(Sound familiar?)
But not everything made it to DVD, and plenty of it never will.
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Films are ranked alphabetically, not in order of preference.
This is a confused film in every possible way.
Later, this may have been remade as Daredevil with Bennifer.
No film has ever captured the decadence of Western civilisation quite so accurately.
But what if you dont become famous?
You dont get it.
We will be famous.
So in a way, Odin did become famous, albeit for all the wrong reasons.
Its the best single music documentary ever.
The music itself, mind you, is irrelevant.
All anyone remembers is the excess.
It is the way theMagic Roundaboutshould always be portrayed on screen.
If you watch this, you might almost forget the worthless recent Robbie Williams voiced film never existed.
And if you could ever see it, you might very well agree.
AndSuperman III, come to think of it.
Then again,Battlefield Earthis better thanSuperman IV.
Worth seeing once, if only for an example of what could have been.
The Godfather1901-1980
Recently touched upon, and rightfully praised,The GodfatherTrilogy is a stunning, 10-hour epic.
This version has been carefully excised out of existence without any apparent reason.
Sadly, the 1977 Saga television broadcast featured different deleted scenes to the 1992 VHS release.
To date, no version exists that contains all the broadcast footage from these three classic films.
Bankrolled by religious cult, the Moonies, this was for many, merely a job for hire.
Thats opposed toInchons weakness, which is straightforward cheque-cashing cinematic jobsworthyness.
But what a fascinating Making Of this film would make.
McCartney regales Lennon with his ideas about The Beatles non-existent future, whilst Lennon is bored beyond words.
It speaks volumes of the gulf between the two.
Metropolis(1984)
Im not saying this is good.
Plus, how studios cannibalise great work with the aim of selling tickets and making money.
To call this film good is a crushing overstatement.
Song Of The South
Zippity-doo-dah!
Its been quietly deleted for many years and the soundtrack has been carefully removed from the Disney canon.
EvenOne Hour Photowas portrayed as Romaneks debut, which is historically inaccurate, to say the least.
But no one else can see it.
Inventive, brilliant, and beautifully tacky, its a crime against art this B-grade classic isnt on DVD.
You could, for example, lose yourself in the spectacle of the staging, or the music itself.
Or, you could marvel at the high heels Bono is in that you almost but never quite see.
Or meditate on the sheer visual richness of the show.
Well, aside from the music itself, which is a matter of taste…
