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My current NetFlix queue

Submitted by dankephoto on April 27, 2007 - 12:02am.

I just recently subscribed, can you tell? As of 2007-04-26 I have 113 movies in my queue, not that anyone gives a hoot: Sticking out tongue

Seven Samurai Recommended based on your ratings 4.4 Stars UR Foreign
To Have and Have Not 4.0 Stars UR Classics
Le Cercle Rouge 3.6 Stars UR Foreign
MI-5: Vol. 1: Disc 1 3.8 Stars NR Television
The Maltese Falcon Recommended based on your ratings 4.1 Stars NR Classics
Chinatown Recommended based on your ratings 4.2 Stars R Classics
On the Waterfront Recommended based on your ratings 4.1 Stars UR Classics
MI-5: Vol. 1: Disc 2 NR Television
MI-5: Vol. 1: Disc 3 NR Television
24: Season 1: Disc 1 4.5 Stars TV-14 Television
24: Season 1: Disc 2 TV-14 Television
Dark City 3.8 Stars R Sci-Fi & Fantasy
24: Season 1: Disc 3 TV-14 Television
24: Season 1: Disc 4 TV-14 Television
24: Season 1: Disc 5 TV-14 Television
24: Season 1: Disc 6 TV-14 Television
True Romance 3.8 Stars R Drama
Barton Fink 3.8 Stars R Independent
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 3.6 Stars R Comedy
The Brothers Grimm 3.2 Stars PG-13 Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Lost in La Mancha 3.1 Stars R Documentary
... And God Spoke 2.8 Stars R Comedy
Munchhausen 3.2 Stars NR Foreign
Metropolis Recommended based on your ratings 4.0 Stars NR Foreign
La Femme Nikita: Season 1: Disc 2 3.7 Stars TV-14 Television
La Femme Nikita: Season 1: Disc 3 TV-14 Television
La Femme Nikita: Season 1: Disc 4 TV-14 Television
La Femme Nikita: Season 1: Disc 5 TV-14 Television
La Femme Nikita: Season 1: Disc 6 TV-14 Television
Dr. Strangelove Recommended based on your ratings 4.4 Stars UR Classics
Paths of Glory 3.9 Stars UR Drama
A Scanner Darkly 3.2 Stars R Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Wild at Heart 3.9 Stars R Drama
The Killing 3.8 Stars UR Classics
Rashomon Recommended based on your ratings 4.3 Stars UR Foreign
Sunset Boulevard Recommended based on your ratings 4.0 Stars NR Classics
A Streetcar Named Desire Recommended based on your ratings 4.0 Stars PG Classics
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 3.6 Stars UR Foreign
Lawrence of Arabia Recommended based on your ratings 4.3 Stars PG Classics
The Bicycle Thief Recommended based on your ratings 4.0 Stars UR Foreign
Once Upon a Time in the West Recommended based on your ratings 4.0 Stars PG-13 Action & Adventure
Yojimbo Recommended based on your ratings 4.4 Stars UR Foreign
Ran Recommended based on your ratings 4.2 Stars R Foreign
Bound 3.5 Stars NR Drama
Network: Special Edition 4.1 Stars R Drama
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore 3.5 Stars PG Drama
Dog Day Afternoon Recommended based on your ratings 3.9 Stars R Drama
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead 3.8 Stars PG Comedy
Sanjuro Recommended based on your ratings 4.3 Stars UR Foreign
Lust for Life 3.6 Stars NR Classics
The Quiller Memorandum 2.9 Stars NR Thrillers
Gigi 3.7 Stars G Classics
An American in Paris 3.7 Stars UR Classics
Diabolique 3.5 Stars UR Foreign
The Set-Up 3.7 Stars NR Classics
Unleashed 3.8 Stars UR Action & Adventure
The Big Blue 3.5 Stars R Foreign
Wings of Desire 3.9 Stars PG-13 Foreign
The Seventh Seal 3.8 Stars UR Foreign
Chocolat 3.9 Stars PG-13 Foreign
The Double Life of Veronique 3.9 Stars R Foreign
Blue 3.9 Stars R Foreign
The Decalogue: Disc 1: Films I - III 3.9 Stars NR Foreign
The Decalogue: Disc 2: Films IV - VII NR Foreign
The Decalogue: Disc 3: Films VIII - X NR Foreign
The 400 Blows 4.0 Stars NR Foreign
White 3.8 Stars R Foreign
Tideland 2.9 Stars NR Drama
Red 4.0 Stars R Foreign
Jet Li's Fearless Recommended based on your ratings 4.0 Stars UR Action & Adventure
Hero 3.8 Stars PG-13 Foreign
House of Flying Daggers 3.8 Stars PG-13 Foreign
Legend of 1900 3.6 Stars R Independent
Blow Up 3.5 Stars NR Classics
La Dolce Vita 3.8 Stars UR Foreign
La Strada: Special Edition 4.1 Stars UR Foreign
8 1/2 3.8 Stars NR Foreign
Cinema Paradiso 4.2 Stars R Foreign
Il Postino 4.0 Stars PG Foreign
Au Revoir Les Enfants 4.1 Stars PG Foreign
Atlantic City 3.4 Stars R Drama
Five Easy Pieces 3.8 Stars R Drama
The Last Picture Show 3.8 Stars R Drama
The Conversation Recommended based on your ratings 4.0 Stars PG Thrillers
The Rocky Horror Picture Show 3.5 Stars R Independent
Midnight Cowboy 3.9 Stars R Drama
Papillon 4.0 Stars PG Action & Adventure
Eyes Wide Shut 2.9 Stars R Drama
The French Connection Recommended based on your ratings 4.0 Stars R Action & Adventure
Bullitt 3.8 Stars PG Classics
Easy Rider 3.7 Stars R Drama
Tommy 3.1 Stars PG Drama
Three Days of the Condor 3.8 Stars R Thrillers
The Getaway 3.6 Stars PG Action & Adventure
Cool Hand Luke 4.1 Stars UR Classics
The Graduate Recommended based on your ratings 4.0 Stars R Comedy
Un Flic 3.5 Stars NR Foreign
Quadrophenia 3.6 Stars R Drama
Bonnie and Clyde 3.9 Stars R Classics
Shane 3.8 Stars UR Classics
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Recommended based on your ratings 4.0 Stars UR Classics
Breathless 3.7 Stars UR Foreign
Le Samourai 3.8 Stars PG Foreign
Bob Le Flambeur 3.7 Stars PG Foreign
L'Avventura 3.7 Stars UR Foreign
Henry Fool 3.4 Stars R Independent
Dazed and Confused 3.9 Stars R Comedy
The Unbelievable Truth 3.5 Stars R Comedy
Slacker 3.1 Stars R Independent
Waiting for Guffman 3.8 Stars R Independent
Fay Grim 2.9 Stars R Independent
Releases on DVD May 22, 2007
Written on the Wind 3.4 Stars UR Classics
Imitation of Life: Double Feature 4.0 Stars NR Classics

