DVD: Alexandra Maria Lara

DVD: Alexandra Maria Lara

DVD:

Alexandra Maria Lara

Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara

Sony Pictures, 2005

Realistic portrayal of the final days in the bunker.
English subtitles with German language dialog give this film an audiophonic realism. Combined with the excellent acting by this German cast, and one gets the "feeling" of watching history play out before your eyes. I was torn between a superb and well acted glimpse ...

Doctor Zhivago (TV Miniseries)

Sam MacLintock, Keira Knightley

Acorn Media, 2003

New is not always bad.
I too prefer this version. But I am odd-man out because I never loved the original screen adaptation. Perhaps because although full of great talents, it failed to make me care about the characters. I did love the "making of" footage on the collector's edition I ...

Youth Without Youth [Blu-ray]

Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara

Sony Pictures, 2008

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, OPUS 23
****1/2 2007. Based on Mircea Eliade's Youth Without Youth, this film was written, produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Struck by a lightning, a 70 years old Romanian teacher survives and is rewarded by the ability to live a second life that will allow him to ...

Control
Samantha Morton, Sam Riley (II)

In his elegiac debut, Anton Corbijn combines the music film with the social drama to stunning success. Based on Deborah Curtis's clear-eyed biography, Touching from a Distance , Control recounts the wrenching tale of a working-class lad about to hit the highest highs only to be waylaid by the lowest lows. Born and raised in Macclesfield, a ...

Youth Without Youth

Downfall/Der Untergang [Region 2]

Bruno Ganz, Alexandra Maria Lara

Realistic portrayal of the final days in the bunker.
English subtitles with German language dialog give this film an audiophonic realism. Combined with the excellent acting by this German cast, and one gets the "feeling" of watching history play out before your eyes. I was torn between a superb and well acted glimpse ...

Control (The Miriam Collection)

Samantha Morton, Sam Riley (II)

The Weinstein Company, 2008

Visually and Musically Striking Portrait of Joy Division's Ian Curtis.
Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn made "Control" about the man and the band that brought him to England: Ian Curtis of Joy Division, which carried on as New Order after Curtis' death in 1980. "Control" follows Curtis' life from 1973-1980, starting with his high school ...

The Tunnel

Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz

Homevision, 2005

"We build too many walls and not enough bridges"
In August 13, 1961, the German Democratic Republic erected the Berlin Wall, closing the border between the communist and democratic parts, and demarcating East Berlin from West Berlin. In barely ten days, residents of East Berlin were barred from entering West Berlin ...

Napoleon (TV Miniseries) (3-Disc Collector's Edition)

Christian Clavier, Isabella Rossellini

A&E Home Video, 2003

A great introduction
I admit that aside from what I learned on this DVD, I know very little about Napolean. That being said I absolutely loved this set. It played just like a movie, so you wouldn't know it was a documentary at all. It is very entertaining and flows nicely. I can't say if ...

I Really Hate My Job

Danny Huston, Shirley Henderson

Magnolia, 2008

Delightful and Interesting
This is a delightful and interesting independent film, shot within the confines of a small restaurant in the district of Soho, in London, England. It's a look at the varied and diverse lives of the staff - the manager, the bartender (Neve Campbell), the server, the ...

Doctor Zhivago [Region 2]

Sam MacLintock, Keira Knightley

New is not always bad.
I too prefer this version. But I am odd-man out because I never loved the original screen adaptation. Perhaps because although full of great talents, it failed to make me care about the characters. I did love the "making of" footage on the collector's edition I ...

Der Tunnel [Region 2]

Heino Ferch, Nicolette Krebitz

"We build too many walls and not enough bridges"
In August 13, 1961, the German Democratic Republic erected the Berlin Wall, closing the border between the communist and democratic parts, and demarcating East Berlin from West Berlin. In barely ten days, residents of East Berlin were barred from entering West Berlin ...

Nackt (Naked) (Original German Version with English Subtitles)
Alexandra Maria Lara, Nina Hoss

The good old days seem gone. Six old friends are breaking up. Emilia and Felix have recently split and are still going through the pangs of separation. Felix is financially strapped whereas Dylan's overnight success on the stock market has made him and his beautiful wife, Charlotte, fabulously rich, though definitely not any happier. Annette and ...