Amazon.co.uk Review
The biggest hit of 1990, Ghost is part comedy, part romance, part supernatural thriller. Patrick Swayze, previously best known for Dirty Dancing, stars as Sam, the banker who is killed following a mugging. Caught in a limbo between here and the afterlife, he uses Whoopi Goldberg's fake psychic as an intermediary to warn wife Molly (Demi Moore) that his death was no accident but a murder and that she is in danger too.
Ghost's original popularity and notoriety originally arose not from its dealings with the supernatural but the scene involving Moore fondly astride her potter's wheel fashioning a somewhat phallic-shaped vase, with Swayze fondly astride her. So infamous did this scene become that it's now more likely to raise a chuckle than a sultry sigh. As for the rest of the movie, it still somehow manages to engage despite the awkward juxtaposition of lachrymose melodrama and zaniness. Demi Moore, whose massive Hollywood success was always a mystery to some, is a little flat as the tomboy-coiffed Molly, her tears occasionally seeming onion-induced. Swayze, however, delivers as Sam while Whoopi Goldberg turns in the best performance of her career, delivering the requisite zip and sass to what otherwise might have been a morose movie.
On the DVD: Though well restored, DVD enhancement has only served to emphasise the slightly quaint feel of the special effects here--Ghost was made just prior to the digital era. Otherwise, this is a good package and an essential purchase for fans. There's a 22-minute featurette, "Remembering the Magic", in which scriptwriter Bruce Joel Rubin explains that the film was inspired by the scene in Hamlet in which the Prince meets his Father, and how initially appalled he was that his masterpiece of the supernatural was to be directed by Jerry Zucker, previously responsible for Airplane!. They also reveal that Tina Turner was originally cast for the Goldberg role. Zucker and Rubin team up for a funny commentary track. --David Stubbs
Customer Reviews:
A CLASSIC.......2007-11-26
Certain movies will just always be hard to write a review for. You can give your opinion and say what you enjoyed or didn't enjoy but I find myself hesitating in certain aspects just because a classic must be left some space to be a classic. Ghost as far as I'm concerned will forever be a romantic classic. It's sheer brilliance is it's twists, it is incredibly, deeply, romantic and at the same time terrifying, and has an underlying story that is never fully explored. It's got action, mystery, horror, and at the heart is the pure, simplistic romance of it all.
The story is about an investment banker played by Patrick Swayze and his girlfriend, played by Demi Moore. Sam and Molly are deeply in love, planning for the future and happier in their lives than ever before. Until Sam discovers laundered money in investment accounts. He is robbed and subsequently murdered for his password to the computer in order to empty the laundered money from the accounts. But Sam doesn't go the other side. He is kept on earth in spirit form because of his unfinished business both with Molly and to discover his murderer. He must learn the ropes of being a ghost and nobody else can hear him until he runs into a so called psychic who scams people into believing she can contact their dearly departed. However it turns out, Oda Mae Brown played in her academy award winning role by Whoopie Goldberg can actually hear Sam. Together the unlikely team must help each other uncover the horrible murder plot and save Molly.
Swayze and Moore make an incredible couple..hot on screen. Their careers have perhaps slipped since then one might say but this was them at their best. Swayze was indeed at the top of his game coming out of Dirty Dancing and Roadhouse and Moore was young and a new hot commodity which made them undeniably perfect together. Their roles fit them perfectly. Whoopie Goldberg was hilarious and believable as Oda Mae and her character was such an integral part of the film. Tony Goldwyn plays a great villain as the betrayer of the film. In a short time director Jerry Zucker establishes a best friendship between Goldwyn and Swayze, a deeply loving relationship between Swayze and Moore, and a plot line that goes far beneath the movie. Obviously Goldwyn's character is being used by a much higher up criminal to launder money although we never see him. Is he being blackmailed? Paid off? Something held over his head? Maybe he's not the bad guy but rather forced to commit these acts? It's a big job because we also know Willie Lopez played by Rick Aviles is involved in this as well. And deeper than that we have the theology in the film. The light brings good people to the afterlife and the dark shadowy beings torture the evil.
