• archive.org = lots of films

    From Ogg@VERT/CAPCITY2 to All on Saturday, February 24, 2024 18:46:00
    I have been somewhat familiar with archive.org in the past, but
    by some seredipity/chance/fluke or whatever, I happened to look
    for classic hollywood films and discovered that there are quite
    lot available for download! I was particularily impressed with
    the colourized versions of some familiar classics. I liked
    that they even have a category for film noir (a favourite
    genre). Overall, the archive.org seems better and more
    organized since the last time I dropped by several years ago.

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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@VERT/REALITY to Ogg on Sunday, February 25, 2024 09:36:00
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    Og> the colourized versions of some familiar classics. I liked
    Og> that they even have a category for film noir (a favourite
    Og> genre).


    The new series "Monsieur Spade" is making me want to go back and watch
    some of the old black and white noir films, especially The Big Sleep
    and the Maltese Falcon.

    There was a poll on Reddit about favorite Noir films. I had to throw in
    "Body Heat" as neo-noir.



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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANTIR to Ogg on Sunday, February 25, 2024 16:39:17
    Re: archive.org = lots of films
    By: Ogg to All on Sat Feb 24 2024 06:46 pm

    What archive.org is great at is storing stuff that is very hard to find from
    official sources.

    Stuff like Rock Odyssey, for example, which never got official theatrical
    releases and was aired once or twice in Europe. For years, it only survived in
    the tapes of home viewers who had bothered to record the TV broadcast when
    emitted. Now archive.org ensuers it is available.

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  • From Phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to poindexter FORTRAN on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 03:59:49
    Re: Re: archive.org = lots of films
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Ogg on Sun Feb 25 2024 09:36 am

    > There was a poll on Reddit about favorite Noir films. I had to throw in
    > "Body Heat" as neo-noir.

    Where does Death To Smoochy fit in?

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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to POINDEXTER FORTRAN on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 15:14:00
    > There was a poll on Reddit about favorite Noir films. I had to throw in
    > "Body Heat" as neo-noir.

    The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep.


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  • From anthk@VERT to All on Monday, April 07, 2025 00:20:05
    On 2024-11-13, poindexter FORTRAN <REALITY!poindexter.FORTRAN@vert.synchro.net> wrote:
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    You can use Internet Archive over Gopher:
    gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/ia

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to anthk on Monday, April 07, 2025 03:35:09
    Re: Re: archive.org = lots of films
    By: anthk to All on Mon Apr 07 2025 12:20 am

    >
    > You can use Internet Archive over Gopher:
    > gopher://tilde.pink/1/~bencollver/ia

    get what you can get from the internet archive while you still can.
    there's some big lawsuits that donations wont cover and the vultures are circling and starting their own lawsuits. IA has a lot of questionable and copyrighted content.

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