tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28108120.post9024148857869027125..comments2024-03-15T06:33:47.450-05:00Comments on View from the Brooklyn Bridge (brns.com) - What's New: The East is Red Soundtrack, Jane Austen and Other Mundane RamblingsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28108120.post-77427597270884882712010-02-06T01:31:53.450-05:002010-02-06T01:31:53.450-05:00Thanks for posting the soundtrack to "the eas...Thanks for posting the soundtrack to "the east is red". <br /><br />I went out to Chinatown after work today and picked up the movie and immediately searched the internet for that song when I was finished with the movie.<br /><br />Kudos. :DSeductivpancakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08811896190301540805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28108120.post-51333979061518204562009-12-05T01:46:06.401-05:002009-12-05T01:46:06.401-05:00Guys, be forewarned that the DVD is a bare-bones a...Guys, be forewarned that the DVD is a bare-bones affair. It comes in a plain plastic jewel case, and the digital transfer has not been cleaned up in any way. And the source print is far from pristine. Still, if you are dying to see the film, it's probably worth getting. <br /><br />Michael, you might want to lower your expectations a notch or so for this holy grail film. I liked it, but don't really consider it a masterpiece. There are some 60s-art-film elements that haven't aged very well, in my opinion. But the direction and performances superb.<br /><br />Brian, I don't know if I'm making this up, but I seem to recall that director Tang Shu Shuen studied filmmaking at UCLA. That could have been where she met Les Blank.<br /><br />YTSL, I can't believe that Lisa is in 2012! I still don't think I'll see the film though. And thanks for the link. I'm gearing up to write a post about Lisa on my blog and wanted to refer readers to your article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28108120.post-70137214438519880072009-12-05T00:41:55.813-05:002009-12-05T00:41:55.813-05:00"Its weird but I never get email notification..."Its weird but I never get email notification that you have commented on this blog"<br /><br />Is that maybe because I don't have an associated website link in my name? That's the only difference I can see between myself and the other commenters.<br /><br />"we did watch THE ARCH together -- at the same Columbia University venue (and film conference thingy?) as RAINING IN THE MOUNTAIN, in fact."<br /><br />Grrrr... I remember that conference. Still bitter. Couldn't make either of those screenings because of some stupid previous commitment I couldn't get out of. Still haven't seen RAINING IN THE MOUNTAIN, and I even missed the window of opportunity for the reportedly excellent French DVD, now out of print.<br /><br />In other news, my verification word below is "trogre," which I'm totally stealing for a fantasy story or something like that someday.Michael Wellsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28108120.post-37711977885538647402009-12-04T22:22:13.189-05:002009-12-04T22:22:13.189-05:00Hi Brian --
Glad you like the article. Hmmm... ma...Hi Brian --<br /><br />Glad you like the article. Hmmm... maybe you should search the internet for some more of my film-related published pieces? <br /><br />And you are so hard to please: I remember a time when you complained that I only fixated on film and wished I wrote about more than that!!! ;DYTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28108120.post-709011287234245502009-12-04T11:39:25.438-05:002009-12-04T11:39:25.438-05:00That is a great article, I don't recall you po...That is a great article, I don't recall you pointing it out to me before. It makes me wish you wrote more about film on your blog!Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28108120.post-85224060679027576052009-12-04T11:22:01.172-05:002009-12-04T11:22:01.172-05:00Hi Brian --
Yes, we did watch THE ARCH together -...Hi Brian --<br /><br />Yes, we did watch THE ARCH together -- at the same Columbia University venue (and film conference thingy?) as RAINING IN THE MOUNTAIN, in fact. :)<br /><br />And re Lisa Lu: can I draw your attention (again) to my article re this amazing actress who still is going strong (and whose most recent film appearance that I saw -- yes, on a big screen -- is... "2012"!)?<br /><br />http://www.bcmagazine.net/hk.bcmagazine.issues/bcmagazine_webissue258/03-lisa.htmlYTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28108120.post-55098608868261430732009-12-04T10:54:32.742-05:002009-12-04T10:54:32.742-05:00MW - who are you kidding, you know you will just w...MW - who are you kidding, you know you will just wait for me to buy it and then borrow it! Its weird but I never get email notification that you have commented on this blog - its almost like you are just using your giant brain to implant them on this blog.<br /><br />Glenn - ya - I find it harder and harder to force myself to go out to see films in a theater - partly because I am just getting older and creakier - second it kills me to pay $12 here in NYC - third I rarely see anything reviewed that feels like a must see - an astonishing amount of tired crap - and its hard to justify spending any money when I have so many unwrapped dvds in my apartment. But saying that I am up and plan to go to the Film Forum today to see Frankenstein and the Invisible Man. But then the FF has great brownies and the audience there actually seem to realize they are in a theater and not in their living room - and they respect film.Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28108120.post-63721454071496802492009-12-04T10:03:10.868-05:002009-12-04T10:03:10.868-05:00Thanks for the link.
The other thing I remember f...Thanks for the link.<br /><br />The other thing I remember from that era -- giving away a topic for a future blog post of mine, LOL -- is that my biological father would take me to public libraries around here to see 16 mm prints of horror films -- that's where I first saw Frankenstein (1931) with the drowning scene and the introduction. Sometimes the prints were in tatters but it added something to the experience to see those titles in a dark, cramped public library basement screening room.<br /><br />As it is now, I feel like I'm the polar opposite of YTSL as I usually prefer to watch a crisp DVD on my 47 inch screen rather than go out in public with the masses and be distracted by their cell phones, chatter, and general nonsense.Glenn, kenixfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00735095946077123391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28108120.post-79955541264182916012009-12-04T00:15:58.429-05:002009-12-04T00:15:58.429-05:00Jesus in a breadbasket. Duriandave, you're my...Jesus in a breadbasket. Duriandave, you're my hero. I've been wanting to see THE ARCH ever since reading about it in David Bordwell's HK cinema book back in 2000. Thought I might never get the chance.<br /><br />And "Hell, yes" to THE EAST IS RED. One of my favorite HK fantasies - it's even more like some freaky, druggy dream than the others.Michael Wellsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28108120.post-23655791371701318492009-12-03T21:41:16.550-05:002009-12-03T21:41:16.550-05:00Thanks Kingwho, I enjoy putting them up for others...Thanks Kingwho, I enjoy putting them up for others to listen to.<br /><br />DD - wow - how do you know all this stuff! I will definitely order it. I wonder how Les Blank got involved with that film and how (if he did) get the rights to sell this film?Brian Naashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12798896753133473887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28108120.post-1307808538435759422009-12-03T19:56:02.680-05:002009-12-03T19:56:02.680-05:00The Arch is actually available on DVD from filmmak...<i>The Arch</i> is actually available on DVD from filmmaker Les Blank, who edited the film. You can order it directky from his <a href="http://lesblank.com/main.html" rel="nofollow">website</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28108120.post-82405325731947913112009-12-03T19:08:35.958-05:002009-12-03T19:08:35.958-05:00Brian, thank you for posting a few songs from some...Brian, thank you for posting a few songs from some HK movie soundtracks. I really enjoy your blog.Kingwho?https://www.blogger.com/profile/02474560455739504154noreply@blogger.com