This film is one of a few that is endlessly watchable meaning you can sit down any time and watch it through over and over and over again which is exactly what makes it a classic. It has it's holes, it has to with a plot like that. And it has it's disturbing moments, a gratituous death scene, a make out scene which although features Swayze and Moore is actually Demi and Whoopi...you have to see it to understand it. Also if Sam Wheat must learn how to physically touch things in his ghost form...how does he sit, walk, etc before he learns that? And his first experience with walking through a door happens days after his death. I'm sure sometime between then and that point he would have had to have walked through something. Perhaps those are minor points but they are things that will come up especially if you have seen it as many times as I have.
The film is a must see and if you haven't seen it, go watch it right now!! Because it's one of those staples of films that everyone must know about. Ghost is amazing!! 9/10
top film.......2005-07-07
this is one of my favorite films of all time. its combines both saddness with great comedy. though the storyline between sam (swayze) and molly (Moore)is heart wrenching and great to watch i love to watch this for the pure comedical value of whoopi goldberg who makes me laugh from the moment that she is it and lightens the mood of the film so it is not a complete tear jerker.
this film is one you have to watch if u are a hopeless romantic or love comedy it definetly has both in abundance.
"I've always loved you".......2004-10-22
This is without a doubt my favourite film of all time. I have watched it, it must be about a billion times and each time, without fail, the end scene leaves me with tears in my eyes. But as I watched it, I realized that there is more than one reason why Sam is murdered. I won't say anything in case I spoil the story for someone who hasn't seen this film, but, if you have this film on either DVD or video, watch it again and look VERY CLOSELY at Molly's actions towards the end. If you don't have this film, buy it and do the same.
A classic romantic film.......2004-10-13
This film never fails to provoke a tear-jerking session from me, and that in itself shows how utterly brilliant this film is. It is a true classic. Patrick and Demi have an award-winning chemistry between them on screen, which aids in this well devised film. Some bits make you laugh, and some make you cry - but thats the beauty of it.
Not bad........2003-09-11
This is that film that you watch if you want to listen to the song thats played in it. But once you have heard it you just cant turn it off. I bought it for my mum and she loves the film, so I have come to sort of enjoy it. If you like the romantic, ghosty "death cant tear us apart" type of film then ghost is for you.
The extras on the disc are very good, and although they are little in numbers, whats there is worth the monney.
Customer Reviews:
Ghost has the power to really make you believe.......2008-03-04
This film has helped me through so many bad times. Round about the time this was released on DVD i lost my mum to cancer. This was the last film I watched with her so nowadays it has sentimental value. This is a perfect film to watch if you're depressed as it does make you feel better after you watch it. This is my fave movie ever. I watch this nearly every month because I love the movie so much. This cannot be repeated twice, there can't be a sequel to it, It's a golden tear film (meaning weepie) The power that this film has is unbelievable. If you have lost a loved one then you'd know the power that i'm talking about. The acting is superb. Patrick really does make you believe in this character and this nightmare he is going through and by the end you really do feel the magic that the character goes through. It does really make you wonder what that life beyond death is really like. The romantic side of this film doesn't miss a beat. Patrick and Demi's chemistry is paramount to the story and it doesn't feel faked, it feels real. The inclusion of Whoopi Goldberg's character gives it a lighthearted style humour which by the end has a message to it. Jerry Zucker who recent flicks before this one were Airplane! does a great job mixing the heartfelt sentimentality with the stand out humour that you get when Patrick and Whoopi are together on screen. Whoopi quite rightly deserved that Oscar she got for this role. Her acting was brilliant. Two cast members has been outlooked by every one but without there characters this movie might not have worked. I'm talking about of course Tony Goldwyn as Karl and Rick Aviles as Willie. The subtile acting brings out their most evil side and you are genuinly shocked when you found out he was in on it the whole time. How could you allow your best friend to be murdered? You feel that their just desserts are quite literally deserved after how you see them as and what they had done to Sam. It is scary in some parts and even a little gruesome but the message does still shine through. Love is forever if you believe. By the end yes even i was in floods of tears. That is the power that this one has, to literally bring you to tears. No matter how hard you try, it will always do that. I have watched this time and time again and I still cry buckets at the end, even before the scene even starts, I'm already filling up. The end scene is the standout moment of the film. It is the magic of GHOST. There is no more powerful word than goodbye. Industrial Light and Magic create an effect that pulls at the heartstrings and the acting from the stars pulls even more. The real magic of this scene is Maurice Jarre's powerful soft instrumental theme of Unchained Melody. The soft violins lets the tears flow. It is truly beautiful. Even right now i'm thinking of it and i'm getting a lump in my throat. If you haven't seen this yet, see it now. If you want a great tearjerker, they don't come better than this.
