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New Medieval Movie.
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Peter Jason
2022-01-14 22:04:24 UTC
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"The Last Duel" set in 1380s France.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4244994/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Good action flick, but very soapy.
David Read
2022-01-15 10:57:32 UTC
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Post by Peter Jason
"The Last Duel" set in 1380s France.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4244994/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Good action flick, but very soapy.
How curious. The title, "The Last Duel" must refer to its being Ridley Scott's last "duel" movie. His first "duel "movie, "The Duellists", made in 1977, takes place around 400 years later :-

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075968/

Great film.

Cheers,

David Read.
Peter Jason
2022-01-16 20:22:13 UTC
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2022 02:57:32 -0800 (PST), David Read
Post by David Read
Post by Peter Jason
"The Last Duel" set in 1380s France.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4244994/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Good action flick, but very soapy.
How curious. The title, "The Last Duel" must refer to its being Ridley Scott's last "duel" movie. His first "duel "movie, "The Duellists", made in 1977, takes place around 400 years later :-
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075968/
Great film.
The Napoleonic one "The Duellists"was great and I always get a buzz
from historic costume dramas.
I'm trying to get my hands on the 1976 "War and Peace", the one
starring the whole Soviet army at a cost of $100millions or so, for
the stirring Battle of Borodino. The trick is to find the
remastered/restored version.
Post by David Read
Cheers,
David Read.
Surreyman
2022-01-17 08:31:06 UTC
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Post by Peter Jason
On Sat, 15 Jan 2022 02:57:32 -0800 (PST), David Read
Post by David Read
Post by Peter Jason
"The Last Duel" set in 1380s France.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4244994/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
Good action flick, but very soapy.
How curious. The title, "The Last Duel" must refer to its being Ridley Scott's last "duel" movie. His first "duel "movie, "The Duellists", made in 1977, takes place around 400 years later :-
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075968/
Great film.
The Napoleonic one "The Duellists"was great and I always get a buzz
from historic costume dramas.
I'm trying to get my hands on the 1976 "War and Peace", the one
starring the whole Soviet army at a cost of $100millions or so, for
the stirring Battle of Borodino. The trick is to find the
remastered/restored version.
Post by David Read
Cheers,
David Read.
I saw that for real at the time. Our wargaming group travelled up to London on two successive days to see it - it was such a long film that it was split into two halves!
David Read
2022-01-17 11:18:35 UTC
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Post by Peter Jason
The Napoleonic one "The Duellists"was great and I always get a buzz
from historic costume dramas.
I'm trying to get my hands on the 1976 "War and Peace", the one
starring the whole Soviet army at a cost of $100millions or so, for
the stirring Battle of Borodino. The trick is to find the
remastered/restored version.
I saw that for real at the time. Our wargaming group travelled up to London on two successive days to see it - it was such a long film that it was split into two halves!
I got the 1965-67 Russian Bondarchuk version of "War and Peace" last year on DVD but still haven't got round to watching all of it.

There have been a couple of BBC versions now, from 1972 and 2016. I didn't care for the 2016 version much, and I certainly thought the "peace" bits in the 1972 version were far more engaging than those in the Bondarchuk version which seem rather ponderous to me. The battle scenes in the 1972 BBC version weren't bad either, but for sheer scale the Bondarchuk takes some beating (120,000 extras!)

Cheers,

David Read
Peter Jason
2022-01-24 03:22:50 UTC
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On Mon, 17 Jan 2022 03:18:35 -0800 (PST), David Read
Post by David Read
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Post by Peter Jason
The Napoleonic one "The Duellists"was great and I always get a buzz
from historic costume dramas.
I'm trying to get my hands on the 1976 "War and Peace", the one
starring the whole Soviet army at a cost of $100millions or so, for
the stirring Battle of Borodino. The trick is to find the
remastered/restored version.
I saw that for real at the time. Our wargaming group travelled up to London on two successive days to see it - it was such a long film that it was split into two halves!
I got the 1965-67 Russian Bondarchuk version of "War and Peace" last year on DVD but still haven't got round to watching all of it.
There have been a couple of BBC versions now, from 1972 and 2016. I didn't care for the 2016 version much, and I certainly thought the "peace" bits in the 1972 version were far more engaging than those in the Bondarchuk version which seem rather ponderous to me. The battle scenes in the 1972 BBC version weren't bad either, but for sheer scale the Bondarchuk takes some beating (120,000 extras!)
Cheers,
David Read
I have tracked down what appears to be the Criterion version, all re
mastered, in Russian with Eng subtitles.
The are 4 episodes.....
https://filmsgraded.com/reviews/2021/03/waran1.htm
https://trailersfromhell.com/war-and-peace-1966/?fbclid=IwAR00vfj1bklIpoQjXhSsNmcSKKy3X4PEceq0VMKWIrDh_KHrKk38oN6e61M
.... and I have finished viewing the first two.
The restoration is magnificent.
I have an average 40" Sony TV and I cannot fault the visuals.
A must see!
Watch out for the Grand Ball in part two, and I'll watch part III
(Borodino) this week.
David Read
2022-01-24 15:48:42 UTC
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Post by Peter Jason
I have tracked down what appears to be the Criterion version, all re
mastered, in Russian with Eng subtitles.
The are 4 episodes.....
https://filmsgraded.com/reviews/2021/03/waran1.htm
https://trailersfromhell.com/war-and-peace-1966/?fbclid=IwAR00vfj1bklIpoQjXhSsNmcSKKy3X4PEceq0VMKWIrDh_KHrKk38oN6e61M
.... and I have finished viewing the first two.
The restoration is magnificent.
I have an average 40" Sony TV and I cannot fault the visuals.
A must see!
Watch out for the Grand Ball in part two, and I'll watch part III
(Borodino) this week.
Cool. Looks to be much better than my non-remastered "Artificial Eye" version.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154568092352

If this is a race, I think you'll win. :-)

Cheers,

David Read
Peter Jason
2022-01-24 20:31:44 UTC
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On Mon, 24 Jan 2022 07:48:42 -0800 (PST), David Read
Post by David Read
Post by Peter Jason
I have tracked down what appears to be the Criterion version, all re
mastered, in Russian with Eng subtitles.
The are 4 episodes.....
https://filmsgraded.com/reviews/2021/03/waran1.htm
https://trailersfromhell.com/war-and-peace-1966/?fbclid=IwAR00vfj1bklIpoQjXhSsNmcSKKy3X4PEceq0VMKWIrDh_KHrKk38oN6e61M
.... and I have finished viewing the first two.
The restoration is magnificent.
I have an average 40" Sony TV and I cannot fault the visuals.
A must see!
Watch out for the Grand Ball in part two, and I'll watch part III
(Borodino) this week.
Cool. Looks to be much better than my non-remastered "Artificial Eye" version.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154568092352
If this is a race, I think you'll win. :-)
Cheers,
David Read
I've had little luck with evilBay and I downloaded mine from eMule
though Pirate Bay...
https://pirate-proxy.cc/?nonroot=/search
... is a possibility.

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