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Oh, I give a hoot . . .

Submitted by william ahearn on April 27, 2007 - 12:16am.

Hey,

I'm a film freak. I've actually seen most of the films on your list and own some as well. I could do two hours on this list (BTW, some of the movies are mentioned on my website). The only comment that I absolutely positively have to make is if you like Jean Luc Godard's "Breathless" then you must see "Band of Outsiders" by him as well. It's a very smart list.

William
www.williamahearn.com

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rip

Submitted by catmistake on April 27, 2007 - 1:05am.

I think if you rip them all under 700mb, you could almost barely squeeze them all onto your 80GB iPod. If you don't care to watch them on an external display, I think you could rip them much smaller, and they'd easily all fit. Does this strike anyone else as ... impossible? (even though it isn't)

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Oh, please . . .

Submitted by william ahearn on April 27, 2007 - 1:46am.

Hey,

Watch Stanley Kubrick or Godard or Kurosawa on an iPod? This is not a good idea. Adam Sandler on an iPod, I got no problem with that. TV shows, ok on an iPod. This is not the upside of technology when you reduce the visual genius of some filmmakers to a disposable visual medium. This isn't a snob rant. It's about actually experiencing the film. Good films need that.

William
www.williamahearn.com

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months later . . .

Submitted by dankephoto on April 27, 2007 - 3:03am.

when I've worked my way through what I've got so far . . .

NetFlix is like a candy store, I just don't know where to stop. I'm quite addicted already.

Heh, re: "Band of Outsiders" - great! After adding that and all the other flics I spotted along with it, my list now has 118 items. Grin

re: rip - I've got about 100GBs of cinema on a server disk already, generally ripped at about 1mb/s, and I just bought a couple more 180GB SCSI drives so I have enough room. I don't have a video iPod, but I do tend to watch films (at home) on computers rather than on televisions. I've never warmed up to watching film on NTSC screens nor do I think I'd watch anything worthwhile on an iPod, at least not the first time through.

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where to watch . . .

Submitted by william ahearn on April 27, 2007 - 12:15pm.

Hey,

I love to watch DVDs on my Pismo. Or Lombard. Great screens. With headphones. Living in NYC, going to the movies can be a major PITA. I watch VHS on my Beige G3. That I might replace with a TV. You're in for some great flicks. Have fun.

William
www.williamahearn.com

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where to watch . . .

Submitted by william ahearn on April 27, 2007 - 12:17pm.

Hey,

I love to watch DVDs on my Pismo. Or Lombard. Great screens. With headphones. Living in NYC, going to the movies can be a major PITA. I watch VHS on my Beige G3. That I might replace with a TV. You're in for some great flicks. Have fun.

William
www.williamahearn.com

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oh, alright.

Submitted by catmistake on April 29, 2007 - 5:19am.

I don't think it will be too long before handhelds include tiny bright contrasty HD projectors. Sure, nearly 9 minutes of battery power doesn't really impress... but for an 11ft screen I'll bring along the ac adapter.

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Watch Stanley Kubrick or Godard or Kurosawa on an iPod? This is not a good idea.

I think a quality 8-pass rip at 640x480 would be tolerable on a SDTV, say a 38" tube. But your right... even then I wouldn't want that to be my only copy.

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hello

Submitted by zhuangyi on June 15, 2007 - 5:39am.

i read ur post about apple&lanwave wifi card,then has some question,can you give me your e-mail or mailto:alwayskid@sina.com
i come from china,with bad english

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