LE DISQUE REPORT
Your DVD Round-up, with Phillippe Aghion
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Watching French star Zinedine Zidane move around the pitch in one final glorious hurrah, I realize that no matter what sport we play, we must all contemplate life after football…
Some Like It Hot (Sony)
The Germans, who have a reputation for being humourless and dour (at least judging from Hogan’s Heroes and Downfall), have somehow been responsible for some of the greatest American comedies of all time. July 18
Electric Edwardians (New Yorker) Glimpse into another age through found footage of the beautifully mundane. July 11
Yi Yi (Criterion)
Taiwanese hotshot helmer Edward Yang is the future.
July 11
Koko: A Talking Gorilla (Criterion)
I wonder if she communicated her displeasure at being given the name of a gay French nightclub owner. July 11
The Incredible Hulk: The Complete First Season
Imagine a young Ang Lee watching and thinking “one day.”
July 18
I Dream of Jeannie – The Complete Second Season (Sony)
Still waiting for a good explanation for why in the 1960s female sitcom starlets were flying nuns, witches, genies and goth Princesses… then nothing.
July 11
Best of The David Steinberg Show (Koch)
It’s worth revisiting this classic Canadian talk show just to better appreciate Martin Short’s impersonation of the host.
July 11
Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids, Vol. 3: The Original Animated Series (Urban Works Entertainment)
Still his best work.
July 11
Perry Mason — Season 1, Volume 1 (Paramount)
The fact Perry and his assistant were built like linebackers always troubled me — and seemed a subtle message about the American justice system.
July 11
The Double Headed Eagle (Kino) “Neutral” 1973 account of the Nazis (or Naww-zeez as Churchill would say) rise to power.
July 18
The Pee-Wee Herman Show (Image) Adult-oriented show that spawned the kids classic.
July 18
Some Like It Hot (Sony)
The Germans, who have a reputation for being humourless and dour (at least judging from Hogan’s Heroes and Downfall), have somehow been responsible for some of the greatest American comedies of all time. July 18
Electric Edwardians (New Yorker) Glimpse into another age through found footage of the beautifully mundane. July 11
Yi Yi (Criterion)
Taiwanese hotshot helmer Edward Yang is the future.
July 11
Koko: A Talking Gorilla (Criterion)
I wonder if she communicated her displeasure at being given the name of a gay French nightclub owner. July 11
The Incredible Hulk: The Complete First Season
Imagine a young Ang Lee watching and thinking “one day.”
July 18
I Dream of Jeannie – The Complete Second Season (Sony)
Still waiting for a good explanation for why in the 1960s female sitcom starlets were flying nuns, witches, genies and goth Princesses… then nothing.
July 11
Best of The David Steinberg Show (Koch)
It’s worth revisiting this classic Canadian talk show just to better appreciate Martin Short’s impersonation of the host.
July 11
Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids, Vol. 3: The Original Animated Series (Urban Works Entertainment)
Still his best work.
July 11
Perry Mason — Season 1, Volume 1 (Paramount)
The fact Perry and his assistant were built like linebackers always troubled me — and seemed a subtle message about the American justice system.
July 11
The Double Headed Eagle (Kino) “Neutral” 1973 account of the Nazis (or Naww-zeez as Churchill would say) rise to power.
July 18
The Pee-Wee Herman Show (Image) Adult-oriented show that spawned the kids classic.
July 18
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