Death doesn't mean the end of love.......2007-12-14
I consider Ghost to be a classic. It's a film that you can watch over and over or once in a blue moon and still be touched by it. It covers so many genres a film has to offer, comedy, action, suspense, romance, the list is endless. Yet with all this, it still manages to be in a class of it's own. It's such a beautiful story, proving that death doesn't mean the end of love, if you believe and remember, love will never die. The cast are fantastic, with the three leads cementing their positions as true stars. Patrick Swayze impresses as Sam, giving a thoughtful performance with many emotionally powerful moments. Demi Moore convinces as Molly, and spends the majority of the film with tears running down her face, which actually became quite funny in it's own right. As Oda Mae Brown, Whoopi Goldberg is sensational, providing great laughs and a perfect performance. On the whole, the film keeps you mesmerised from beginning to end. It never hits a boring moment, it just flies by and you're left wondering where the last two hours went. It really is that good. Ghost is a film that I'll never forget, seamlessly blending every kind of film together to make one outstanding one. Definitely up there with the greats.
Timeless classic.......2007-09-13
One of the most beautiful, and fun, love stories of all time.
This film will never age and is a garanteed uplifter for any woman feeling low.
Watched alone with a glass of wine or in the company of others for a chick flick night to remember Ghost is a definate must have for anyone with slushy taste.
It will have you laughing and crying the whole way through
Manipulative Garbage.......2007-09-09
As commercial as they come, a fully primed tearjerker of a movie made with no shame whatsoever! This cast list was really a warning to genuine movie lovers to stay away from this one. Was bound to be an absolute stonking success.
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Admire Dame Judi? Then buy this!.......2007-11-29
This DVD collection contains some of Dame Judi Dench's most lauded work from between the 1960's and the 1990's. The collection is a must if you are a keen DJD fan. A lot of people only really woke up to her talent when 'Mrs Brown' was first released in 1997. This is a fantastic collection, therefore, if you would like to see her in works dating back to before she became a screen 'star'. I have been trying to get hold of copies of 'Talking to a Stranger' and 'Absolute Hell' for ages, and have at last had the chance to see why her performances in each were so highly praised (and awarded) at the time.
The productions contained within the collection are hugely variable in both style and content, and some have dated less well than others. However, watching Dame Judi's performance in each is a sharp reminder of why she is now regarded as one of the greatest actors of our time, both on screen and on stage. Considering the time span that this DVD collection covers, it is amazing that she has only become recognised on an international scale in the last decade.
Amazon.co.uk Review
Made toward the end of his life, this film by Akira Kurosawa is at once amazingly beautiful and incredibly slow going. An anthology of imagery and lessons, Dreams focuses on the ways life both gives and takes away, almost with the same hand. Nonlinear to the point of expressionism, it's a film only for the Kurosawa enthusiast who feels the need to see all of his films. In a scene toward the end, Martin Scorsese appears as Vincent Van Gogh, painting in a field that looks like one of his paintings. This is visually arresting--and sometimes just arrested. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews:
This is a Dream Come True........2003-03-03
Remaining (arguably) as his most delicate example of cinema, the late Akira Kurosawa left it the customary five-long years before releasing the long-anticipated Japanese epic 'Ran', before patiently waiting another five years when the highly established director let loose 'Dreams'. After finding finance from movie brats George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola and Steven Spielberg and a secure release courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures, Kurosawa began to write the screenplay for 'Dreams', a personal journey through some of the hallucinations he had seen in his sleep. Born 1910 in Tokyo, Akira Kurosawa was the seventh child to three brothers and three sisters. Before breaking into films, Kurosawa was enrolled in the Japanese army - from which one of the "Dreams" are present in the film - and later as a member of the Japanese Physical Education Association. In 1943, Kurosawa took the helm of 'Sanshiro Sugata', his first feature, which he followed up with Part-2 in 1945.Through the years, Kurosawa made 31 features, at first pumping out one or two a year, until his three hour epic 'Red Beard' which started his ritual 5 year seize between releases.
