'm not disagreeing with you - such movies can be great if done well, and I love when directors take a momentto let a scene breathe and unfold - just saying how one could think of a movie, using Better Days as an example. I haven't seen it. Precisely because I thought like that, and it didn't have the draw of favorite actors in it, like Milla Jovovich & Mel Gibson, or Andy MacDowell and Bill Pullman...That's where I have disagree. Perfect Days is anything but boring. That's the human condition on screen right there. It's shows you don't have to have Boom Boom, Pew Pew, Dopamine, Dopamine.
You get a 5 minute scene between the main character and his sister and it tells you a lifetimes worth of history in expressions alone!
Modern bullsh*t has robbed everyone's attention span for peace.
I'm amazed you even watched it @Lenny Nero, I wouldn't have thought you'd bother.
Well done for giving it a go brother.
Maybe, now, I wonder what if someone like Zack Snyder had made a film about grain farming. Grain Farming! GRAIN.
(Only trolling of course. I love the fact everyone has different tastes. World would be boring otherwise)
Edit: off topic
Now. Why haven't we had a 4k version of Strange Days yet? We need that and Near Dark or at least a decent Blu-ray remaster of them both. Limited sets. We had steels of Point Break, Zero Dark and The Hurt Locker. Love Bigelow's movies.
Some of my All-time favorite movies are Eye of the Beholder and The Sweet Hereafter - last one manages to have such an emotional impact, that when you finally see a school bus sink under ice, it's more powerful, than of whole Titanic - that's the comparison I had at the time, as they both came out at the end of 1997.
It does my heart good to hear positive comments about Until the End of the World. I loved the VHS years ago and always yearned to see the longer cut that Wenders sometimes mentioned. When Criterion finally released it, it was a total revelation. I'm also partial to Wings of Desire and Paris, Texas, but UTEOTW has a special place for me. For anyone who likes any of those films, I also highly recommend his earlier work, which Criterion packages as "The Road Trilogy."
Limited Edition Special Features include:
- One 4K UHD disc with the new 4K restoration of the film presented in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- One Blu-ray disc which includes the new 4K restoration, presented in HD, and special features
- New introduction to the film by Wim Wenders
- New interview with Wim Wenders, discussing the 4K restoration and the film's 40th anniversary
- Audio commentary with Wim Wenders
- Super-8 footage shot for the film
- Paris, Texas in Cannes featurette from 1984
- Interview with Wim Wenders from 2022
- Deleted Scenes with audio commentary from Wim Wenders
- New and original trailers
- English SDH subtitles
- Posters
- Booklet featuring archival interviews with Wenders, Harry Dean Stanton, Natassja Kinski, and Dean Stockwell, as well as a new interview with Wenders, behind the scenes photos, and an essay by Kelly Powell
- Presented in a rigid slipcase containing the digipak, booklet and posters
- One 4K UHD disc with the new 4K restoration of the film presented in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- One Blu-ray disc which includes the new 4K restoration, presented in HD, and special features
- New introduction to the film by Wim Wenders
- New interview with Wim Wenders, discussing the 4K restoration and the film's 40th anniversary
- Audio commentary with Wim Wenders
- Super-8 footage shot for the film
- Paris, Texas in Cannes featurette from 1984
- Interview with Wim Wenders from 2022
- Deleted Scenes with audio commentary from Wim Wenders
- New and original trailers
- English SDH subtitles
- Posters
- Booklet featuring archival interviews with Wenders, Harry Dean Stanton, Natassja Kinski, and Dean Stockwell, as well as a new interview with Wenders, behind the scenes photos, and an essay by Kelly Powell
- Presented in a rigid slipcase containing the digipak, booklet and posters
Ordered, not seen it before but after seeing Perfect Days I'm definitely interested in seeing his other work
I've been ignoring this movie most of my life due to my specific tastes and preferences, and should've continued to trust myself, but when this new UHD restoration was announced for a great looking physical release, and a theatrical showing to boot, I decided to check it out, primarily because of Nastassja Kinski.
I was severely disappointed, as you have to wait almost 2 hours out of extremely slow 2.5 hour runtime for her character to properly appear, and even though it has that intimate 'slice of life' realistic style in some scenes, it's excruciatingly boring. At least I won't be buying this UHD edition...
I was severely disappointed, as you have to wait almost 2 hours out of extremely slow 2.5 hour runtime for her character to properly appear, and even though it has that intimate 'slice of life' realistic style in some scenes, it's excruciatingly boring. At least I won't be buying this UHD edition...
Trump knows.
(it is slow, I grant you. I mean that's not anything new, as are 95% of Wenders films.
But slow like spending the whole day lazing on the beach after learning you'll never, ever have to pay taxes again
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I just couldn't enjoy it, except for some bits regarding the small son and the overall vibe of traveling and eating crappy burgers by the road. Couldn't wait for it to be over, and that's a terrible feeling to have during a movie.Trump knows.
(it is slow, I grant you. I mean that's not anything new, as are 95% of Wenders films.
But slow like spending the whole day lazing on the beach after learning you'll never, ever have to pay taxes again
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