Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 7/1/84; site wuphys.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!mgnetp!we53!busch!wuphys!del From: del@wuphys.UUCP (Dave de Lake) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Re: Re: Obscure films Message-ID: <226@wuphys.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 10:49:16 EST Article-I.D.: wuphys.226 Posted: Tue Feb 12 10:49:16 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Feb-85 07:37:46 EST References: <3744@ucla-cs.ARPA> <435@ahuta.UUCP> Organization: Physics Dept., Washington Univ. in St. Louis Lines: 29 > REFERENCES: <3744@ucla-cs.ARPA> > > >I'm talking hard core obscurity here, films that you've seen > >which you suspect almost no one else (at least in America) > >has. Stuff you catch at film festivals, or in university > >collections, or on one week releases disguised as cheap > >exploitation films. > > Stuff that is unavailable where most people live, unfortunately. My > best access to obscure films, without a day long trek to NYC, is PBS > and they have not shown as much of late as they used to. I went > into the city to see an uncut THE LEOPARD, which was decent but flawed > so I won't include it in this discussion, but rarely have high enough > expectation on a rare film (other than a genre film of some sort; I do > go in to see films like WICKER MAN, LAST WAVE, CHUSHINGURA) to > really go after it. > What about "Dersu Ursela"? Has that made it to the U.S. It is a fantastic Soviet film with good direction and great scenery of Siberia. I saw it in Denmark with Danish subtitles. From what I could understand of it, the plot seemed a bit too intellectual and subtle to be popular or ever even be shown in the U.S., although I wouldn't be suprised if it made it to NYC or LA (...of all the least intellectual places....) Dave @Compton Sanitarium