Some movie thoughts
Sep. 11th, 2023 02:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
carbonelI just finished watching Wild Strawberries (Ingmar Bergman, 1957) and listening to the commentary track. I liked the movie and it spoke to me, since it's about growing old and reconciling oneself to one's elapsed life. (I almost said "past life," but that's ambiguous.) However, every time I watch one of Bergman's movies, I always wonder if there's really something there or if it's all just a pretentious house of cards made by an old white man. The symbolism is generally not at all subtle.
With the impending shutdown of Netflix's DVD service, I've been trying to make my way through as many of the works from my 4-star list as I can in the DVD versions. There are more "very long wait" works, which I equate to "not available," since Netflix isn't replacing anything that's gone missing or damaged. I'll be able to find most of the not-on-Netflix movies via streaming services, but I appreciate the extras on DVDs, especially commentary tracks.
There are only five movies remaining at the bottom of the alphabet that I can reasonably expect to get from Netflix, and it's going to come down to the wire. The one I'm about to start watching is Woodstock, which runs over three hours. I haven't checked if there's a commentary track. After that, it's The World According to Garp, Witness for the Prosecution, Wuthering Heights, and Zero for Conduct.
I'm sorry that Netflix is discontinuing the DVD service, because there are still almost a hundred items on my queue that aren't available for streaming -- at least not from Netflix. But with the savings from Netflix, I suppose I can add at least one more streaming service to the Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and MAX (formerly HBOMax) that I already have. The only difficulty will be deciding on which one.
With the impending shutdown of Netflix's DVD service, I've been trying to make my way through as many of the works from my 4-star list as I can in the DVD versions. There are more "very long wait" works, which I equate to "not available," since Netflix isn't replacing anything that's gone missing or damaged. I'll be able to find most of the not-on-Netflix movies via streaming services, but I appreciate the extras on DVDs, especially commentary tracks.
There are only five movies remaining at the bottom of the alphabet that I can reasonably expect to get from Netflix, and it's going to come down to the wire. The one I'm about to start watching is Woodstock, which runs over three hours. I haven't checked if there's a commentary track. After that, it's The World According to Garp, Witness for the Prosecution, Wuthering Heights, and Zero for Conduct.
I'm sorry that Netflix is discontinuing the DVD service, because there are still almost a hundred items on my queue that aren't available for streaming -- at least not from Netflix. But with the savings from Netflix, I suppose I can add at least one more streaming service to the Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and MAX (formerly HBOMax) that I already have. The only difficulty will be deciding on which one.
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Date: 2023-09-13 08:18 pm (UTC)