'Dreams' is split into eight segments, more so than stories as the segments are not always a tall-tale, more so a statement that Kurosawa seemingly needed to get out of his system. The first vision comes in the form of 'Sunshine through the Rain', a young boy -Kurosawa' has just left his house and run into the nearby woods only to find a parade emerging from a strange mist. He hides behind a tree watching on until they spot him looking and he runs away only to find that an angry fox has visited his home and left a sword for him to fall onto. The boy's new journey now is to search for the foxes' under the rainbow and beg for forgiveness. The second vision is 'The Peach Orchard'; a young boy sits in a room with five girls. He has an argument and decides to leave when he sees a mysterious girl inside his house and decides to follow her into the woods. Here, he is confronted by an array of Japanese men and women all in dress that demand that the boy cut down the all peach trees. The third is 'The Blizzard...' which is now famous for its silent opening where all that is heard is the wind rushing over the mountains and the clunks of instruments being used to climb them. This story follows Japanese folklore about the mysterious snow fairy and is probably one of the biggest visual treats on offer. The fourth is 'The Tunnel', as stated before this is one Kurosawas' nightmares of the war where he approaches a long, dark tunnel only to be confronted by what seems like a blood-stained dog growling at him to enter. At the other end he meets one of his darkest fears, his deceased army still marching and awaiting their orders from the commander. The fifth is 'Crows', Kurosawa's ode to celebrated painter Vincent Van Gogh where Kurosawa is strolling through a local gallery looking at and admiring his works of art. We he exits he seemingly enters one of Van Gogh's' painting where the land transforms consistently. The sixth is 'Mount Fuji in Red'. A volcano erupts, although the volcano is actually an exploding Nuclear Power Plant that threatens to wipe out an entire city. The seventh dream is 'The Weeping Demon'. Kurosawa walks over a black and desolate land, fighting the wind. Here in this mist covered world, strange creatures surround him, but these creatures are Demons. The eighth and final episode is 'Village of the Watermills'. An older Kurosawa crosses a long bridge that spans across a large streams washing away below. All around watermills turn, providing 'The Village' for nearly all the power they will ever need. Sadly, the last episode is honesty the worst in this near perfect package.
Kurosawas' eye for detail is exceedingly vibrant that some say he meant the film to look like it was a studio set. Although I'm sure you can make up your own mind, considering the importance of the film, the studio backing it and the money hiding behind. But in my personal opinion the colour and exquisiteness of narrative is exceptional and when watching the last thing you are caring about is if the set looks fake. The fantastic effect come from George Lucas' 'Industrial Light & Magic' and is one film you easily watch again. A film that soars quite closely to 'The Seven Samurai' in terms of its resourcefulness, Dreams will stay bright for years to come. Look out for the cameo by Martin Scorsese - it's great. Kurosawa died in 1998 following a stroke.
Magically addictive landscapes of unique vocabulary........2001-04-15
It's so satisfying to get a film completely dedicated to the non-linear cause! Here, Kurosawa unashamedly enjoys the sensual impact of images and memories "in themselves" without symbolist or conceptual reduction ready to demote them. The images themselves have bee worked at very hard, both on set and in post-production, and I know few films that can rival such artistic alertness. Kurosawa does, however, manage to squash in quite a bit of personal wisdom in the form of lengthy monologues, but that shouldn't detract from what is a beautiful and hypnotic experience. Seeing the Van Gogh episode is the closest I have come to living out a personal fantasy on film.
