A Weblog of Curious Things.
Media referred to by suffix as follows:
Tuesday, 28th February, pm into Wednesday, 1st March, 2006, am
296.V: R. Altman: Short Cuts, 1993, 180'09"
Thursday, 2nd March, 2006
Friday, 3rd March, 2006, am
201.V: J. Kounen: Dobermann, 1997, 98'19" (Long-play tape speed, r. December 2002)
Friday, 3rd March, 2006, pm
255.D: Betty Boop: More Pep & You're Not Built That Way, 1936, 5'24" + 6'48"
235.D: Chaplin in A Woman, 1915, 26'14"
244.D: J. Menzel: Closely Observed Trains, 1966, 88'45"
Saturday, 4th March, 2006
Carl over to celebrate birthday
Sunday, 5th March, 2006
Monday, 6th March, 2006
Reg died in hospital.
Tuesday, 7th March, 2006
Wednesday, 8th March, 2006
Thursday, 9th March, 2006
Friday, 10th March, 2006
Saturday, 11th March, 2006, am
255.D: Betty Boop: Training Pigeons & Be Human, 1936, 6'23" + 6'25"
235.D: Chaplin in A Night in the Show, 1915, 23'26"
290.V: Powell & Pressburger: A Matter of Life & Death, 1946, 99'48"
Sunday, 12th March, 2006
292.V: F. Zinnemann: The Nun's Story, 1959, VHS version, full screen, 145'17"
Monday, 13th March, 2006, am
121.V: L. Buñuel: Belle de Jour, 1967, 95'37"
121.V: L. Buñuel: The Exterminating Angel, 1962. 88'55"
121.V: L. Buñuel: Simon of the Desert, 1965, 43'14"
Tuesday, 14th March, 2006, am
124.V: L. Buñuel: Tristana, 1970, 94'41"
124.V: R. Bresson: Le Procès de Jeanne d'Arc, 1962, 57'29" of c 62', beginning missing
Tuesday, 14th March, 2006, pm
261 - 65.D: Werner Herzog Collection, 5 x DVDs, bought Bury:
Enigma of Kaspar Hauser; Even Dwarfs Started Small; Fata Morgana; Heart of Glass; Stroszek.
5 cheap DVDs, bought Bury:
256.D: Delta Chaplin, Volume V
257.D: Delta Chaplin, Volume VI
258.D: Ghost Hunters: 3 Episodes: Legends of the Legiionnaires etc
259.D: Ghost Hunters: 3 Episodes: Castle Leslie etc
260.D: Ghost Hunters: 3 Episodes: Echoes from Beyond the Grave etc.
2 x LP discs bought Bury:
5331.DS: Warlock Songs, Luxon, Willison, Chandos, 1988
5332.S: Elgar & Delius Part-songs, Louis Halsey singers, Argo, r. 1968, reissue, 1977
Wednesday, 15th March, 2006, am
255.D: Betty Boop: Whoops I'm a Cowboy & Hot Air Salesman, 1937, 6'16" + 4'09"
236.D: Chaplin in Work, 1915, 28'12"
258.D: Ghost Hunters: Legionnaires, 1996, 23'30"
258.D: Ghost Hunters: Ghosts of the Civil War, 1996, 23'30"
258.D: Ghost Hunters: The Phantom Schoolmaster, 1996, 23'54"
Thursday, 16th March, 2006, am
255.D: Betty Boop: Pedgy Takes a Bow-wow & On with the New, 1937 - 38, 6'17" + 6'08"
236.D: Chaplin: In The Park, 1915 & The Good for Nothing, 1914, 14'05" + 13'40"
259.D: Ghost Hunters: Castle Leslie, 1996, 23'40"
259.D: Ghost Hunters: Ghost Hunters at Work, 1996, 23'09"
259.D: Ghost Hunters: The Phantom Fisherman, 1996, 23'49"
Reg's Requiem & Burial, Poulton-le-Fylde, 11:55 am
Friday, 17th March, 2006, am
255.D: Betty Boop: My Friend the Monkey & The Scared Crows, 1939, 6'12" + 5'46"
236.D: Chaplin in Triple Trouble, 1916, assembled later, 22'50"
260.D: Ghost Hunters: Echoes from Beyond the Grave, 1996, 23'31"
260.D: Ghost Hunters: The Possession, 1996, 23'29"
260.D: Ghost Hunters: The Priest & The Professor, 1996, 23'55"
Saturday, 18th March, 2006, am
255.D: Betty Boop: Rhythm on the Reservation, 1939, 5'54"
251.D: Felix in Hollywood, 1923, 9'04"
237.D: 2 Chaplin Shorts: Making a Living & Kid auto at the Venice Races, 1914, 8'57" + 6'10"
comparison of Psycho aspect ratio on DVD, widescreen: 85.D & old VHS tape: 119.V, first half of film seen.
