Tendre voyou / Tender Scoundrel (1966) DVD9

"Tender Scoundrel" is a typical Belmondo vehicle, though lacks the necessary spirit of adventure of his other fims. Here Belmondo is a womanizer , a seducer who chases beautiful girls. He is a playboy out of control in Paris of the Sixties, with only a purport : to seduce and conquer countless girls. He uses woman after woman to fulfill needs and romances all around the World until Tahiti . With a little French eclair or a Swiss souffle. One yacht with a crazy nymph. In the Tropics with a torrid butterfly. It is Belmondo...

DVD9 | PAL 16:9 | 01:31:26 | 6.14 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Francais
Subtitles: English
Genre: Comedy

Director: Jean Becker
Cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Nadja Tiller, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Robert Morley, Genevieve Page, Marcel Dalio, Micheline Dax, Philippe Noiret, Maria Pacome, Michele Girardon, Peter Carsten, Ellen Bahl
Country: France, Italy
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Moderato cantabile / Seven Days… Seven Nights (1960) Blu-Ray

"Moderato Cantabile" is a carefully woven tapestry of emotion that begins with a jealous lover murdering the woman he loves. Fascinated by the crime she has witnessed, Anne Desbaresdes returns several times to the scene, forming a relationship with a man who also saw the murder, and drinking through the afternoon with him as he patiently answers her eager questions. Slowly, they find themselves being taken over by forces which threaten their own stability.

"Moderato Cantabile" was only the second film by the great British director Peter Brook and it proved, like Welles before him, that he was equally adept in either medium. It was made in France in 1960 and has now largely been forgotten, though at the time the magazine Films and Filming selected it as the best film of the year from any source and it's a masterpiece.

A movie that's likely to remain in the mind for a long time, one of the great romantic movies, and all built on such a deliberately slight plot.

Director: Peter Brook
Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Pascale de Boysson
Country: France, Italy
Genre: Drama
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Stille dage i Clichy / Quiet Days in Clichy (1970) DVD9 and Blu-Ray Blue Underground

Quiet Days In Clichy, based on two of Henry Miller's more risque (and at one time, banned) works, is the story of Joey, a writer with no money and no real job prospects. Joey lives with Carl, his roommate, a bit of a sex maniac with a thing for younger women.

Once we're introduced to the characters, Joey and Carl basically screw their way through a pre-WWII Paris and indulge in a whole lot of wanton sex with pretty much any woman willing. Alone, in groups, or whatever, they don't really seem to care – they're just out to get as laid as they can as frequently as they can, and they're pretty successful at it.
A number of different girls come in and out of their lives, though a few do manage to make a lasting impression, including Nys, with whom Joey falls in love; and Colette, a 15-year-old free spirit who, despite being underage, captures Carl's heart.

Considered to be the most daring and honest film adaptation of any of Miller's works, Thorsen's 'Quiet Days In Clichy' is a provocative and graphic exploration of sexual liberation, inventively and innovatively directed on location in Paris. Highlighting the film's beautiful monochrome visuals (Paris has rarely been shot with such affection) is a soundtrack of suitably ribald songs by the legendary Country Joe McDonald.
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…E tu vivrai nel terrore! L’aldila / 7 Doors of Death / The Beyond (1981) DVD5, DVD9, Blu-Ray

Director Lucio Fulci's career has mainly been etched into cult-cinema for two reasons: gore and zombies. For years, there have been endless debates on which of his movies really constitutes his best legacy, and typically the most popular choice is The Beyond, Fulci's thematic continuation of his late 70s/early 80s supernatural zombie films. Like many Italian horror movies, The Beyond has been edited and renamed into oblivion, often released with major cuts or incorrect marketing.

The plot is extremely surreal and, at times, baffling. The film begins in the 20s, with the lynching of an artist living in a Louisiana hotel. The mob accuses the artist of bringing evil upon the land and they crucify him in the basement. Flashing forward into the 80s, we see a young woman, Liza Merril (Catriona MacColl), fixing up this same hotel in order to make it functional again. Unfortunately, a series of accidents seem to doom the hotel to instant failure, especially when a body is discovered in the cellar. Liza is then contacted by a mysterious blind woman who warns her that she should simply give up on the hotel, or else evil forces will be unleashed. Weirder things begin to happen and more people are killed off by supernatural zombies. A friend of Liza's, Dr. McCabe (David Warbeck), tries to figure out what's going on in town, but refuses to believe supernatural explainations. Are the 7 gates of hell really opening?
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The Intrigue: The Forgotten Films of Writer & Director Julia Crawford Ivers (1915-1916) Blu-Ray Kino Lorber

Most commonly known as the principle screenwriter for ill-fated director William Desmond Taylor, publicity-shy Julia Crawford Ivers was a filmmaker of diverse talents, working as director, scenarist, production supervisor, and editor at Paramount.

This collection showcases two of Ivers's directorial efforts: A Son of Erin (1916) and The Majesty of the Law (1915, of which only a single reel survives). But the centerpiece is The Intrigue (1916, directed by Frank Lloyd) a sci-fi/espionage film in which world powers vie for control of a death ray during World War I.

Through these meticulous restorations of films preserved by the Library of Congress, the woman once known as "Lady in the Shadows" can now finally receive the attention her work so richly deserves.

BD50 | 1080p AVC | 197 minutes | 38.4 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English intertitles
Subtitles: none
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western

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The Big Gamble (1961) DVD5

Irish seaman Vic Brennan persuades his Dublin family to finance a truck-hauling business in the remote African town of Jebanda. The only stipulation is that his cousin Samuel, a timid bank clerk, accompany Vic and his Corsican bride, Marie, to Africa and protect the family fortune. When the trio arrive at a small settlement on the Ivory Coast, Samuel loses their customs papers, and their truck is impounded. Fortunately, Marie meets an old friend, a French naval lieutenant; and despite Vic's jealous nature, she uses her wiles to get the truck released from custody. Before they leave, Vic buys 300 cases of beer, certain he can double his money once they reach Jebanda.
So begins a promising adventure in the wilds of West Africa...

DVD5 | PAL 4:3 | 01:35:58 | 4.08 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English, Espanol
Subtitles: Espanol
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Directors: Richard Fleischer, Elmo Williams
Cast: Stephen Boyd, Juliette Greco, David Wayne
Country: USA
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