Mr. Reindeer
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Thanks for the clarification! Glad I didn’t cause Dom to waste money.In this case, the Shout disc is Region A locked. Unfortunately.
Thanks for the clarification! Glad I didn’t cause Dom to waste money.In this case, the Shout disc is Region A locked. Unfortunately.
I really liked the Miami Vice film, although the ending underwhelmed. Not even that pretty Mogwai song could make up for it.The Shout Select version looks great, but I can't play it in the UK. Hopefully the film will get a decent release here at some point. The only version currently available is a German one from Universal, which I doubt is a Lynch-approved transfer!
I agree about it being the moment critics decided to go after Lynch. Sadly the film they used to put the boot in was FWWM. After Collateral, critics decided to go after Michael Mann, trashing Miami Vice. It's as if, en masse, critics decide to give directors a kicking periodically.
BTW, you inspired me to check who the art was by (I doubted that Bill Sienkiewicz was doing Blu Ray art, but I appreciate the reference!). The art is credited to an Antonio Stella. It looks like he’s done a lot of cool poster/cover work for various releases: Tony StellaThe cover of the recent blu ray release looks gorgeous. Was it painted by Bill Sienkiewicz? Thinking about biting the bullet and purchasing this...
Yeah, by all accounts the final raid was cancelled because Jamie Foxx was being an arse! It's odd because surely they could have shot the necessary scenes in the USA, doubling for the location. I effect, the ending was supposed to be a remake of the ending of the TV episode The Return of Calderone (much of the rest of the film was drawn from Smugglers' Blues). I still love the film: it has great atmosphere. It's been out of print in the UK for years, but there's a new release from 88 Films in December. I'm hoping the Director's Cut will be included, as it never received a UK release (although I have a copy I imported from the USA!)I really liked the Miami Vice film, although the ending underwhelmed. Not even that pretty Mogwai song could make up for it.
I don't think it's exactly 'negative' amongst us. I adored WaH at the time and still like it.Just catching up with this thread and shocked about all the negative and offended talk (or simply underwhelmed talk) regarding Wild At Heart. Wow. Did not expect that from a forum full of Lynch fans! Though of course you're all entitled to your opinions.
Yes, Shout! material is always locked. As is Kino Lorber and Criterion (although Criterion put some stuff out in Region B as well, locked to Region B).In this case, the Shout disc is Region A locked. Unfortunately.
The ending of Smugglers' Blues is great, with Tubbs jumping off that bridge onto the boat.Yeah, by all accounts the final raid was cancelled because Jamie Foxx was being an arse! It's odd because surely they could have shot the necessary scenes in the USA, doubling for the location. I effect, the ending was supposed to be a remake of the ending of the TV episode The Return of Calderone (much of the rest of the film was drawn from Smugglers' Blues). I still love the film: it has great atmosphere. It's been out of print in the UK for years, but there's a new release from 88 Films in December. I'm hoping the Director's Cut will be included, as it never received a UK release (although I have a copy I imported from the USA!)
Roy Orbison has a version of "My Prayer" as well -- I have to imagine Lynch half considered using that one in S3 before going with the Platters. Which was the right choice, imo.Some random Friday trivia for all you Wild at Heart fans: If you listen very closely, an instrumental of “My Prayer” is playing under all the Mr. Reindeer scenes in the film (it’s listed in the credits under its original French title “Avant de Mourir”). The version in the film is played by Shony Alex Braun, a Hungarian violin virtuoso who survived Auschwitz and Dachau. He also appears in the film as himself on stage in the scene where Marietta and Johnnie dine together (but he’s playing a different song in that scene).
It’s interesting, in light of The Return, that the original French title (before lyrics were written for it many years later) translates to “Before Dying”!Roy Orbison has a version of "My Prayer" as well -- I have to imagine Lynch half considered using that one in S3 before going with the Platters. Which was the right choice, imo.