Classic Films' Digest

Drunken Angel

2010-01-04T08:14:00.000+07:00

Starring - Takashi Shimura as Doctor Sanada, Toshiro Mifune as Matsunaga, Michiyo Kogure as Nanae, Reisaburo Yamamoto as Okada, Chieko Nakakita as Miyo, Eitaro Shindo as Takahama
Directed by - Akira Kurosawa
(1948) - B&W - 100 min

This is a classic movie - by perhaps the greatest filmmaker of all time, Akira Kurosawa. Dr. Sanada, played by Takashi Shimura (the leader in Seven Samurai), treats a petty criminal named Matsunaga (Toshiro Mifune) with tuberculosis, and tries to get him to work at treating his disease (stop drinking, smoking, get some rest, etc.) Meanwhile, another gangster gets out of prison and a feud breaks out between rival factions. A cool look at the underworld in Japan in post WWII, and the courage of a poor doctor, who is trying to cure another human, even if he is a criminal. We regret that the subtitles are difficult to read - but the story is pretty easy to follow.

The Conqueror

2010-01-03T08:06:00.000+07:00

1:46:23

The infamous and "lost" classic film, produced by Howard Hughes, directed by Dick Powell, and starring John Wayne as Genghis Khan.

The Thin Man Goes Home

2010-01-02T08:02:00.000+07:00

1:40:27

A Richard Thorpe Film

Its classic movie about a detective Nick Charles, played by William Powell, and his wife, played by Myrna Loy, who go back to Nick's childhood home and visits his parents for his birthday when he gets involved in a Murder investigation.

Christiania, you have my Heart

2010-01-01T07:59:00.000+07:00

1:01:51 - 2 years ago
The full-length classic 1991 film about the history and life of the Freetown Christiania in the heart of Copenhagen during it's first 20 years. What happens if you let a thousand people manifest their dreams about society right in the middle of a modern metropolis? You get CHRISTIANIA, the western world's longest existing free society, outside normal law and order. A warm film about a hot topic: Is a free society possible today? See for yourself. Directed by: NILS VEST Camera: DIRK BRÜEL FREDDY TORNBERG Sound: HANS PACKERT a.o. Music: CARL MICHAEL BAYER FUZZY Film editor: GRETHE MØLDRUP Poster: ANNI HEDVARD English translation: PETER ENGBERG HENRIK GOTTLIEB Production: FREDDY TORNBERG NILS VEST Original title: "Christiania, du har mit hjerte" Christiania, you have my Heart won the special prize of the jury at the Pärnu International Visual Antropology Festival 1992.

Exploring Life Extension

2009-12-31T07:57:00.000+07:00

1:45:32

A film by the Immortality Institute that explores various aspects of extreme life extension including cryonics (cryogenics), caloric restriction, transhumanism, and other scientific pursuits of extreme life extension. Related websites: http://www.Mprize.org http://www.ImmInst.org http://www.sens.org Related topics include: Cryonics (cryogenics), anti-aging, caloric restriction, transhumanism, nanotechnology, technology, nanobots, immortality, Methuselah Mouse Prize, scientific conquest of death, longevity, fitness, health, population control, birth rate, death rate, rejuvination therapies, aging reversal, Aubrey de Grey, live forever, cancer research, technology, nanobots, research, gene therapies, disease, transplants, physics, chemistry, computers, computing, bioscience, nutrition, exercise, philosophy, sociology, politics, history, elixir, drugs, singularity, Ray Kurzweil, matrix, supplements, suspended animation, cryo sleep, scientific debate, MIT, Technology Review, Cambridge conference sponsored by Larry Ellison, overpopulation, 1000 year lifespan, thousand year lifespan, infant mortality, science breakthroughs, futurist, future, war on aging, medical, youthful, retirement, computer engineer, genetics, research, SENSE.

A World Without Water

2009-12-30T07:54:00.000+07:00

1:16:14 - 2 years ago

A World Without Water The world is running out of its most precious resource. True Vision's timely film tells of the personal tragedies behind the mounting privatisation of water supplies. More than a billion people across the globe don’t have access to safe water. Every day 3900 children die as a result of insufficient or unclean water supplies. The situation can only get worse as water gets evermore scarce.

Children of the Corn

2009-12-29T07:51:00.000+07:00

Duration: 1:28:12

The beginning...

Gizmo

2009-12-28T07:50:00.002+07:00

Duration: 1:19:55

A compilation of man inventing strange contraptions from the 1920's through 1950's. Comedy.

Crank

2009-12-19T09:46:00.000+07:00

Hoop Dreams

2009-12-19T09:31:00.000+07:00

Hoop Dreams

Chariots of the GOD

2009-12-18T21:43:00.000+07:00

Chariots of the GODS

Did travelers from outer space visit Earth in our ancient past?

The Capture

2009-12-17T09:41:00.000+07:00

The Capture (1950)

Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion

2009-12-16T21:38:00.000+07:00

Ten years in the making, this award-winning documentary was filmed during a remarkable nine journeys throughout Tibet, India and Nepal. CRY OF THE SNOW LION brings audiences to the long-forbidden "rooftop of the world" with an unprecedented richness of imagery… from rarely-seen rituals in remote monasteries, to horse races with Khamba warriors; from brothels and slums in the holy city of Lhasa, to the magnificent Himalayan peaks still traveled by nomadic yak caravans. The dark secrets of Tibet’s recent past are powerfully chronicled through riveting personal stories and interviews, and a collection of undercover and archival images never before assembled in one film. A definitive exploration of a legendary subject, TIBET: CRY OF THE SNOW LION is an epic story of courage and compassion.

