tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post2398219451589731864..comments2024-03-28T06:14:54.076-04:00Comments on And So It Begins...: Top 10 Films Longer than 200 MinutesAlex Withrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-71206692076791161232020-04-22T09:39:06.800-04:002020-04-22T09:39:06.800-04:00Fair comment. If there were to go here, those woul...Fair comment. If there were to go here, those would be the ones. Be interesting to draft this list today, actually.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-42443235702113770282020-04-18T09:07:15.116-04:002020-04-18T09:07:15.116-04:00Shoah, Santantango and Dielman are egocy (ego=Idio...Shoah, Santantango and Dielman are egocy (ego=Idiocy) trips of 'culture', 'style' and 'feminism', worthless in both quality and ideology, the rest all masterpieces, yo don't notice time passing. Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14659190228718274304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-33715453205111047422017-02-04T06:40:07.772-05:002017-02-04T06:40:07.772-05:00I saw The Travelling Players for the first time to...I saw The Travelling Players for the first time today and was hugely impressed. May turn out to the one of the Greatest films of the 1970s, if also one of the longest. 3 hours 42 minutes :')Mark Woollonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05072777957640381767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-14549708538088170712015-05-26T18:58:48.640-04:002015-05-26T18:58:48.640-04:00Thanks man!
Love Fanny. Absolutely adore it. Howe...Thanks man!<br /><br />Love Fanny. Absolutely adore it. However, the theatrical cut is 188 minutes. The television cut (which is infinity superior) is 312 minutes, but I didn't count extended TV editions for this post.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-17581748907691581642015-05-26T18:56:53.048-04:002015-05-26T18:56:53.048-04:00Oh man, that sounds awesome. Love that they had sa...Oh man, that sounds awesome. Love that they had sand and everything.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-44991128867711983492015-05-25T16:28:39.851-04:002015-05-25T16:28:39.851-04:00Secret Cinema screened Lawrence at Alexandra Palac...Secret Cinema screened Lawrence at Alexandra Palace in London a few years back, decked the place out in sand and really made in an experience (an expensive one too). Sadly I was not into film at that time, and missed it. Good events to follow, here in Britain. wamamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11060887584204139051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-66850509757670334322015-05-25T16:23:33.651-04:002015-05-25T16:23:33.651-04:00This may have been mentioned in other comments, an...This may have been mentioned in other comments, and I realise there are several shorter cuts of the film, but what about Fanny & Alexander? You said its your third favourite Bergman, and from what I've seen (around 3 hours) of the longest one it certainly deserves a place.<br /><br />Also: FUCKING ADORE Once Upon A Time In America. Watched it yesterday and its so damn moving, brutal, raw- its perfect. Not a real fan of Malcolm X (Mostly because of Washington) but again fantastic to see Seven Samurai, Rublev & Lawrence, all among the finest works in cinema. Great list :)wamamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11060887584204139051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-8487129924191356372013-10-29T23:20:41.231-04:002013-10-29T23:20:41.231-04:00God, I forgot about this list. This one really fir...God, I forgot about this list. This one really fired people up.<br /><br />The Best of Youth is amazing. One of the finest films I've ever seen. I didn't include it here because it was split into two parts theatrically, but still... incredible work.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-88501588734149988652013-10-29T22:43:10.188-04:002013-10-29T22:43:10.188-04:00I actually have seen Lawrence of Arabia restored a...I actually have seen Lawrence of Arabia restored and remastered on the big screen at a great old theater in Boston. It really is one of those made for theater, a great undertaking and experience.<br /><br />For myself 'The Best of Youth' deserves consideration as a whole lot of time very well spent. Six hours in the lives of a italian baby boomers spanning over forty years, not a wasted moment nearly everything is covered, love, loss, revolution, and above all family. A two night experience I won't soon forget. Jeffhttp://cityuponahillmedia.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-66122904463536808552013-10-04T13:38:27.706-04:002013-10-04T13:38:27.706-04:00If there was ever a year for a tie...
Damn tough ...If there was ever a year for a tie...<br /><br />Damn tough call there. Damn tough.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-65778213973094178602013-10-04T00:37:05.433-04:002013-10-04T00:37:05.433-04:00Lawrence of Arabia should have won O'Toole Bes...Lawrence of Arabia should have won O'Toole Best Actor. Gregory Peck was just as deserving for Mockingbird... perhaps they should have given out 2 that year. Crustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10643029707010389469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-79100355267103406082013-10-03T18:00:09.232-04:002013-10-03T18:00:09.232-04:00I would love to see Lawrence on the big screen. I ...I would love to see Lawrence on the big screen. I really need to track that down one day if I can. I can't imagine how perfect it looks all big and proud.<br /><br />Heaven's Gate is okay. I don't think it's great or a disaster, just okay. Haven't seen it via Criterion though. Need to check that out.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-39306404299717368122013-10-03T10:35:33.873-04:002013-10-03T10:35:33.873-04:00Serious lack of Heaven's Gate... :P I kid, but...Serious lack of Heaven's Gate... :P I kid, but only slightly, I feel that the recent Criterion cut of that film is a fine addition to the scope of cinema as a whole, I always believed that Cimino had the visual eye and potential to be the next Ford or Lean, a master of the epic.<br /><br />That said, what a list, all great films, I should find my way to the video store and rent the shit out of all of these. <br /><br />Although, Lawrence of Arabia is meant to be seen in a theater, I refuse to watch it any other way, it hinders the scope of the film and what Lean does with space, his fucking mastery of the foreground and background. The Godfather Part II is a movie that stands the test of time, a movie every human being should see at some point, for Cazale and De Niro at least.Tokarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02807042060473464015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-54362882817111164562013-09-30T15:14:02.388-04:002013-09-30T15:14:02.388-04:00Thanks so much for the reddit! I honestly have no ...Thanks so much for the reddit! I honestly have no idea how that site works. The few times my stuff has been on there, it attracted a lot of attention from douche bag trolls, so my experiences with the site haven't been too pleasant. Ha. But if great people like you use it, then I'm sure there is hope :)<br /><br />So glad you liked Lawrence. What a powerful film.