Was browsing through Andrew Sarris's (editor) Interviews with Film Directors today and thinking that the interview with Antonioni would be more meaningful if I had recently seen Red Desert. That made me hit on an idea for my 2007 film project.
Sarris's compilation has 40 entries, from Antonioni to Orson Welles. I'll try to screen one film a week, whichever work is most prominently mentioned in the Interview and read that interview. Maybe even blog about it if appropriate.
I figure 40 is a nice number because if I miss a week from getting sick or something, it won't kill me, but it is enough to keep me going pretty regularly.
The first to entries are interviews with Michelangelo Antonioni and Ingmar Bergman. I couldn't find the Red Desert at either Netflix nor Amazon. There were some (pricey) tapes at Amazon, but I put a request in at cafedvd and am keeping an eye out on Ebay. The Bergman interview is from 1956, but it doesn't appear to focus on a particular film. Naked Night is mentioned, but that doesn't seem to be readily available either, so I moved Smiles of a Summer Night to the top of my Netflix queue, since it was the closest in proximity to the interview date that I could find.
The third entry is Robert Bresson and consists of an interview from Cannes about the Trial of Joan of Arc. Currently available through Amazon.com, but only for region zero. Will try to track down where and how I might be able to play that.
The fourth is Peter Brook, so I put Lord of the Flies on my Netflix and Blockbuster queues.
Well, I'm off to research region zero/PAL format.
Happy New Year to All.
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Region 0 means it should be playable in any DVD player in the world. However, I have heard that some players won't play Region 0 discs; apparently, those players are programmed to play certain regions only, rather than any disc which has not been barred from their regions.
Looks like the DVD player in my spare bedroom (a cheapie made by Cyberhome) actually plays alternate region dvds (can use the menu to set it to whatever region), so I should be covered...crossing fingers and scanning ebay for Bresson's The Passion of Joan of Arc, the Australian import.
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