dreamer
10-02-2004, 09:49 PM
Really, you can't beat the cost, and the selection is usually pretty good. See if they have online access, you can peruse all their titles from home, place a hold on whatever you like.
I've been touting the library as a great source for reference materials for kits for years, but I've also seen a lot of great movies that I just happened to run across on the shelves. Alot of bad or mediocre ones too, but that's the luck of the draw. Some good foreign titles and classics or cult hits I might never have seen otherwise. When they're free, and you have three weeks to return them, you're more willing to take risks on stuff you'd hestitate to rent otherwise.
So last night I picked up "the Negotiator", Kevin Spacey/Sam Jackson movie. Prompted to order it a few weeks back by a negative comment - didn't this open to positive reviews? Anyway, I also found on the shelf:
Anatomie 2, a german suspense flick. Never heard of it, the first film is supposed to be a slasher/horror type (I've just ordered it), the sequel goes in a new direction. An enthusiastic new intern joins a secretive group of "Anti-Hippocratics" who are delving into radical new procedures illegally. Better film than I expected, and more stylish.
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. Despite Cassavette's Gloria being a favorite, I never got into his body of work - just not the kind of movies I'm usually into, subject-wise. Still, this was on the shelf, price was right...time to give it a shot.
Thesis. Alejandro Amenabar, the writer/director of The Others (the Nicole Kidman flick) and Abre Los Ojos (forget the Tom Cruise remake Vanilla Sky, the original is worth seeing) here tells of a ayoung college student who discovers a snuff film was made at her university, maybe with the knowledge of the staff. I'll be watching this tonight. Abre Los Ojos is another I just ran across at the library, happily before the remake came out. haven't seen the remake - haven't felt the need to bother, as bad as the reviews were.
The Sun's Burial, an early work by Nagisa Oshima (Taboo, In the Realm of the Senses, Merry Christmas Mister Lawrence). I like Senses and Lawrence, haven't seen Taboo, figured I'd try this one.
Recently viewed from the library were Cronenberg's Dead Ringers (for the commentary track), some Three Stooges shorts, The Thirteenth Floor, and Rembrandt with Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester. On order now with Anatomie are The Night Porter and the L. Frank Baum Oz movies from the silent era.
Seriously, check out your local library. Find their website and see what they list. You might be surprised.
I've been touting the library as a great source for reference materials for kits for years, but I've also seen a lot of great movies that I just happened to run across on the shelves. Alot of bad or mediocre ones too, but that's the luck of the draw. Some good foreign titles and classics or cult hits I might never have seen otherwise. When they're free, and you have three weeks to return them, you're more willing to take risks on stuff you'd hestitate to rent otherwise.
So last night I picked up "the Negotiator", Kevin Spacey/Sam Jackson movie. Prompted to order it a few weeks back by a negative comment - didn't this open to positive reviews? Anyway, I also found on the shelf:
Anatomie 2, a german suspense flick. Never heard of it, the first film is supposed to be a slasher/horror type (I've just ordered it), the sequel goes in a new direction. An enthusiastic new intern joins a secretive group of "Anti-Hippocratics" who are delving into radical new procedures illegally. Better film than I expected, and more stylish.
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. Despite Cassavette's Gloria being a favorite, I never got into his body of work - just not the kind of movies I'm usually into, subject-wise. Still, this was on the shelf, price was right...time to give it a shot.
Thesis. Alejandro Amenabar, the writer/director of The Others (the Nicole Kidman flick) and Abre Los Ojos (forget the Tom Cruise remake Vanilla Sky, the original is worth seeing) here tells of a ayoung college student who discovers a snuff film was made at her university, maybe with the knowledge of the staff. I'll be watching this tonight. Abre Los Ojos is another I just ran across at the library, happily before the remake came out. haven't seen the remake - haven't felt the need to bother, as bad as the reviews were.
The Sun's Burial, an early work by Nagisa Oshima (Taboo, In the Realm of the Senses, Merry Christmas Mister Lawrence). I like Senses and Lawrence, haven't seen Taboo, figured I'd try this one.
Recently viewed from the library were Cronenberg's Dead Ringers (for the commentary track), some Three Stooges shorts, The Thirteenth Floor, and Rembrandt with Charles Laughton and Elsa Lanchester. On order now with Anatomie are The Night Porter and the L. Frank Baum Oz movies from the silent era.
Seriously, check out your local library. Find their website and see what they list. You might be surprised.