Sunday, 19th March, 2006, am
117.V: Cocteau: La Belle et La Bête, 1946, 89'12"
Monday, 20th March, 2006, am
85.D: Hitchcock: Psycho, trailer, 1960, 6'28"
251.D: Felix Doubles for Darwin & Felix Goes West, 1924, 9'29" + 8'21"
237.D: 2 Chaplin Shorts: Mabel's Strange Predicament & Between showers, 1914, 10'34" + 10'34"
119.V: Hitchcock: Psycho, 1960, full frame version, open-matte, from VHS, 1996 tv showing, 103'49"
Tuesday, 21st March, 2006, pm
3122.S: Mozart: Cassation No.1. K.63, Dresden PO, G. Herbig, VEB-Philips, 1974, 27'47"
3123.S: Beethoven: 3 Elector Sonatas, Demus, DGG, 1970, 10'30" + 14'30" + 13'56"
with 8 Waldstein Variations, 9'29" & Duet Sonata, Op.6, 6'26", Demus & Shetler
3124.M: Mozart: String Quintet, K.515, Trampler, Budapest Quartet, Philips-US Columbia, 1956, 31'48"
Wednesday, 22nd March, 2006, am
3138.M: Elgar: The Kingdom Prelude, BBCSO, 8'41" & Symphony No.1, LSO, Elgar, HMV-WRC, 46'21"
Thursday, 23rd March, 2006, am
251.D: Felix Finds Out, Felix All Puzzled & Felix Monkeys with Magic, 9'04" + 2'40" + 8'31"
237.D: 2 Chaplin Shorts, 1914: A Film Johnny, 7'15" & Tango Tangles, 12'30"
262.D: W. Herzog: Even Dwarfs Started Small, 1969, 89'58" with
262.D: W. Herzog: Even Dwarfs Started Small, 1969, 89'58"
version with commentary by director & Norman Hill
Thursday, 23rd March, 2006, pm
266 - 71.D: Herzog-Kinski Collection, 6 x Films with commentaries etc, bought HMV, £19.95
Aguirre; Nosferatu; Woyzek; Fitzcarraldo; Cobra Verde; My Best Fiend.
Wednesday, 22nd March, 2006, pm into Thursday, 23rd March, 2006, am
135.XCD: Gramophone on CD, March 2006, sampler, 58'42"
Friday, 24th March, 2006, am
271.D: W. Herzog: My Best Fiend, documentary, 1999, 98'54" preceded by trailer, 1'28"
Friday, 24th March, 2006, pm
3122.S: Mozart: Serenade, K.100, Dresden PO, G. Herbig, VEB-Philips, 1974, 25'57" preceded by the March in D, K. 62, 3'51"
3124.M: Mozart: String Quintet, K.516, Trampler, Budapest Quartet, Philips-US Columbia, 1956, 31'57"
3127.S: Schubert: Piano Trio no.1, D.898, David Oistrakh Trio, 1958, CFP-UK Columbia, 36'25"
Saturday, 25th March, 2006, am
265.V: F. Lang: Metropolis, 1926, 138'21" length due to very slow speed, poor print from JEF, Aikman Archive
Music from CDs: Liszt: Complete Symphonic Poems, Volume One, LPO, B. Haitink, Philips:
15 - 16.CD: Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne, 30'30"; Tasso, 20'45"; Les Preludes, 14'58"
Orpheus, 10'55"; Prometheus, 12'52"; Mazeppa, 16'17"; Festklänge, 19'37"; Prometheus repeated, 12'52".
Saturday, 25th March, 2006, pm
3126.S: Haydn: String Quartet, Op.76 No.1, Tokyo Quartet, DGG, 1971, 21'08"
3135.M: Schubert: Piano Sonata No.20 in A, D.959, S. Cherkassky, WRC, 1960, 33'37"
Schumann: 3 Fantasiestücke, Op.111, 9'44" & Liszt: Grand Galop Chromatique, 3'55".
3126.S: Brahms: String Quartet No.2, Op.51 No.2, Tokyo Quartet, DGG, 1971, 32'33"
Sunday, 26th March, 2006, am
263.D: W. Herzog: Fata Morgana, 1969, 73'18" &
263.D: W. Herzog: Fata Morgana, 1969, 73'16"
version with commentary by director & Norman Hill
Monday, 27th March, 2006, am
3129.S: Tchaikovsky: Voyevoda, Op.78 & The Storm, Op.76, NPO, 11'20" + 12'04"
Rachmaninov orch. Respighi: 5 Études Tableaux, NPO, Krasnapolsky, HMV, 1974, 22'15"
3132.S: Tchaikovsky, orch. Stravinsky: Bluebird Pas de deux, Columbia SO, CBS, 1964 c, 5'03"
Stravinsky: Scenes de Ballet, CBCSO &Stravinsky, CBS, 1964, 16'31"
Jeux de Cartes, Cleveland, Stravinsky, CBS, 1964, 21'45"
251.D: Felix Gets the Can & A Felix Comic, 1924, 8'15" + 9'34"
237.D: Chaplin in His Favourite Pastime, 1914, 13'25"
297.V: V. Pudovkin: Mat, Mother, 1926, sonorized version 1964 with score by Khrennikov, 83'50"
Tuesday, 28th March, 2006, am
252.D: H. Hawks: His Girl Friday, 91'42" + afterword by Tony Curtis: 0'43"
Wednesday, 29th March, 2006, am
251.D: Felix the Cat & Goose who laid the Golden Eggs & Neptune Nonsense, 1936, Colour, 6'54" + 7'01"
261.D: Herzog: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, 1974, widescreen, 105'10"
Thursday, 30th March, 2006
Friday, 31st March, 2006, am
261.D: Herzog: Enigma of Kaspar Hauser, 1974, widescreen, 105'07"
version with commentary by director & Norman Hill plus trailer: 2'44"
Bought: 2 cheap DVDs:
272.D: Lady of Burlesque, directed by Wm. A. Wellman, starring Barbara Stanwyck, 1943
273.D: Double-sided disc 1 side of 11 x Krazy Kat cartoons, from 1963
& 1 side of Canadian feature-length musical cartoon of The Nutcracker Prince, 1990.
Friday, 31st March into Saturday, 1st April, 2006, am
128.V: Tarkovsky: Solaris, from VHS, widescreen, 128.V, 159'20"