CMoon wrote:Actually I used to have a huge video collection. Tons of VHS and DVDs, but with the whole advent of streaming movies my interest in collecting movies faded a bit. Also, I noticed that even while I was enthusiastic about purchasing movies, I still might only watch them two or three times. There are a handful of beloved movies that I feel required to own (in whatever format they come out in), but I've grown a lot more critical about collecting.
Perhaps I also need to specify that I have been an intense collector of music, movies and books my whole life (I have you beat xbl0x180, but only because I did radio for 5 years and ran a record label for 10...and because I was absurdly passionate about it.) Now I've slowly gone back more to reading instead of watching movies; and when I do sit down to watch films, a lot of them fail to hold my attention.
Maybe having a third of my movie and video game collection stolen made me rethink about the permanence of 'owning' films.
I can understand. I think part of my compulsion to collect stuff is just that: a compulsion to collect. The other part is what other collectros have described as "collecting parts of themselves." Sometimes, a person's collection is sort of a composite of who they are. Coincidentally, I began collecting animation and music because of nostalgic reasons - shows and songs I used to watch and listen to many years ago (those were happy times
). It's impossible to recapture the past, but the stuff is very entertaining nonetheless.
I also don't give myself the illusion that I have the biggest collection of anything. I've seen private music collections that number in the tens of thousands of LPs and library video collections at the universities I've attended. Still, even if you own just a few items of the same thing, you're most likely a collectro hahah. In a website dedicated to niche collectros, it's not raer to read of other people's massive collections of
insert items of interest. When it comes to normal people, though, I don't think we'll see households with more than a few DVDs, some more CDs, and maybe one or two consoles
The ideas of "value" and "ownership" are ephemeral to me; it's not as if when I die, I can take all my stuff with me and enjoy it for eternity. Hence, I'm only interested in the "entertainment" value I place on something. What's the average life expectancy nowadays? If I'm lucky [and have excellent genetics], it'll be around 78, 79, maybe 80. In the grand scheme of things, this is nothing considering a third of it is spent asleep. Knowing this, I try to have something entertaining at all times. If I had part of my collection stolen, I'd hope they are entertained by it (hopefully more than I was by it).
Hey, at least you weren't mugged or injured. There will always be more stuff hahahah.
CMoon wrote:circuitface wrote:
Been meaning to watch Phenomena. I like the trailer for it and I'm a big fan of Suspiria.
I feel like Argento lacks a perfect film, but Phenomena may be as close as it gets. The story holds together better than Supiria, but no color gels I'm afraid. It makes up for it with a lot more polish and liberal use of Iron Maiden in the soundtrack. Probably my favorite film by Argento, but the overlooked Tenebre (pure slasher, no supernatural elements) might be his most functionally sound.
I'd say Dario Argento's best film is
L'Uccello Dalle Piume De Cristallo/"The Bird With The Crystal Plumage," featuring a score by Ennio Morricone. It's his crowning achievement and probably one of the best Giallo films ever made.
Suspiria was an excellent Gothic film with some memorable set designs and colour schemes; the Proggy music by Goblin was worth the price of admission.
From what I've seen, Lucio Fulci appears to be the one lacking the perfect film; maybe
Zombie is his most representative of his best work. Personally, I loved
Non Si Sevizia Un Paperino/"Don't Torture A Duckling." It helped that Barbara Bouchet was reeeeeal easy on the eyes
Don't blame it on Netfix, they're good people.
God, I love his style 