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really real
May 20, 2013, 10:23:28 AM5/20/13
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A beautiful meditation on the last years of the great painter, Renoir,
and his beautiful nude model who fell in love with Renoir's son. It's a
French movie with a wonderful joke about French movies.
What's not to like? Well, some of the editing seemed a bit strange. But
still, it was a joy getting inside Renoir's mind and finding out his
philosophy behind his paintings. And the movie was filmed almost as
beautifully as a Renoir painting.
and his beautiful nude model who fell in love with Renoir's son. It's a
French movie with a wonderful joke about French movies.
What's not to like? Well, some of the editing seemed a bit strange. But
still, it was a joy getting inside Renoir's mind and finding out his
philosophy behind his paintings. And the movie was filmed almost as
beautifully as a Renoir painting.
calvin
May 20, 2013, 10:31:40 AM5/20/13
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status, unfortunately.
really real
May 20, 2013, 4:38:07 PM5/20/13
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system? That's unavailable in Canada. Does "save" mean not available yet?
calvin
May 20, 2013, 5:02:47 PM5/20/13
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a fairly new movie is not yet scheduled for DVD
release, or that Netflix doesn't have it and has no
definite plans to have it.
The Bondarchuk 'War and Peace' has been in
my 'saved' group for years. 'Lord Jim' and 'The
Misfits' have been there a long time. Today
'Renoir' and 'Quartet' were added.
Oddly, some movies in saved status for DVD
can be seen on Netflix streaming, for example
'The Turning Point'.
notbob
May 20, 2013, 7:12:10 PM5/20/13
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Yes, either as streaming or video. It's been my experience it means
probably never. I've seen one movie in two dozen I've had in "save"
for over 2 yrs eventually become available. Netflix streaming is
abominable. Only four movies out of the top 100 are available for
streaming. They recently released The Cisco Kid to streaming. Those
were produced in the early 50s. Unbelievable! I'm real close to
cancelling my subscription.
nb
probably never. I've seen one movie in two dozen I've had in "save"
for over 2 yrs eventually become available. Netflix streaming is
abominable. Only four movies out of the top 100 are available for
streaming. They recently released The Cisco Kid to streaming. Those
were produced in the early 50s. Unbelievable! I'm real close to
cancelling my subscription.
nb
really real
May 20, 2013, 8:46:13 PM5/20/13
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American Netflix.
Still, there are gems amidst the garbage. I am quite impressed with a
lot of obscure movies I find on Netflix. It is well worth the monthly fee.
notbob
May 21, 2013, 4:41:05 PM5/21/13
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On 2013-05-21, really real <reall...@shaw.ca> wrote:
> lot of obscure movies I find on Netflix. It is well worth the monthly fee.
Unfortunately, obscure doesn't equate with good.
> lot of obscure movies I find on Netflix. It is well worth the monthly fee.
My problem is, I'm so old and have read/watched so may stories/movies,
it's hard to find one that I don't figure out in the first 5 mins and
become bored to tears with. Then, yer only salvation is to find a movie
where you like the actors, though that's doesn't always work. I LOVE
Jennifer Lawrence ever since Winter's Bone, which I still believe she
deserved an oscar for. So finally I watched Silver Sappyness, the
one that DID win her an oscar, and hadda shut it off after about 10
mins, it was so stupid.
Something drastic has occurred at Netflix and not for the better. I
don't know if the inmates are now running the asylum or if the entire
business thinks jes because business is booming, it can now kick back
and screw off. Whatever the change, huge chunks of cinema have simply
disappeared and what's left is all over the map or hidden away in
gawd-knows-where. I tried to find Bogart's Sahara for the upcoming
Memorial Day weekend. It wasn't where it's supposed to be. I found
it with a search, but it wasn't in classics, military, where it's
tagged. Likewise Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.
What I do see is a jillion crappy new 1-1/2 to 2 star movies I never
heard of flooding the new arrival bins of both streaming and DVD, like
they jes acquired every worthless straight-to-DVD movie and dust
covered crappy TV series ever created. It's really grim. Yet the
campy fun junk like MST3K is rapidly disappearing. And if you don't
know a film by it's precise name, yer SOL. Despite all its $$$$, the
Netflix database can't equate "30" with "thirty". Whatta buncha
dullards!
nb
really real
May 21, 2013, 6:15:43 PM5/21/13
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>
> My problem is, I'm so old and have read/watched so may stories/movies,
> it's hard to find one that I don't figure out in the first 5 mins and
> become bored to tears with.
acting and the visuals.
So finally I watched Silver Sappyness, the
> one that DID win her an oscar, and hadda shut it off after about 10
> mins, it was so stupid.
watchable, certainly more watchable than The Hunger Games
>
> Whatever the change, huge chunks of cinema have simply
> disappeared and what's left is all over the map or hidden away in
> gawd-knows-where.
Huge chunks of cinema do disappear when they stop paying the licensing
> Whatever the change, huge chunks of cinema have simply
> disappeared and what's left is all over the map or hidden away in
> gawd-knows-where.
fees. In Canada, the website, Whats New On Netflix Canada, warns us of
what's coming. There's an American version of this website that will
soon be useful.
Netflix does do a really dumb job of hiding its movies. It's like a
video game, finding things. I search by actor sometimes. But that's
part of the fun of the early stages of technology.
I am amazed that Netflix is as good as it is, for only $8.00.
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