Rouen Round 1962 / Brands Hatch Beat 1964 DVD

Advantages: Hypnotic film with an understated yet compelling performance by Florence Carrez.
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...-Minister of Culture, to the town of Orleans in 1961. Finally, the original trailer rounds out the DVD extras. The film is presented in widescreen format. Picture is sharp, clean and clear, with readable subtitles (that occasionally have bits of their tops trimmed away). ***** I find it very interesting that, for a country that strictly forbids religion from tainting its official affairs, France boasts a raft of Catholic philosophers, writers, poets and essayists, and their national heroine is most definitely a strong Catholic symbol. *****... Read review

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...previous DVD treatments (by both MGM and Warner), complete with palatable but hardly worthy transfers, Kubrick's film is finally getting a deluxe package courtesy of Warner Home Entertainment, with a fine array of special features. All in all, 2001 looks and sounds better than ever before (particularly on Blu-Ray), and while the concept of double-dipping sounds unnecessary, there is much to relish here on the brand new 2-Disc Special Edition. Open the pod bay doors please, HAL… ****************************************************************** HISTORY IN THE MAKING ****************************************************************** The film opens up at the Dawn of Man, a time when our evolution has passed the Neanderthal era, yet our ancestors still haven't emerged past the hairy ape stage... Read review

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...Well, this is possibly the longest ever op, EVER!!! If u love the shawshank redemption as much as I do, and want to relive the awesome film on Ciao, here is the place to do it!!! ENJOY!!! The Shawshank Redemption (1994) is an impressive, engrossing piece of film-making from first-time director/screenwriter Frank Darabont who adapted horror master Stephen King's 1982 novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (first published in Different Seasons). The inspirational, life-affirming and uplifting, old-fashioned style Hollywood product (resembling The Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) and Cool Hand Luke (1967)) is a combination prison/dramatic film and character study, abetted by the golden cinematography of Roger Deakins, a touching score by Thomas Newman, and a third imposing character - Maine's oppressive Shawshank State Prison itself... Read review

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