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Anticipating the 'America Lost and Found' set

posted 13 years ago by balthazar_bee
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As much as I'm looking forward to seeing The Last Picture Show in 1080p -- not to mention Five Easy Pieces -- I think Marvin Gardens is going to be the first disc I spin.

Check this out: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/blu-ray_reviews52/america_lost_and_foun d_bbs_story_blu-ray.htm

I don't know why I bothered starting this thread, since it's unlikely to get much traffic on this board before the street date; just excited to see a genuinely underrated film get the Criterion treatment.

[–] Ashley Pomeroy 13 years ago

DVD Savant also has a pretty good review:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s3388bbs.html

It's a bit problematic if you already have a few of the films but, damn, the early 70s, eh? Before I was even born. I remember seeing most of the films on TV when I was a kid and thinking that they were boring and pointless, but I can appreciate them now.

Would make a good quintuple-bill with Dennis Hopper's Tracks, and Two-Lane Blacktop, and McCabe and Mrs Miller, although of course they weren't produced by the same company.

[–] hockeyhrs 11 years ago

Before anyone gets too romantic about early-70's film, take a look at Jamie Weinman's alternative hypothesis:

http://zvbxrpl.blogspot.com/2004/09/reagan-of-movies.html