Comments for THE RANDOM JOTTINGS OF SIRIAMI http://filmjournal.net/siriami ----------------------------------musings of a film collector....... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:15:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.0 Comment on Wider Still and Wider by siriami http://filmjournal.net/siriami/2008/05/12/118/#comment-3275 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:32:08 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/siriami/2008/05/12/118/#comment-3275 Scanned from one of the film books in my collection. Hope I haven't stepped on any "copyright" toes with this vintage image? Alistair Scanned from one of the film books in my collection. Hope I haven’t stepped on any “copyright” toes with this vintage image?
Alistair

]]> Comment on Wider Still and Wider by Joy http://filmjournal.net/siriami/2008/05/12/118/#comment-3261 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:24:33 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/siriami/2008/05/12/118/#comment-3261 Where did you get the still of the comparison of Movietone to Grandeur from above? Where did you get the still of the comparison of Movietone to Grandeur from above?

]]> Comment on Under Panchromatic Skies by John Hodson http://filmjournal.net/siriami/2008/05/11/under-panchromatic-skies/#comment-2592 Mon, 12 May 2008 12:07:54 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/siriami/2008/05/11/under-panchromatic-skies/#comment-2592 Thanks for your kind thoughts; the collection is fine, but it's been a bit of a mess otherwise and has put a spanner in the works as far as the blog goes - hopefully I can get my head and my act together soon, once things are sorted. Thanks for your kind thoughts; the collection is fine, but it’s been a bit of a mess otherwise and has put a spanner in the works as far as the blog goes - hopefully I can get my head and my act together soon, once things are sorted.

]]> Comment on Under Panchromatic Skies by siriami http://filmjournal.net/siriami/2008/05/11/under-panchromatic-skies/#comment-2590 Mon, 12 May 2008 08:49:07 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/siriami/2008/05/11/under-panchromatic-skies/#comment-2590 John, I do so commiserate with you re your sad loss - hopefully, they left your DVD collection alone? Thanks for the comments re the above post, your blog is always a regular stop on my Internet travels.... Alistair John, I do so commiserate with you re your sad loss - hopefully, they left your DVD collection alone?
Thanks for the comments re the above post, your blog is always a regular stop on my Internet travels….
Alistair

]]> Comment on Under Panchromatic Skies by John Hodson http://filmjournal.net/siriami/2008/05/11/under-panchromatic-skies/#comment-2584 Sun, 11 May 2008 11:24:39 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/siriami/2008/05/11/under-panchromatic-skies/#comment-2584 Before intruders broke into my home and removed the means of watching 'Land of Promise' as part of their haul (though not the DVDs themselves; odd that), I'd watched the first four documentaries and while it can get said that the first two - particularly Rotha's 'Shipyard' - are considerably more lyrical than the next pair, as alluded to in the accompanying book, it's worth watching even workmanlike stuff like 'Housing Problems' having boned up on subsequent events. As the camera pans over a Utopian model of the soon to be built Leeds Quarry Road estate - seemingly the saviour of many living in dreadful slums with it's parks, open spaces, and social centres - it's a sobering thought that those hopes were never realised. Quarry Road was never actually completed, the sports and community centres never built; the estate itself became an open sore and was demolished just four decades after work began. For many working families, it was out of the frying pan... A wonderful, wonderful set and my release of the year; I can't heap enough praise on it. Before intruders broke into my home and removed the means of watching ‘Land of Promise’ as part of their haul (though not the DVDs themselves; odd that), I’d watched the first four documentaries and while it can get said that the first two - particularly Rotha’s ‘Shipyard’ - are considerably more lyrical than the next pair, as alluded to in the accompanying book, it’s worth watching even workmanlike stuff like ‘Housing Problems’ having boned up on subsequent events.

As the camera pans over a Utopian model of the soon to be built Leeds Quarry Road estate - seemingly the saviour of many living in dreadful slums with it’s parks, open spaces, and social centres - it’s a sobering thought that those hopes were never realised. Quarry Road was never actually completed, the sports and community centres never built; the estate itself became an open sore and was demolished just four decades after work began. For many working families, it was out of the frying pan…

A wonderful, wonderful set and my release of the year; I can’t heap enough praise on it.

