I don't want to shell out $10 to buy a copy, and Netflix is only giving me the choice between the 98-minute U.S. version and a VHS-quality print on the bonus disc of the same package. For my first viewing, is it better to see the shorter version -- but in the proper aspect ration and color quality -- or see the fuzzy, crappy, full-length version first?
Thoughts?
get the UK dvd its uncut and is all from film source
you will have to forgive the lack of full stops lack of proper spelling im dyslexic but not stupid
Yeah I understand not wanting to blind buy...but this movie really is very good and if you're a big gallo fan you will love to have it in your collection. The quality on either disc of the us release is not as good as the uk version, plus it has all the uncut scenes.
shareSo the Netflix 103-minute version is fuzzy? I'll have to mention that, I'm compiling a list of bad/censored DVDs Netflix carries to send in a letter to them. Sometimes Netflix doesn't do their homework and uses DVD distribution companies that have šhitty prints.
share^ If by the 103 minute version you mean the uncut one, then yes it is fuzzy. It's disc 2 of the American release, and it looks just barely a step above VHS quality.
I'm glad someone is making a list to send to Netflix. I got a DVD of a butchered copy of "The Cat O' Nine Tails" by them that cut out gore.
Its funny you mention "The Cat O' Nine Tails" because I seem to remember surfing across the listing on Netflix and the comments indicated its a censored/cut print. I want to include it in my letter. What should I say about the movie? Here's what I have so far, and not everything is about bad prints:
Letter to Netflix ---
"Common Sense Media Rating: Iffy for 17+" So its iffy for people over 17? Or under 17? Confusing wording.
"The Bird With the Crystal Plummage" amd "The Harrad Experiment" are films that Netflix is carrying a censored DVD of. If you check the user comments you'll see what I mean. Whatever company you're getting the DVDs from, they're selling you a bad product.
"Child's Play" (1972), James Mason, Robert Preston, directed by Sidney Lumet. Amazon has it as an instant view-online video, so I know its out there. According to chatter on IMDB, it was issued on DVD and Blue-Ray in September of 2012.
Why is the DVD of "Alice, Sweet Alice" such poor quality? Grainy image, bad audio (some of the dialogue is impossible to understand because of it), and halfway through the DVD the picture became scrambled and unwatchable. I sent the DVD back without being able to finish it.
Add "The Boy Friend" to the DVD library. A number of different prints of this exist, the longest being the 140-minute director's cut, the next longest being the 138-minute Turner Classic Movies cut. The movie is directed by Ken Russell ("Altered States", "Tommy", "The Devils", "The Rainbow", "Billion Dollar Brain", etc).
Add "The Devils" (1971) to the DVD library, also directed by Ken Russell. I don't care how controversial it is, it needs to be carried. On IMDB the movie currently has a 7.6/10 based on 4,831 votes.
I've noticed a lot of Jean Harlow's movies aren't available on Netflix. She made a handful of films starring opposite Clark Gable: "Hold Your Man" (1933), "The Secret Six", (1932), "Red Dust" (1932) and "Saratoga" (1937). According to Harlow/Gable enthusiasts on IMDB, the first three are now available on DVD from Warner Archives. As far as I know, "Saratoga" still isn't available on legitimate DVD. Someone mentioned something about getting a DVD from a company burning VHS tapes, but that's a non-option. This was Harlow's final film and has many well-known stars: Lionel Barrymore, Walter Pidgeon, Hattie McDaniel, Frank Morgan, Margaret Hamilton, etc. Those last two would go on two star in "The Wizard of Oz" two years later, but you knew that.
Please add "The Medusa Touch" (1978) to the site. It stars Richard Burton, Lee Remick, Jeremy Brett, etc. The film has a score of 6.9 out of 10 out of 2,345 votes on IMDB (February 14th, 2013).
Please check the user reviews for "The Eroticist". The website says the movie is 109 minutes long but reviewers are saying the print is actually circa 74 minutes. Straight from IMDB's information: "Runtime: 109 min | 74 min (heavily cut)" Whoever you got this DVD from, you should should notify them that they're providing a censored print.
Well, I haven't seen the cut version of Cat O Nine Tails in a while, but mostly notably it omits the graphic finale where SPOILERS the guy grabs on to the elevator shaft wires as he's falling to his death.
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