I never stopped buying DVDs to my collection. I only started buying Blu-rays a few years ago, when I finally got a player upgrade. Yesterday (and today!) was pretty lucky. I always like to check out thrift stores to see what they’ve got. A local community college had apparently purged its collection (because, y’know, streaming platforms fall all over themselves promoting classic film…), had even tried giving their stock away for free, and, well…I ended up getting to benefit. I certainly don’t mind!
Here’s what I picked up:
-As You Like It, one of Kenneth Branagh’s later Shakespeare adaptations. Haven’t seen it yet.
-Blow Out, a Brian De Palma/John Travolta classic I also haven’t seen yet, in a Criterion Collection edition, no less.
-Cloud Atlas, one of those supremely ambitious novels/movies with an all star cast headed by Tom Hanks in probably (several) of his most interesting performances, which I’ve been wanting to revisit for a few years.
-Dog Day Afternoon, an Al Pacino classic I’ve never seen.
-Exit Through the Gift Shop, a documentary on Banksy. Back in yon Borders days, I learned about the graffiti genius through a number of books we always had stocked. A few years back I saw a different Banksy doc on a plane ride.
-Frost/Nixon, which is another movie I’ve long wanted to see.
-A doc on Hemingway.
-The Madness of King George, a ‘90s movie that I’ve also been interested in seeing for years.
-The Man Who Would Be King, which I’ve been wanting to add to my collection for years. Great movie.
-Tess of the D’Urbervilles, a BBC production starring Gemma Arterton I’ve had in my collection before and am glad to add back in, also so I can watch it again.
-Whale Rider, which I’ll be very happy to see again.
-White Christmas, which is a big family favorite I haven’t owned until now.
-Leading Men/Leading Ladies, one of those collections of material that would probably have not sold much individually. By far the production I’m most interested in, here, is The Night America Trembled, concerning Orson Welles’ infamous radio broadcast of War of the Worlds.
Dollar Tree is a surprisingly good place to find interesting things, including books and, yes, DVDs (and Blu-rays!). Today I found:
-Good Kill, a movie starring Ethan Hawks and Zoe Kravitz (which will probably be the first time I see her in something other than a genre performance).
-The Sun Is Also a Star/Everything, Everything, two adaptation of Nicola Yoon books.
-Killing Eve Season Two, a BBC series (Dollar Tree often has BBC programming, including generous helpings of Doctor Who) starring Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer (who stole The Last Duel from Adam Driver and Matt Damon). Haven’t seen the show yet, so this will be interesting.
-Spectacle: Elvis Costello with…, a TV series featuring interviews with and performances from a variety of interesting folks.
-Best of British, a box set of various documentaries and several facsimiles of historical documents, which was indeed an awesome find.
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