]]> Comment on The Undying Lodger From Hangover Square… or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Fox Again….. by Vienna http://filmjournal.net/siriami/2007/10/14/the-undying-lodger-from-hangover-square-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-fox-again/#comment-1688 Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:42:25 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/siriami/2007/10/14/the-undying-lodger-from-hangover-square-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-fox-again/#comment-1688 Glad to read your reviews. more please! Glad to read your reviews. more please!

]]> Comment on The Undying Lodger From Hangover Square… or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Fox Again….. by siriami http://filmjournal.net/siriami/2007/10/14/the-undying-lodger-from-hangover-square-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-fox-again/#comment-1611 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:28:35 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/siriami/2007/10/14/the-undying-lodger-from-hangover-square-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-fox-again/#comment-1611 Yes, jackal - my set only contained the 2 stills in the "Hangover Square" case too. Thanks for the comments Alistair Yes, jackal - my set only contained the 2 stills in the “Hangover Square” case too.
Thanks for the comments
Alistair

]]> Comment on The Undying Lodger From Hangover Square… or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Fox Again….. by Pedro Martins C. Xexeo http://filmjournal.net/siriami/2007/10/14/the-undying-lodger-from-hangover-square-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-fox-again/#comment-1609 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:40:00 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/siriami/2007/10/14/the-undying-lodger-from-hangover-square-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-fox-again/#comment-1609 Hello, I've just received-from Amazon.com- FOX HORROR CLASSICS and I agree with you.Finally ,these three wonderfully atmospheric films are available on DVD.Hail,FOX! From BRAZIL Hello,

I’ve just received-from Amazon.com- FOX HORROR CLASSICS and I agree with you.Finally ,these three wonderfully atmospheric films are available on DVD.Hail,FOX!

From BRAZIL

]]> Comment on The Undying Lodger From Hangover Square… or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Fox Again….. by jackal http://filmjournal.net/siriami/2007/10/14/the-undying-lodger-from-hangover-square-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-fox-again/#comment-1608 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:53:00 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/siriami/2007/10/14/the-undying-lodger-from-hangover-square-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-fox-again/#comment-1608 Very nice set, as you say. Haven't seen any of the films and I'm looking forward to digging in. I only had still inserts inside "Hangover Square", too, nothing in the other cases. Very nice set, as you say. Haven’t seen any of the films and I’m looking forward to digging in. I only had still inserts inside “Hangover Square”, too, nothing in the other cases.

]]> Comment on Worst Transfer Of a Film To DVD: and the winner is……. by siriami http://filmjournal.net/siriami/2006/10/29/worst-transfer-of-a-film-to-dvd-and-the-winner-is/#comment-8 Sat, 04 Nov 2006 14:42:31 +0000 http://filmjournal.net/siriami/2006/10/29/worst-transfer-of-a-film-to-dvd-and-the-winner-is/#comment-8 Contacted Pickwick regarding this sorry transfer and had the following reply: <strong><em>"We have had a number of complaints regarding the release of The Runaway Bus and have had a close look at the film. The freezing and countdown midway through the film have been corrected and the DVD is being re-manufactured. Unfortunately, although we licensed the rights to release the film from the estate of Val Guest, the estate did not have a copy of the film in any form and so we have had to locate the best possible copy in order to manufacture – this turned out to be an American public domain supplier. If you would care to return the DVD to us I will arrange for a replacement copy without the freezing to be sent to you as soon as it is available. Yours sincerely Graham Betts"</em></strong> Contacted Pickwick regarding this sorry transfer and had the following reply:
“We have had a number of complaints regarding the release of The Runaway Bus and have had a close look at the film. The freezing and countdown midway through the film have been corrected and the DVD is being re-manufactured.
Unfortunately, although we licensed the rights to release the film from the estate of Val Guest, the estate did not have a copy of the film in any form and so we have had to locate the best possible copy in order to manufacture – this turned out to be an American public domain supplier.
If you would care to return the DVD to us I will arrange for a replacement copy without the freezing to be sent to you as soon as it is available.
Yours sincerely
Graham Betts”

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