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DVD: conversations

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3 reviews
Martha Argerich, Riccardo Rossi

Ideale Audience Intl, 2008

Argerich Talks and Plays
Martha Argerich, for many of us, has long been an enigma. She has always been a private person, one who does not seek the spotlight, who even cancels performances because, it is said, of nervousness, shyness. Filmmaker Georges Gachot, after years of entreaties, gets her to agree, to speak with him on camera. She comes across as a soft-spoken, shy, immensely intelligent but often cryptic person, ...

Before Sunrise

208 reviews
Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy

Turner Home Ent, 1999

Enchanting exchange of impressions...
We found these DVDs and bought both together as a birthday gift. Before Sunrise is the first installment to a rather intelligent encounter of two complete strangers. The roles are played by Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, who meet per chance on a train ride. Both are reading books and their concentration is interrupted by a couple who appears to be fighting or loudly voicing opposing views. She ...

Rashomon - Criterion Collection

140 reviews
Minoru Chiaki, Fumiko Homma

Criterion, 2002

A Watershed Moment in the History of Cinema
Rashomon was the first Japanese movie widely distributed in the West. Fair to say, it was probably the first Asian movie almost all of it's Western audience had ever seen. This masterpiece introduced the filmgoing world to one of the greatest writer/director/editors ever (Kurosawa), one of the greatest actors ever (Mifune), a great actor (Takashi Shimura) one of the greatest cinematographers ...

Conversations With God

61 reviews
Henry Czerny, Vilma Silva

20th Century Fox, 2007

Conversations with God DVD
It's beautiful! Love it! I love the books and this is great to be able to watch Neil and simply applied the words he received

Conversation(s) With Other Women

31 reviews
Aaron Eckhart, Helena Bonham Carter

Arts Alliance Amer, 2007

True love is always a tragedy
There are so few love stories like the one you encounter in this film. For audience that saw and enjoyed "Before Sunrise" and "Before Sundown" - the message is that you must not miss this film since it belongs in the same class. The uniqueness of this film is that it is completely shot from the each person's point of view and perception of the other. These two lovers have eyes only for each ...

Before Sunset

208 reviews
Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy

Warner Home Video, 2004

I have never written a movie review to Amazon before,
But this is such a beautiful and touching movie, I had to tell others how wonderful it was. You should see "Before Sunrise" first because it makes, "Before Sunset" that much more meaningful. Both films are cinematic masterpieces I believe. The reason is that both films are so "real" that you feel like you are eavedropping on this cute couple, who could be anyone. It never feels contrived, ...

The Conversation

117 reviews
Gene Hackman, John Cazale

Paramount, 2000

The epistemology of sound -- jazz and reverberation
After the success of the first Godfather picture, Francis Ford Coppola could do anything he wanted. He chose a very loose adaptation from the leading character and basic scenario of Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow-up, to create this both exciting and provocative thriller about a surveillance specialist who finds himself involved in a murder plot. In Blow-up, a fashion photographer takes a ...

The Voice: The Cosmos and the Quantum Universe

1 review
Voice-Explore the Conversation Between the Cosmos

Worship Steps, 2008

Fantastic blending of Science and Spirituality
The Voice is a long awaited DVD that includes interviews on consciousness, enlightenment, what happens after death, how we reach mystical states of awareness and so much more. Never before have I seen such a diversity of experts including scientists, mystics, representatives from various religions, lay people, etc. all coming together to present their many faceted answers to some of life's ...

Death of a Salesman/ Private Conversations

33 reviews
John Malkovich, Arthur Miller

Image Entertainment, 2003

Searing drama
Dustin Hoffman is Willy Loman, the salesman who's come to the end of his rope as the illusions he's always believed in come crashing down on him. This was filmed originally for TV off the stage, with no attempt to make it into a "movie." It's a very great play, done extremely well here. I think I still might like the 1951 version with Frederic March as Loman a tad better, but Hoffman adds another ...

Sketches of Frank Gehry by Sydney Pollack

26 reviews
Bob Geldof, Edward Ruscha

Sony Pictures, 2006

Why only DVDs and books?
The DVD is fine. But I would like to know why Amazon out restrictions to send other products to Brasil.

The Big Kahuna

70 reviews
Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito

Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment, 2003

One of the most underrated movies of all time; a true masterpiece!
This brilliant film was overlooked by pretty much everyone and this is a shame because it happens to be one of the most thought provoking movies of the last 20 years. In this day of huge, bloated budgets and more and more computer generated graphics, it's refreshing to see a movie about real people who talk like regular, everyday individuals who are going through trials and triumphs like the rest ...

