Review by Roger Carpenter
In a day and age when video distribution companies are mostly concerned with the bottom dollar and release or re-release films they know are guaranteed to sell (anyone care to count the number of Us releases of The Evil Dead series or Night of the Living Dead?), one of my favorite things about Arrow Video USA is their apparent fearlessness in releasing films and box sets that are probably only going to appeal to a very small niche audience.
Along with Arrow Academy, Arrow Video USA’s arthouse imprint, the company has released a good portion of Walerian Borowcyzk’s films and is busily releasing the early works of Seijun Suzuki as well as other, relatively obscure, 50’s and 60’s Japanese films. While I applaud Arrow for releasing these films and enjoy them all immensely, I’m just not sure the typical movie fan has a...
In a day and age when video distribution companies are mostly concerned with the bottom dollar and release or re-release films they know are guaranteed to sell (anyone care to count the number of Us releases of The Evil Dead series or Night of the Living Dead?), one of my favorite things about Arrow Video USA is their apparent fearlessness in releasing films and box sets that are probably only going to appeal to a very small niche audience.
Along with Arrow Academy, Arrow Video USA’s arthouse imprint, the company has released a good portion of Walerian Borowcyzk’s films and is busily releasing the early works of Seijun Suzuki as well as other, relatively obscure, 50’s and 60’s Japanese films. While I applaud Arrow for releasing these films and enjoy them all immensely, I’m just not sure the typical movie fan has a...
- 2/12/2018
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Kayti Burt Aug 25, 2019
The most beloved Wizard of Oz adaptation of them all is celebrating its 80th anniversary, but there have been many, many others.
MGM's The Wizard of Oz, one of the most inescapable and beloved fantasy films of all time, celebrates its 80th anniversary this year. A yearly staple of broadcast television, a true landmark in cinema history, and a broadcast TV tradition of appointment viewing for families for decades, it's easily the most well known adaptation of L. Frank Baum's book series. But there are many more.
In addition to the various stage and book adaptations Baum's Oz has inspired — we'd be remiss not to mention Gregory Maguire's Wicked and the subsequent beloved musical adaptation — The Wizard of Oz has been a staple of cinema history from the form's very inception.
We're taking some time to look back at some of the on-screen Oz...
The most beloved Wizard of Oz adaptation of them all is celebrating its 80th anniversary, but there have been many, many others.
MGM's The Wizard of Oz, one of the most inescapable and beloved fantasy films of all time, celebrates its 80th anniversary this year. A yearly staple of broadcast television, a true landmark in cinema history, and a broadcast TV tradition of appointment viewing for families for decades, it's easily the most well known adaptation of L. Frank Baum's book series. But there are many more.
In addition to the various stage and book adaptations Baum's Oz has inspired — we'd be remiss not to mention Gregory Maguire's Wicked and the subsequent beloved musical adaptation — The Wizard of Oz has been a staple of cinema history from the form's very inception.
We're taking some time to look back at some of the on-screen Oz...
- 1/3/2017
- Den of Geek
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