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Posted on October 9, 2018 at 12:31:07

Victor Khomenko
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Many years ago there was a wonderful cartoon. A string quartet is playing some melody, and then a guy with a tuba enters the frame and starts playing two notes.

He gets kicked out. But surely, comes back, and again, and again...

Eventually the strings join him in plying those two notes...

I remember this funny cartoon any time I think of Netflix.

Hell, guys... we used to discuss movies. Now every other thread is about some Netflix D-rated junk.

On our front, it is things German for a few days. After three Fassbinder's we are switching to Sschlondorff, so tonight it will be Coup de Grace. We have seen all these films many years ago, but they are still mostly fresh. Well, maybe Maria Braun looked a bid dated, but still... We once again enjoyed The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant.

Thinking of disconnecting Netflix.

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Do it, Do it Victor

violinist3

18:59:29 10/16/18

I did. and...

Victor Khomenko

06:32:53 10/23/18

I think

Awe-d-o-file

13:56:37 10/13/18

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Do it, Do it Victor

violinist3

18:59:29 10/16/18

I did. and...

Victor Khomenko

06:32:53 10/23/18

I think

Awe-d-o-file

13:56:37 10/13/18

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It is on my list

Victor Khomenko

15:51:18 10/13/18

RE: It is on my list

Awe-d-o-file

18:42:06 10/13/18

try Film Threat, they let you browse without joining, despite their terrible name they have lots of vintage

PhilJ

15:05:32 10/09/18

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Thank you, I will write it down and check it out... but...

Victor Khomenko

15:46:13 10/09/18

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my mistake, I meant FilmStruck, glad you have it...

PhilJ

17:32:21 10/09/18

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Yes, great resource.

Victor Khomenko

18:30:24 10/09/18

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I did

tunenut

22:57:16 10/09/18

That was a great find, indeed!

Victor Khomenko

09:05:35 10/10/18

Movies don't have to be olde and b&w to be good . . .

Billy Wonka

14:51:17 10/09/18

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Here and Now is NOT Netflix

Victor Khomenko

15:00:05 10/09/18

RE: Here and Now is NOT Netflix

Wojciech

19:45:26 10/09/18

Movies don't have to be olde and b&w to be good . . . , posted on October 9, 2018 at 14:51:17
Billy Wonka Audiophile Posts: 3761 Joined: April 25, 2013 Contributor Since: October 15, 2013	You must learn to accept the here and now and become moe-durn.

Here and Now is NOT Netflix, posted on October 9, 2018 at 15:00:05
Victor Khomenko Manufacturer Posts: 55316 Joined: April 5, 2000	There is no single good movie in their streaming queue. OK, OK, there are three or four... the same Cinema Paradiso and a couple others, that have been put there as token gesture - not more than that.

try Film Threat, they let you browse without joining, despite their terrible name they have lots of vintage, posted on October 9, 2018 at 15:05:32
PhilJ Audiophile Posts: 2826 Joined: January 20, 2002	films to offer.

Thank you, I will write it down and check it out... but..., posted on October 9, 2018 at 15:46:13
Victor Khomenko Manufacturer Posts: 55316 Joined: April 5, 2000	...at the moment we are overloaded, with huge queues in both FilmStruck and Netflix DVD's, we have plenty of good material coming. My post was not about difficulty of finding good stuff, but more about this huge gorilla controlling this forum.

my mistake, I meant FilmStruck, glad you have it..., posted on October 9, 2018 at 17:32:21
PhilJ Audiophile Posts: 2826 Joined: January 20, 2002	...

Yes, great resource., posted on October 9, 2018 at 18:30:24
Victor Khomenko Manufacturer Posts: 55316 Joined: April 5, 2000	I forgot who recommended it here, but I am totally grateful. Just finished watching Coup de Grace - I got plenty of hell from my wife, not exactly a woman's film, and she remembered it far better than I did.

RE: Here and Now is NOT Netflix, posted on October 9, 2018 at 19:45:26
Wojciech Audiophile Posts: 4124 Joined: June 23, 2009	you can always hope that they will include something in their foreign drama catalog. Frequently I catch a French song on FM radio driving along the Canadian border and it feels amazing. Its like my old days in Europe when you could hear Italian , Russian and French songs on any given radio station because they all were public and not commercial...

I did, posted on October 9, 2018 at 22:57:16

tunenut
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And I am enjoying it more all the time. I've had it about 9 months now. As I'm sure you know, they have expanded to include some classic hollywood like musicals. But in any case there is always something interesting. I watched taverner's personal survey of French cinema, then started watching some of the movies themselves. I was telling someone that I liked the old bob fosse musical cabaret and I checked and there it was. I rewatched one of my favorite film noirs, out of the past, and also watched again with the commentary. This is an amazing resource.

That was a great find, indeed!, posted on October 10, 2018 at 09:05:35
Victor Khomenko Manufacturer Posts: 55316 Joined: April 5, 2000	My wife doesn't want to see anything else now, she insists I drop Netflix altogether. I don't blame her... in the last many months we watched one movie together on Netflix, and it was garbage. So for now it remains my guilty pleasure channel - I watch crap like Norsemen there, when she's asleep. :)

I think, posted on October 13, 2018 at 13:56:37
Awe-d-o-file Dealer Posts: 21037 Location: 50 miles west of DC Joined: January 10, 2004	You'd like their film Private Life. I'd bet on it. ET "If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936

It is on my list, posted on October 13, 2018 at 15:51:18
Victor Khomenko Manufacturer Posts: 55316 Joined: April 5, 2000	I am willing to give it a shot, but lately anything I watched there has been pure crap. So I went ahead and reduced our account to bare minimum - one foot in the door, if you will.

RE: It is on my list, posted on October 13, 2018 at 18:42:06

Awe-d-o-file
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Location: 50 miles west of DC
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Mines the minimum too.

I like the Aussie sitcom Kath and Kim they have. I own it on DVD.

ET

"If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking till you do suck seed" - Curly Howard 1936

Do it, Do it Victor, posted on October 16, 2018 at 18:59:29
violinist3 Audiophile Posts: 2922 Location: San Diego California Joined: August 7, 2003	Even if I could get it for free,I wouldn't use it unless there was something new I just had to see. I tend to stop getting interested in movies after watching mediocre ones. I've been waiting a long time for something really good at the theaters. Maybe First Man or that new killer submarine movie.

I did. and..., posted on October 23, 2018 at 06:32:53
Victor Khomenko Manufacturer Posts: 55316 Joined: April 5, 2000	"Netflix dropped 2.3 percent"

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