Magical and poetic films by a master of the cinema.......2001-03-24
These eight short films are indeed slow paced, as the Official reviewer says, but that is intentional and is suited to the dream world in which they are placed. These are beatiful, moving and often tragic films which can be watched again and again. Not light entertainment, but great art.
Customer Reviews:
Trying to define the unexplainable..........2006-03-07
A tale which proves that good old fashioned family films are still the way to stick two fingers up at the goverment and restore a sense of moralistic virtue on our more then confused than infused youth of today.
Bill Cosby, in what has been called "The Finest portrayal of a paranormal phenonomenon since The Invisible Man" (Entertainment Tonight", gives a career diving performance as a ghost who struggles with death.
This film asks the important questions which we dare to announce ourselves...will anyone care when I'm dead? If I died today would anyone bother visiting my rotting corpse of a body infested with maggots and flies...?
To find the answer my friends...you have to watch "Ghost Dad", the most crucial cultural commentary available to date..
Amazon.co.uk Review
The biggest hit of 1990, Ghost is part comedy, part romance, part supernatural thriller. Patrick Swayze, previously best known for Dirty Dancing, stars as Sam, the banker who is killed following a mugging. Caught in a limbo between here and the afterlife, he uses Whoopi Goldberg's fake psychic as an intermediary to warn wife Molly (Demi Moore) that his death was no accident but a murder and that she is in danger too.
Ghost's original popularity and notoriety originally arose not from its dealings with the supernatural but the scene involving Moore fondly astride her potter's wheel fashioning a somewhat phallic-shaped vase, with Swayze fondly astride her. So infamous did this scene become that it's now more likely to raise a chuckle than a sultry sigh. As for the rest of the movie, it still somehow manages to engage despite the awkward juxtaposition of lachrymose melodrama and zaniness. Demi Moore, whose massive Hollywood success was always a mystery to some, is a little flat as the tomboy-coiffed Molly, her tears occasionally seeming onion-induced. Swayze, however, delivers as Sam while Whoopi Goldberg turns in the best performance of her career, delivering the requisite zip and sass to what otherwise might have been a morose movie.
On the DVD: Though well restored, DVD enhancement has only served to emphasise the slightly quaint feel of the special effects here--Ghost was made just prior to the digital era. Otherwise, this is a good package and an essential purchase for fans. There's a 22-minute featurette, "Remembering the Magic", in which scriptwriter Bruce Joel Rubin explains that the film was inspired by the scene in Hamlet in which the Prince meets his Father, and how initially appalled he was that his masterpiece of the supernatural was to be directed by Jerry Zucker, previously responsible for Airplane!. They also reveal that Tina Turner was originally cast for the Goldberg role. Zucker and Rubin team up for a funny commentary track. --David Stubbs
Customer Reviews:
A CLASSIC.......2007-11-26
Certain movies will just always be hard to write a review for. You can give your opinion and say what you enjoyed or didn't enjoy but I find myself hesitating in certain aspects just because a classic must be left some space to be a classic. Ghost as far as I'm concerned will forever be a romantic classic. It's sheer brilliance is it's twists, it is incredibly, deeply, romantic and at the same time terrifying, and has an underlying story that is never fully explored. It's got action, mystery, horror, and at the heart is the pure, simplistic romance of it all.
The story is about an investment banker played by Patrick Swayze and his girlfriend, played by Demi Moore. Sam and Molly are deeply in love, planning for the future and happier in their lives than ever before. Until Sam discovers laundered money in investment accounts. He is robbed and subsequently murdered for his password to the computer in order to empty the laundered money from the accounts. But Sam doesn't go the other side. He is kept on earth in spirit form because of his unfinished business both with Molly and to discover his murderer. He must learn the ropes of being a ghost and nobody else can hear him until he runs into a so called psychic who scams people into believing she can contact their dearly departed. However it turns out, Oda Mae Brown played in her academy award winning role by Whoopie Goldberg can actually hear Sam. Together the unlikely team must help each other uncover the horrible murder plot and save Molly.
