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« on: January 06, 2006, 05:01:19 PM »
Re bootlegs: I only buy them when there's no available legit release. IF there's a legit release, then I want that, because the quality is USUALLY so much head and shoulders above a boot (the commercial release of the 1990 DS shows that this is not always the case).
Films I have bought on boot recently include DEVILS OF DARKNESS, a 1965 British horror B-movie (great role for Carole Gray) that I doubt even had a US release back in the day, and DIONYSUS IN '69, a film of a unique living theatre production of the tragedy by Euripides that had a limited art house release way back when. The disc I purchased came from Athens Greece and I think it was actually a region 0 DVD release, but I am not sure.
I'm currently looking for something called SIMON, KING OF THE WITCHES, which was filmed in L. A. circa 1970, and stars Andrew Prine. It came out on commercial VHS in the 1980s and is long OP. If I buy a used copy of the tape (the cheaper ones are priced at around $49.95) the only guy making money on the transaction is the dealer; nobody associated with the movie sees that money. So I'm hoping I can find a bootleg DVD transfer. It's possible that a legit DVD is in the works for this film. Andrew Prine did an interview about it in the current issue of SHOCK magazine (which I strongly recommend to fans of genre filmmaking) which makes me wonder whether something might be brewing on this front.
G.