Tiny Tim was a unique musician who had 15 minutes of fame in the late 1960s. He had one hit record with an old song, “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” (1968), and appeared on Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. His wedding was televised on the Tonight Show. in 1969. If you didn’t live through this era, I can’t explain this to you.
He even starred in an independent horror film, Blood Harvest (1986).
This is from my favorite Keaton film, Steamboat Bill, Jr. which was released in 1928.
Criterion has a great box set of 15 films.
I believeI saw Bambi at Radio City Music Hall when I was young. It was probably about 15 years old then.
When I was young, I loved the recording narrated by Shirley Temple.
Bresson is one of my favorite directors and I have posted about him before. This retrospective sounds great.
I have seen most of these either on discs on in a retrospective at the Carnegie Institute Museum of Art in Pittsburgh in the early 1970s – see the small poster below. The image is from Four Nights of a Dreamer.
Here’s a list of all of his films and what’s available on discs. This is what is currently streaming on the Criterion Channel.
Angels of Sin (1943) – never on US DVD or Blu-ray. It has been on an Asian DVD
Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (1945) – on DVD from Criterion
Diary of a Country Priest (1951) –Criterion DVD now out of print
This is the first Bresson film I saw. It was in a class. Most people walked out and there were about three of us left by the end.
A Man Escaped (1956) – on DVD and Blu-ray from Criterion
Pickpocket (1959) – on DVD and Blu-ray from Criterion
The Trial of Joan of Arc(1962) – never on US discs but has been on TV on TCM
Au Hasard Balthasar (1965) – on DVD and Blu-ray from Criterion
Mouchette (1967) – on Blu-ray and DVD from Criterion
A Gentle Woman (1967) – never on US disc but it was on VHS from New Yorker Films
Four Nights of a Dreamer (1971) – never on US disc
Lancelot du Lac (1974) – out-of-print DVD from New Yorker Films
The Devil Probably (1977) – on Olive DVD, apparently out of print
L’argent (1983) – on DVD and Blu-ray from Criterion
I recently watched Blu-rays discs of two animated films from Eastern Europe.
Delta Space Mission (1984) from Romania is a science fiction film. The plot and animation aren’t the best but the colors are wonderful. This would be great if you were on drugs. (The first movie I saw on acid was Fritz the Cat so I know what I’m talking about.)
The Old Man Movie (2019) from Estonia uses stop motion animation. It’s a very funny film about rescuing a cow before the udder explodes and causes a catastrophe.
I agree with their list. I recommend his films if you like horror movies.
I grew up in Manhattan from 1953-1964. My aunt would take my sister and me to Radio City Music hall to watch movies. We usually saw animated films. I distinctly remember seeing 101 Dalmations when it came out and I know we saw old Disney films such as Pinocchio.
Charade (1963) was the last film we saw there. I didn’t know why it was in the public domain now but the tweet below explains it.
The Criterion Collection has released it on Blu-ray and DVD.
Sad! 