Swayze and Moore make an incredible couple..hot on screen. Their careers have perhaps slipped since then one might say but this was them at their best. Swayze was indeed at the top of his game coming out of Dirty Dancing and Roadhouse and Moore was young and a new hot commodity which made them undeniably perfect together. Their roles fit them perfectly. Whoopie Goldberg was hilarious and believable as Oda Mae and her character was such an integral part of the film. Tony Goldwyn plays a great villain as the betrayer of the film. In a short time director Jerry Zucker establishes a best friendship between Goldwyn and Swayze, a deeply loving relationship between Swayze and Moore, and a plot line that goes far beneath the movie. Obviously Goldwyn's character is being used by a much higher up criminal to launder money although we never see him. Is he being blackmailed? Paid off? Something held over his head? Maybe he's not the bad guy but rather forced to commit these acts? It's a big job because we also know Willie Lopez played by Rick Aviles is involved in this as well. And deeper than that we have the theology in the film. The light brings good people to the afterlife and the dark shadowy beings torture the evil.
This film is one of a few that is endlessly watchable meaning you can sit down any time and watch it through over and over and over again which is exactly what makes it a classic. It has it's holes, it has to with a plot like that. And it has it's disturbing moments, a gratituous death scene, a make out scene which although features Swayze and Moore is actually Demi and Whoopi...you have to see it to understand it. Also if Sam Wheat must learn how to physically touch things in his ghost form...how does he sit, walk, etc before he learns that? And his first experience with walking through a door happens days after his death. I'm sure sometime between then and that point he would have had to have walked through something. Perhaps those are minor points but they are things that will come up especially if you have seen it as many times as I have.
The film is a must see and if you haven't seen it, go watch it right now!! Because it's one of those staples of films that everyone must know about. Ghost is amazing!! 9/10
top film.......2005-07-07
this is one of my favorite films of all time. its combines both saddness with great comedy. though the storyline between sam (swayze) and molly (Moore)is heart wrenching and great to watch i love to watch this for the pure comedical value of whoopi goldberg who makes me laugh from the moment that she is it and lightens the mood of the film so it is not a complete tear jerker.
this film is one you have to watch if u are a hopeless romantic or love comedy it definetly has both in abundance.
"I've always loved you".......2004-10-22
This is without a doubt my favourite film of all time. I have watched it, it must be about a billion times and each time, without fail, the end scene leaves me with tears in my eyes. But as I watched it, I realized that there is more than one reason why Sam is murdered. I won't say anything in case I spoil the story for someone who hasn't seen this film, but, if you have this film on either DVD or video, watch it again and look VERY CLOSELY at Molly's actions towards the end. If you don't have this film, buy it and do the same.
A classic romantic film.......2004-10-13
This film never fails to provoke a tear-jerking session from me, and that in itself shows how utterly brilliant this film is. It is a true classic. Patrick and Demi have an award-winning chemistry between them on screen, which aids in this well devised film. Some bits make you laugh, and some make you cry - but thats the beauty of it.
Not bad........2003-09-11
This is that film that you watch if you want to listen to the song thats played in it. But once you have heard it you just cant turn it off. I bought it for my mum and she loves the film, so I have come to sort of enjoy it. If you like the romantic, ghosty "death cant tear us apart" type of film then ghost is for you.
The extras on the disc are very good, and although they are little in numbers, whats there is worth the monney.
Customer Reviews:
Can't fault the music - videos 'interesting'..........2006-12-05
This collection includes videos for every track from Goo, and two or three tracks from subsequent albums, up to and including Murray Street. As fans of the band would exect, the music is excellent throughout, but the videos interesting but patchy. Sonic Youth are not known for being a 'visual' band, and on the present evidence their videos don't live up to the imagination or questing spirit of the music - this is odd, as the (largely uninteresting) documentary insists on SY's personal involvement with making the videos. Most would have been more acceptable if the work of a lesser band, but we have come to expect more of Sonic Youth.