Journeys With George

22 reviews
Alexandra Pelosi

Hbo Home Video, 2004

W stands for "wink wink"
At the end of the year-long tour, a vaguely depressed Richard Wolffe muses that the Gore press corps went a lot harder on Gore, their critical look at the candidate coming through clearly in their stories about his campaign. "We spent a lot of time on trivial things," Wolffe says, "frankly because Bush charmed the pants off of us." It got me wondering, re-evaluating Bush in a different light. ...

Our Sons

4 reviews
Julie Andrews, Ann-Margret

Direct Source Label, 2005

Heartwarming, heartbreaking, intelligent & honest
Wow - this TV movie has it all - I am so excited to see it released on DVD (and for such an amazing price!). This film is so awesome - it should be seen by EVERYONE. It can truly make a difference in their lives. It deals with a son who has AIDS and his Mother who he has not spoken to in years. Actors are top notch ("Dame" Julie Andrews, Ann Margaret & Hugh Grant!). My gratitude to anyone & ...

The Old Dark House

55 reviews
Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas

Kino Video, 2003

DON'T WATCH THIS ALONE IN THE DARK!
This film features Boris Karloff (of Frankenstein fame) as the alcoholic and crazed butler along with many other notables such as Melvyn Douglas, Gloria Stuart, Charles Laughton, Lilian Bond and Raymond Massey. It is directed by James Whale also of Frankenstein fame. The quality of the video transfer is very good in my opinion especially considering it was originally released in 1932. The ...

Le Gai Savoir

1 review
Juliet Berto, Jean-Pierre Léaud

Koch Lorber Films, 2008

A treasure of a film, but a badly produced DVD
The film is amazing, one of the least appreciated treasures of Godard's career, and it is not much like any of his other films; perhaps it's a bit like an update of Masculine Feminine with the Maoist politics and more developed film critique of the "Letter to Jane," but that's a rough analogy at best. We might better think of it as a hybrid of Beckett and Debord, merging some of the minimalist ...

The Winter Guest

36 reviews
Emma Thompson, Phyllida Law

Image Entertainment, 2005

Wonderful look into people's lives: if you are into that(!)
This is NOT an action thriller. It is quiet and studied. But it's not Disney either: it stares hard into life's awkward joys and painful times. This is a beautiful psychological drama about the transitional crises at all times of life, and I got a surprising existential epiphany from it. (about the two basic things you need to get on in life.. ..see if you can find the commonalities!) ...

Coffee and Cigarettes

99 reviews
Roberto Benigni, Steven Wright

MGM (Video & DVD), 2004

Go. Make art.
Seeing that it got quite a few 1 star ratings, I decided it needed more credit. The artists here are just excercising their creative urges to go beyond conventional mainstream film making and are having fun doing it. Whoever has a problem with that, needs to check their head. The film follows in the tradition of Warhol's underground films where the movie maker simply puts a camera in front of a ...

13 Conversations About One Thing

77 reviews
Matthew McConaughey, David Connolly (II)

Sony Pictures, 2002

Smart!
This is a very smart film. The characters are all well-conceived; there's not a stereotype anywhere. Even the minor players, like the physics student, and the irrepressibly optimistic fat guy who is fired by the steely Arkin character, are so well drawn that they stay in your mind just as long as the major players. The whole cast obviously really believe in this film and give terrific ...

My Dinner with Andre

91 reviews
Wallace Shawn, Andre Gregory

Fox Lorber, 1998

They eat, they drink, they talk about things that really matter.
Louis Malle's 1981 film, My Dinner with Andre, involves a 110-minute dinner conversation between two likable New York intellectuals (Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory) over roast quail in an upscale restaurant. Shawn is a struggling actor, who spends his time thinking about art and culture. He is a modest, down-to-earth skeptic, who enjoys life's simple pleasures: a cup of coffee, the New York ...

That Night in Rio (Fox Marquee Musicals)

5 reviews
Alice Faye, Don Ameche

20th Century Fox, 2007

fine classic musical from Fox--with lavish numbers all aglow...
That Night In Rio is a musical that features wonderful song and dance numbers by some really great stars. We get Carmen Miranda singing and dancing up a storm; Alice Faye sings a couple of songs that she was born to sing; and even Don Ameche sings very well! The color is wonderful--they did a fantastic job restoring this excellent film! The action begins in Rio de Janeiro when Baron Manuel ...