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The most depressing thing about this movie

posted 17 years ago by TTKKane
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is that not many people (relatively) have seen it....

An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.

[–] Hobgoblin5271 17 years ago

I've seen it.

[–] DrTrannySurprise 17 years ago

I'll agree with you. It's one of my favorite movies that no one I know has ever heard of. Too bad the DVD really needs some fine tuning (there has to be a better transfer of it somewhere).

[–] wespodoll123 17 years ago

I loved it great movie very moving.

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[–] WarpedRecord 15 years ago

Yet how very fortunate we are to have seen it – and that we have each other. ;-)

[–] sat-elite 15 years ago

I would agree with the first part.

[–] Edward_de_Vere 15 years ago

is that not many people (relatively) have seen it....

The other problem with this film is that the DVD release has very poor audio/visual quality. Perhaps someday they'll have a new edition with higher-budget editing. The grainy images and crackling, static-riddled sound really gets in the way at times.

[–] ihavealoadedgun 10 years ago

Hopefully it is now out on Blu-Ray it will be seen more. I hadn't even heard of it last week - and now it is one of my favorite movies.

[–] catbookss 10 years ago

Agreed.

I first saw it many years ago, recommended by someone who was a film buff and whose tastes I respected. He told me nothing about it, except it was great and he thought I'd like it.

Watched it with my boyfriend. 10 minutes in, I thought my friend was nuts. My boyfriend and I were exchanging WTH looks. Luckily I kept with it, and it became one of my shortlist favorites.

But I've never met anyone else who's seen it. Recommended it plenty of times.

[–] Randall-Flagg01 10 years ago

Couldn't agree more. My favorite movie. Endlessly memorable dialog which makesyou think. Wish there were more movies like this.