Some videos are dated - Dirty Boots, Kool Thing and Youth Against Fascism very dated to the grunge era, when SY are not really identifiable with this era in hindsight. This might say more about early nineties MTV/major label video expectations than about SY and their records, and would therefore represent uncharacteristic line-towing from the band. Also, for the post-Goo material, and although Sonic Youth have clearly
never been primarily a 'singles band', it is hard to escape the conclusion that they don't make videos for/release singles of the best tracks on their albums, which is something the viewer of Corporate Ghost is presented with very starkly. For example, are Bull in the Heather from Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star, or Little Trouble Girl from A Thousand Leaves among the best tracks on each album? Starfield Road may have been hoping for too much, but no Self-Obssessed and Sexxee? No Androgynous Mind? No Wildflower Soul or Hits of Sunshine? The Diamond Sea is included, obviously and clumsily edited (why make a four minute video of a 20 minute track?!) but strangely affecting nonoetheless; the gentle melodic backing to live footage of the band clearly playing other, more frentic tracks gives the impression of an obituary. Corporate Ghost also forces the viewer to confront the difficulty of providing relevant visual imagery to the more obtuse feedback-driven elements of some tracks included.
Video highlights (other than The Diamond Sea) include Kool Thing, Disconnection Notice, Bull in the Heather, and the hilarious fan video of Drunken Butterfly included as an extra extras. One of best clips, however, is five minutes or so of live footage of the five-piece Sonic Youth included at the end of the documentary, concentrating on Thurston playing his guitar with a drumstick. I found it telling that this footage captures more about the spirit of Sonic Youth than any of the videos, and reinforces the fact that the band have always been completely about the music.
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Romero fumbles, but Argento scores.......2006-11-04
Two Evil Eyes threatened to be another disappointment from Dario Argento, especially since the first half of this modernized Edgar Allen Poe double-header, The Facts in the Case of Mr Valdemar, directed by George A. Romero, felt like a competent but uninspired network TV compilation episode. So it's a real surprise just how much dark fun Argento has with The Black Cat, playfully riffing both on Poe's other short stories and classic movies (there's even a subtle Psycho moment where Martin Balsam's nosey neighbor finds himself at the foot of another staircase looking for another missing woman) as Harvey Keitel's crime photographer - first seen photographing the aftermath of a Pit and the Pendulum incident - finds his life going to Hell when he gets rid of the girlfriend's cat. It's not prime Argento, but compared to his stale going-through-the-motions later efforts like Phantom of the Opera, The Card Player and Phenomena, it'll remind you why you liked him in the first place.
Strange yet amusing.......2003-10-13
As a collector of budget 1980's horror movies I thought that this would fit the collection well. However on viewing it was not quite so budget as i first expected. The first movie of the 2 part movie collection is very good indeed. It's about a woman who marries a rich older man to claim inheritance when he dies. A friend of hers uses hypnosis to make the old man sign away masses amounts of money into their account. All goes wrong when he actually dies and remains under the hypnosis. The film goes on from there and both confuses and amuses you throughout. The second movie is all based around a mystical cat who causes havoc all around. Not so good as the first movie but well worth a look. The acting is pretty good and quite crisp but could do with being a little less cheesy (but thats what you want with 1980's horror is'nt it?
disappointing for Dario.......2002-09-23
Most people will be buying this for Dario's contribution, but Romero's contrbution isn't quite as bad as is often made out (it's still pretty terrible though). I have to say that this is probably my least favorite of Dario's movies, and it's not even to do with the length. It's a bit of a cliche but everytime Dario americanises his work (cat o'nine tails), the result never comes out his best (though Trauma is arguably an exception). The lyricism that acts as a hallmark to Dario's oeuvre is sadly lacking, and many of the characters are exteremely annoying.
However, the transfer is up to Anchor Bay's usual standards, and the inclusion of 'An Eye for Horror' as an extra is a generous extra (even though it's also available on the UK edition of Sleepless). If you're an Argento completist like me, you'll probably want to get it...
One Evil Eye.......2002-09-13
I have mixed feelings about this film! It was directed by two big directors Romero and Argento and they adapted Poe's stories. How could something like that goes wrong?