Penny Serenade

2009-12-15T21:30:00.000+07:00

Penny Serenade

High Risk

2009-12-14T21:29:00.000+07:00

High Risk

Born to Win

2009-12-13T21:28:00.000+07:00

Born to Win

Shadow of a Doubt

2009-12-12T21:26:00.000+07:00

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

The Grass is Greener

2009-12-11T21:24:00.000+07:00

The Last Chance

2009-11-28T21:04:00.000+07:00

Escaping a Nazi prison train in war-torn Italy, an American and a British soldier set out for the Swiss border and find themselves leading a multi-national party of refugees for the Italian underground.

We are Wizards

2009-11-26T11:34:00.000+07:00

This magical documentary looks at Harry Potter fans and the musical acts inspired by the novels.

The Fort Fisher Hermit

2009-11-25T23:31:00.001+07:00

Robert E. Harrill, The Fort Fisher Hermit, spent 17 years under the stars and scrub oaks of Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Surviving off the land and the contributions from thousands of visitors, the Fort Fisher Hermit became one of the areas largest tourist attractions. But Robert's new life wasn't as idyllic as he made it out to be, and his untimely death is marked by mystery and controversy. This film examines the reasons that led him to become a hermit, his growing popularity, and the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death.

The Wild Ride

2009-11-24T07:06:00.000+07:00

Wild Ride, The
Starring - Jack Nicholson as Johnny Varron, Robert Bean as Dave, Georgianna Carter as Nancy - Dave's lame girlfriend, Carol Bigby as a one of the girls in the gang, Gary Espinoza, John Bologni, Judith Tresize, Sydene Wallace, John Holden,
Directed by -

(1960) - B&W - 60 min
The Wild Ride starring Jack Nicholson as the tough street punk, Johnny Varron. Wow - what a treat, Jack Nicholson in his second movie, circa 1960 (his debut was the Cry Baby Killer in 1958) as the alpha male in a gang of tough kids who are into racing cars. Johnny is their leader and hero who makes all the decisions for the group. For instance - Dave (Robert Bean) has a new girlfriend, and she is lame (like from the good side of the tracks) so Johnny tells Dave to lose the chick (Nancy, played by Georgiana Carter). Dave doesn't want to give up his girlfriend, so Johnny decides to move in. Of course all this ends in trouble with a capital T, as Johnny ends up killing a motorcycle cop and an extended stay at the jailhouse.

starring Jack Nicholson as Johnny Varron

The film is filled with all kinds of vintage street slang from way back in the day. The movie is the middle of the hot rod racing greaser era.... these kids aren't Beatniks... (who are into jazz and like to hang out listening to poetry at the 60s era Starbuck prototype coffee houses. For Beatniks - See Bucket of Blood or Beat Girl). Nope - these kids like to play chicken with oncoming cars and run motorcycle cops off the road for kicks. Jack Nicholson is the gang leader who is also a rookie race car driver, way before the days of NASCAR... like no rules whatsoever. Check out the great final scenes - with Jack Nicholson behind the wheel of the race car. Cool.

Wheels on Meals

2009-11-23T03:01:00.002+07:00

Wheels on Meals w/ Jackie Chan
Starring - Jackie Chan as Thomas, Biao Yuen as David, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo as Moby, Benny the Jet Urquidez as a bad guy enforcer, Lola Fomer as Sylvia, Susana Sentís as Gloria, Herb Edelman as Matt, Keith Vitali as a bad guy enforcer, Richard Ng as asylum patient,
Directed by - Sammo Hung Kam-Bo

(1984) - Color - 100 min
Wheels on Meals is a terrific early film from Jackie Chan and Samo Hung Kam-Bo. The film originally released as Kwai Tsan Ttseh was made in 1984 and stars Jackie Chan and Biao Yuen as street vendors who come to the rescue of a beautiful woman named Sylvia, played by Lola Fomer. As with most Jackie Chan movies, there's lots of great martial arts, comedy and bascially good clean fun.

Jackie Chan stars as Thomas

Samo Hung plays a bumbling private detective named Moby - who is put on a new case after his boss runs out trying to evade some thugs looking to collect a gambling debt. He must find a woman named Gloria (Susana Sentís), who happens to be Sylvia's mother. The film features an incredible fight scene in the climax between Jackie Chan and one of the Count's strongmen (Benny Urquidez). The film is in either Cantonese or Mandarin (not sure) with English subtitles and set in the streets of Spain. Highly recommended!

Stalker (Сталкер)

2009-11-19T15:11:00.002+07:00

Directed by: Andrei Tarkovsky; Produced by: Aleksandra Demidova; Written by: Arkadi Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky; Starring: Alexander Kaidanovsky, Anatoli Solonitsyn, Nikolai Grinko; Music by: Eduard Artemyev; Distributed by: Mosfilm; Release date: August 1979 (Soviet Union); Running time: 163 min; Language: Russian; Subtitle: English

Description: Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, an alien place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers. Over his wife's numerous objections, a man rises in the dead of night: he's a stalker, one of a handful who have the mental gifts (and who risk imprisonment) to lead people into the Zone to the Room, a place where one's secret hopes come true. That night, he takes two people into the Zone: a popular writer who is burned out, cynical, and questioning his genius; and a quiet scientist more concerned about his knapsack than the journey. In the deserted Zone, the approach to the Room must be indirect. As they draw near, the rules seem to change and the stalker faces a crisis.

Farewell to Arms

2009-11-14T03:58:00.002+07:00

Farewell To Arms (1945)

Duration: 1hr18mins

(Black & White)