Hello, ....the only one that I own is "Fitzcarraldo", and I'd say that it's pretty worthwhile. Herzog is quite reserved on the commentary, dispelling myths and providing anecdotes, many of which give an impression of Klaus Kinski as an outrageously difficult actor to deal with. I haven't watched "My Best Fiend", so maybe I'm jumping the gun, but I get the gut feeling that Herzog is exaggerating this situation somewhat. Comments? If the rest of the Herzog issues are up to this standard (and Anchor Bay stuff isn't always produced at a high standard), I'd say they're worth it. Anyone bought/seen Anchor Bay's "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover?" Does it include a commentary w/ Greenaway by any chance? I remain... Joseph NP: Brainticket- "Celestial Ocean" CD NR: William H. Gass- "The Tunnel" -----Original Message----- From: Ben Axelrad [mailto:soulfrieda@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 1:17 PM To: jneff@visuallink.com; zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: overdue DVD reissues/HERZOG Can anyone comment on Herzog's audio commentary for the DVD releases on Anchor bay? I've been very tempted to buy some of these, especially after seeing parts of "Burden of Dreams" on the Sundance channel. Herzog is either a genius or a lunatic, that documentary was best when they just let Herzog ramble: "When God created this land -- if we can say that God exists -- surely he created it in anger...." (paraphrase) Glad Stroszek was finally released. Rivals some of Fassbinder's films for best ending ever. Is this really me? Ben
From: "josephneff" <jneff@visuallink.com> To: <zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: overdue DVD reissues Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 01:59:26 -0400
Hello, ...in the spirit of the current thread, what would folks like to see make it to DVD? Here's some of mine....
"The Phenix City Story" (Phil Karlson) "Contempt", "One Plus One", "Band of Outsiders", + early shorts (J L Godard) "Dog Star Man" (Stan Brakhage) "Who's That Knocking at My Door?", "Italian American", & "The King of Comedy" (Scorsese) "The Blues According To Lightnin' Hopkins", "Hot Pepper", "Burden of Dreams", "Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe" (Les Blank) "The Mother & the Whore" (Jean Eustache) "Solaris" & "Stalker" (Tarkovsky) "Paris, Texas" (Wenders) "Why Does Herr R. Runn Amok?", "Ali: Fear Eats the Soul", "In the Year of 13 Moons" (Fassbinder) "The Killers" (Siegel) "Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill!" & "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" (Russ Meyer) "Zabriskie Point" (Antonioni) "Point Blank" John Boorman) "Le Samourai", "Les Enfants Terribles", Bob le Flambeur" (Melville) "Love Affair", "WR: Mysteries of the Organism", "Sweet Movie" (Makavejev)
I remain...
Joseph
NP: Nino Rota- "Original Soundtrack Recording- La Dolce Vita" LP NR: William H. Gass- "The Tunnel'
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