Well Romero's part is a Zombie story that is so bad and lame, you have to see it to believe it. I nearly stopped watching the film after this one.
Thanks god Dario saves the day with a great rettelling of the Black Cat with a great Harvey Keitel, terrific camera movies and a fabulous Goblinesque Pino Donnaggio score.
If you want to get this film, be sure that you are a Dario Argento fan, cause he's the only reason to own this film!
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Denzel fired his agent because of this film .......2007-04-17
One of Denzel's lesser known and acclaimed films; Racist cop Hoskins has a heart transplant and gets deceased Denzel's heart. The trivia about the film is even more interesting than the film itself; Talked into making this film by his agent, Denzel Washington fired him shortly afterwards.
UK DVD:
- Henry V [1989]
- Howards' Way - Series 1 [1985]
- In the Name of the Father [1994]
- Into Great Silence (2 Disc Collector's Edition) [2006]
- Into the Wild [2007]
- Jean De Florette/Manon Des Sources [1986]
- Judge John Deed : Complete BBC Series 2 [2001]
- Ladies In Lavender [2004]
- Lark Rise to Candleford: Complete BBC Series 1 [2008]
- La Vie En Rose - Limited Edition Deluxe Gift Set (includes original soundtrack) [2007]
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![The Bodyguard (Special Edition) [1992]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0006GVK16.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
The Bodyguard (Special Edition) [1992]
![Pretty Woman (15th Anniversary Special Edition) [1990]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000ARFNNM.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
Pretty Woman (15th Anniversary Special Edition) [1990]
![An Officer And A Gentleman [1982]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000058E3F.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
An Officer And A Gentleman [1982]
![Dirty Dancing [1987]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000H8RW5Q.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
Dirty Dancing [1987]
![The Bodyguard [1992]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00004CYXY.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
The Bodyguard [1992]
![Ghost [1990]](http://www.bill88.com/buy.gif)
![Ghost (2 Disc Special Edition) [1990]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21ZC%2BvcX4BL.jpg)
![An Officer And A Gentleman (2 Disc Special Edition) [1982]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000KRNMY4.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![Dirty Dancing 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition [1987]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000UC37DU.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![Titanic (2 Disc Special Edition) [1997]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000A8NZ54.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![Last Of The Blonde Bombshells [2000]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000KGGP5I.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![Akira Kurosawa's Dreams [1990] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21C740FJVSL.jpg)
![Rhapsody In August [1993]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00004SPFJ.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![Madadayo [1993]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000TQLJ6O.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![Akira Kurosawa's: The Quiet Duel [1949] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000GTJSYY.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![The Lower Depths: Akira Kurosawa's The Lower Depths/Jean Renoir's The Lower Depths [1937] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0000A02TW.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![The Bad Sleep Well [1960]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0009S9LS0.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![Ghost Dad [1990] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21G8DX8XM2L.jpg)
![Made in America [1993] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/6305133417.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![Brewster's Millions [1985]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00005UWQJ.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![Short Circuit 2 [1988]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00005UBHZ.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![Charlie & The Chocolate Factory (2 Disc Deluxe Edition) [2005]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000B7QAHO.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![Ghost [1990] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21BXY6899ML.jpg)
![Two Evil Eyes [1990] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/217Z81AC29L.jpg)
![Trauma [1993] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0009RQRT2.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![The Cat O' Nine Tails [1971]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000S0GYRA.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![Terror At The Opera [1988]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00006IIYK.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![The Card Player [2004]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B0002B95SK.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![Sleepless [2001]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00005UPMF.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![Heart Condition [1990] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/2143APWG61L.jpg)
![Carbon Copy [1981] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00015HVJM.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![Mississippi Masala [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC)](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00008WJEY.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![Virtuosity - Dvd [1996]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000058E3G.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![Courage Under Fire [1996]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B00004D0C3.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)
![Erotic Ghost Story [1990] (Region 1) (NTSC)](http://www.germanelectronics88.com/noimage.gif)
![The Sentimental Education Of Eugenie [2005]](http://images-eu.amazon.com/images/P/B000MQCBLI.01.THUMBZZZ.jpg)