LE DISQUE REPORT
Your DVD Round-up with Phillippe Aghion
I uncharacteristically bought a lottery ticket months ago. The unchecked, yellowing numbers remain a potential jackpot, an idea which warms me in these coldest days and trumps either reality; gaudy undeserved reward or grey-faced disappointment.
Viva Pedro: Pedro Almodovar Classics Collection (Sony)
All hail the master. Jan 30
All Quiet on the Western Front (Universal) Best antiwar picture ever? Discuss.
Feb 6
I Dream of Jeannie: The Complete Third Season (Sony)
Imagine if Larry Hagman’s later persona JR lived with Jeannie. Just saying.
Jan 30
Delirious (Paramount)
The basis of roughly 51% of the jokes told at my high-school.
Feb 6
Performance (WB)
Nicolas Roeg is the definition of a flawed genius. All his films brim with searing potential then somehow fizzle. This one stars a young, pouty Mick Jagger. Feb 13
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