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Serials, Mini-Series, Extra Long Films inconnu 09/13/15 (Sun) 22:57:41 No.5632

Let's have a thread specifically for longer content.

I don't watch television series since I'd prefer spend that time on, say, 10 completely different films. But I'm open to watching mini-series, a format situated between regular feature films and TV series. (It's just rare that I actually do it.)

Has /film/ seen any good mini-series (or old serials)? What long films have you seen, did you watch them in one day, and were they worth the time?

inconnu 09/14/15 (Mon) 00:23:56 No.5634

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Welt am Draht (world on a wire), my man. it's just basically a two part movie, only 3hrs or so total I think, but it was made for television (which I find hard to believe seeing what gets made for television now) so I think it counts. just watch it, don't read anything about it. just rest assured it is good

the director of this (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, great all around) has also made Berlin Alexanderplatz, a 15 hr film divided up, which is supposed to be great, but I haven't seen it

inconnu 09/14/15 (Mon) 01:11:07 No.5635

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>>5634

I love everything about World on a Wire, all the way to the easy glide Fleetwood Mac song during the end credits. Yeah, it's not a very long mini-series but I'd put it near the top of anything made for TV. There was a movie too, The Thirteenth Floor, but it didn't work nearly as well.

I haven't seen Berlin Alexanderplatz either but it's on my hard drive. Interesting that it was filmed at 25 fps. Watching at 24 fps extends the running time by a whole 35 minutes…

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/732-reality-at-25-24-frames-per-second

So I got the European PAL DVDs instead. Save a little time and get the "correct" performances.

inconnu 09/14/15 (Mon) 13:50:04 No.5636

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I've never been fond of television series either, but The Prisoner completely ruined the rest of them for me forever.

inconnu 09/16/15 (Wed) 12:10:43 No.5657

I would like to recommend a British tv series from the 1985. It's called Edge of Darkness and is only 6 episodes long. It's great if youre into spy/detective shows

inconnu 09/17/15 (Thu) 14:34:10 No.5670

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37 days was great imo

It shows the behind the doors of the ww1

inconnu 09/18/15 (Fri) 09:42:49 No.5678

>>5632

I've only seen The Stand but that was horrible at the time. Im a lot more tolerant to slow burns these days tho, should I give it another shot?

Also bumping for interest.

inconnu 09/18/15 (Fri) 16:24:27 No.5684

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>>5678

Steven King's The Stand? I didn't like that one either. I'd say don't bother going back.

I think Steven King made a mini-series of his vision of The Shining. I'd almost like to watch it to see how it falls short of Kubrick's movie.

Because I've only seen part of it, I'll give a cautious recommendation for the HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce. The source material seems pretty solid (based on the noir film). The miniseries does a nice job with period details and Todd Haynes excels at directing women's stories.

inconnu 09/20/15 (Sun) 11:28:02 No.5703

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My favorites are Show Me a Hero and Generation Kill. David is great writer, and this is how I feel that most things historical should be explored and portrayed.

GK is very intimate and close portrayal of the Iraq invasion, small in scope and SMaH is a well-balanced with larger and smaller scope (the political process and the life of Nicky)

Most of the time when I watch a movie depicting something out of the history books I keep thinking how much better it'd be as a more fleshed out miniseries.

inconnu 09/20/15 (Sun) 12:52:39 No.5705

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This one was good too

inconnu 09/20/15 (Sun) 13:30:13 No.5706

>>5705

He has done great work with preserving/restoring movies, like Once Upon A Time In America.

inconnu 10/06/15 (Tue) 07:00:21 No.5884

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"Hezardastan" (AKA Nightingale) is on my watch list. It is a history thriller (?) mini series from Iran. Maybe you will be interested in it too.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469703

inconnu 10/09/15 (Fri) 06:06:51 No.5918

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I recommend not watching the highly acclaimed HBO miniseries Angels in America. The first episode demonstrates a lot of potential...but the rest of it drags on interminably with no payoff.

The series is adapted from an extremely long play. Not many people can write seven solid hours of interesting, compelling dialogue. Eventually you get sick of hearing the writer's self-indulgent pontification. I know I did.

inconnu 10/11/15 (Sun) 07:25:01 No.5948

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I finished the first adaptation of Batman (1943) -- pretty goofy but it grows on you. The 1960s TV series is a parody of the 1940s versions.

It's not for binge watching because it's so damn formulaic.

Batman initiates about two fistfights every day, usually outnumbered 2:1. He could just call the cops but what fun is that? So he gets a sound thrashing and narrowly escapes death, until next time.

There's no gadgets or Batmobile, none of the well-known villains. But it's still kinda fun.

Includes some WWII anti-Japanese sentiment, the most outrageous example being >>5552

Check em 10/12/15 (Mon) 03:11:42 No.5960

>>5884

Got a torrent?