More, Zabriskie Point and La Vallee

has anybody ever seen these films? To jog everyone's memory, Pink floyd did soundtrack albums for these 3 films.

More is a drug film by barboet shcroeder, the remastered booklet tells the story.

Zabriskie point was a mixed soundtrack effort. 2 discs long this album contains the early version of great gig (the violent sequence?) and it has love sequences and heart beat pig meat. The film was done in 69 along with more i think.

La Vallee is another Barboet Schroeder film and the soundtrack was Obscured By Clouds. The remastered booklet also tells the story of the film.

i dont know if the films have been remastered onto dvd. Dont even know if they are in english. Anybody seen them? What are they like?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069451/

I have this on DVD, and it's great! I first weren't sure what to think about it, as it's quite unbalanced movie, but the better parts outcome the dull ones after all. There seem to be some similarities in aestethics and ideas with Herzog's "Aguirre", which was released during same year as "La Valleé"!

 I have also seen "More" being sold as a dvd.

I've got Zabriske Point on VHS at home.  Not much to write there about!

Sean Trane wrote: More and La Vallee, I wish would come out in either VHS or DVD, because I have never seen them.

Both have been re-relased as a dvd! Now you'll just have to find a proper vendor?

frenchie wrote: has anybody ever seen these films? To jog everyone's memory, Pink floyd did soundtrack albums for these 3 films.More is a drug film by barboet shcroeder, the remastered booklet tells the story.Zabriskie point was a mixed soundtrack effort. 2 discs long this album contains the early version of great gig (the violent sequence?) and it has love sequences and heart beat pig meat. The film was done in 69 along with more i think.La Vallee is another Barboet Schroeder film and the soundtrack was Obscured By Clouds. The remastered booklet also tells the story of the film.i dont know if the films have been remastered onto dvd. Dont even know if they are in english. Anybody seen them? What are they like?

More has been well remastered on DVD. GREAT!!!!
They done a great job on picture.

Zabraskie point has been probably remastered too.
The floyd pieces on Zabraskie point are excellent, especially "Unknown song" which is a piece from Ummagumma studio album, but with a much better sound.

I don't know if they remaster La Vallée. It's aboring movie.

Saw both Shroeder movies this WE. The least I can say is that I was a bit disappointed , because I thought the music played a more important role in the movie.

More is a little more than a drug movie (with a little sex) but also depicts Ibiza hippie lifestyle of those years. Accurate!!!

La Vallee is certainly more interesting but is somewhat of a documentary. The hippie trip going wrong. I was execting some of the superb music to accompany the grandiose lNew Guinea landscapes. Shroeder was not a man of great wealth when he made those movies and the way to incorporate music in a movie the way it has been done in the mid 80's was probably not easily done.

Both Shroeder movies do not come close to Zabriskie point where the music play a bit more of an important role.

BTW , ironically enough , Antonioni's other movie Blow Up was on Arte tv Friday night. Some 25 years since I saw it. Has not aged that well and some scenes are simply tooooooo lenghty.

 

oliverstoned wrote: More is excellent >>> A little sordid , IMHO Zabraskie point is not bad >>> The use of music is the best of all three movies here. La Vallee is painful >>> Superb sceneries , great documentary and astonishing but disturbing end.

All these movies are crap! I regret that an intelligent director as Antonioni made a such insconsistent film as Zabraskie point! Why did he made a silly movie for teenagers in search of evasion? HE FAILED!!! nothing in this movie can equal the genius of Blow Up

enterely right! the Master was not in good form and his interest was more to make big money

Blow up deals with existencial and metaphysical subjects, the problem and contradiction of inner perceptions compared to reality...this is a masterpiece...Zabriskie Point contains no reflexion, it's totally empty! only the landscapes are beautiful!

Zabriskie Point is a pure product, nothing to debate about it! just disconcerted!

 

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