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-75505773361832180912013-09-30T15:12:17.195-04:002013-09-30T15:12:17.195-04:00I know where you're coming from. They made ...I know where you're coming from. They made 'em different back in the day, and it can be straining to take them in at times. If anything, I often have trouble with the acting in some older movies. There was nothing naturalistic about acting back then. It was still hyperbolic stage acting, just in front of a camera, you know?Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-30941680723122380452013-09-30T15:10:44.850-04:002013-09-30T15:10:44.850-04:00I've seen Gone with the Wind twice and am like...I've seen Gone with the Wind twice and am likely to not watch it again. I just wanted to let readers know that I didn't think it was bad at all. But definitely not one I could watch over and over.<br /><br />Hope you have a chance to check out some of the other flicks here. I know they're time consuming as hell!Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-13800820668875871682013-09-30T15:09:19.024-04:002013-09-30T15:09:19.024-04:00Can't wait to hear what you think!Can't wait to hear what you think!Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-15180390859880662402013-09-30T15:09:01.650-04:002013-09-30T15:09:01.650-04:00Ha, it's all good man. That PTSD line made me ...Ha, it's all good man. That PTSD line made me laugh out loud.<br /><br />That widescreen moment in Napoleon is one of my favorite film moments. Ever.<br /><br />For now, I'll track down and watch whatever version of Greed I can, but thanks for the heads up. Now I know what I'm getting into. Also going to hunt down La Roue. They both sound solid.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-7886925162199542582013-09-30T15:05:35.221-04:002013-09-30T15:05:35.221-04:00Another fantastic list here Alex, glad to see GWTW...Another fantastic list here Alex, glad to see GWTW at least makes your honorable mention. YES on Lawrence of Arabia which I just saw recently for the first time, it blew me away. Still need to see more from your list here.<br /><br />Btw, I reddited this one, so if you have an account, go and upvote it :D<br /><br />http://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1nggtq/top_10_feature_films_longer_than_200_minutes/ruthhttp://flixchatter.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-61919396102282259702013-09-30T11:29:24.424-04:002013-09-30T11:29:24.424-04:00I'm a little embarrassed to say I've only ...I'm a little embarrassed to say I've only seen The Godfather Part II and part of Malcolm X. And that I'm one of those people who hates Gone With The Wind. I don't dislike long movies if they keep it interesting, I'm just bad at watching old movies. That's something I've been trying to correct recently. Brittani Burnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07975067259283007280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-81192811444457467722013-09-30T11:04:17.397-04:002013-09-30T11:04:17.397-04:00First, my apologies for ranting like a crazy perso...First, my apologies for ranting like a crazy person about those two films. Chalk it up to some PTSD at having watched them. :-)<br /><br />Second, how about that part of Napoleon where it suddenly, gloriously, is in widescreen, almost 30 years before another film would appear like that?<br /><br />Third, La Roue is an earlier film by Napoleon director Abel Gance.<br /><br />Fourth, and only for what it's worth, director Eric von Stroheim's actual preferred version of Greed was more than NINE hours long. The studio, knowing that there was no way anyone would see it, ordered him to trim it. He tried to convince them to support a 5+ hour cut, but they still wanted it shorter. Finally, a four hour cut was released. It did poorly, so the studio eventually brought in an outside editor to cut it down to two hours.<br /><br />This two hour version was all that was available for decades, but in the 1990s TCM went back and found as much footage and stills as they could that were still in existence. From this they reconstructed a four hour version that was as close as they could get to von Stroheim's detailed outline of the original release.<br /><br />Cutting films to re-release them was fairly common in the 1920s. It's like how Metropolis (1927) was cut in many differnent ways to shorten its run time, until finally there was no version left that was the original release. A few years ago the most complete copy yet (all but a few minutes) was found in Argentina. This was combined with footage from other versions to get it as close as possible to the original and that is now the one that has been released on Blu-ray.<br /><br />And I should let you know that at least one other blogger whose opinion I respect reviewed Greed and didn't find it to be that special. This was mostly due to the straightforward nature of movies' plots in the 1920s, which he felt left few surprises on what the fates of various characters were going to be. The same could be said for the plots of La Roue and Naploeon, of course.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-64127174164771342512013-09-30T02:32:35.286-04:002013-09-30T02:32:35.286-04:00I've only seen Godfather Pt2 and Lawrence of A...I've only seen Godfather Pt2 and Lawrence of Arabia. Took me forever to sit down and give Gone with a Wind a go and I found it similar to eating vegetables in more ways than one. Glad to see your list containing 10 better films, lots of which I need to check out!ilovethatfilmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11882133059882238037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-34506597729148375322013-09-29T17:55:22.982-04:002013-09-29T17:55:22.982-04:00O.K. ... I bumping it to the top of my Netflix que...O.K. ... I bumping it to the top of my Netflix queue. momof3feistykidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15622239947336967007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-64728205077630241042013-09-29T16:15:01.333-04:002013-09-29T16:15:01.333-04:00That's some challenging work all around right ...That's some challenging work all around right there. Damn. An 11 hour-long movie might be pushing it... even for me. Ha.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784665635104956142.post-74158936725467325802013-09-29T16:13:39.967-04:002013-09-29T16:13:39.967-04:00Oh wow, that's even crazier. Weird class haha....Oh wow, that's even crazier. Weird class haha.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.com