Great images in Jess Franco cut of Don Quixote - still found good things in it

Don Quixote, The Deep, The Dreamers, etc.
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Sir Bygber Brown
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Postby Sir Bygber Brown » Sun Jan 25, 2004 10:08 pm

Damn it! Just got back from vacation and just missed out on movie theatre scene!

Thanx 4 putting it up Colwood. Its been too popular, though, maybe - b.c when i try to download it tells me "document is unavailable" because the group has exceeded its download limit. When does the download limit reset, do you think? When will it be available again, do you know?
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Postby colwood » Mon Jan 26, 2004 12:19 am

Sir,

I'm surprised it reached its limit since there are only 72 members in that particular yahoo group. Anyhow yahoo groups usually reset their download counters every day and you should be able to download it Monday or Tuesday at the latest.

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Postby Sir Bygber Brown » Mon Jan 26, 2004 12:24 am

Great news, Colwood. Shall try on said days.
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Postby Sir Bygber Brown » Mon Feb 02, 2004 4:10 am

Got movie screen scene to work without a hitch.

What a fascinating scene. Couldn't help notice the prominant Jesus on the cross which appeared in the hole DQ had just slashed in the screen, and the little girl awfully fascinated by what Quixote was doing (unlike everyone else, who was running from the theatre) - as if she only understood the significance of it. Probably more fascinating than much of the stuff Franco decided to leave in his version of DQ.
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Postby DexyMan » Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:46 pm

Hey guys- I just watched Don Quixote and of course when taking everything that we know about this film into account found it to be quite entertaining. I read on here that some people recommend to watch this version silent but I think that is a real shame because this is some of the funniest dialogue that Welles ever wrote!

The whole movie makes so much sense when you read the Audrey Stainton article from Sight and Sound before watching it. Knowing about the framing device allows you to watch the movie with an understanding of what Welles really intended.

I was wondering if there was any way to watch the scene in the movie theatre anymore. Does anyone have any ideas for that?

The version I watched was the Brazilian Region 0 bootleg version of this film. I recommend this version as an affordable one that pops up often on ebay. The quality seems as good as any other version and it doesn't have the foreign language subtitles forced on as I believe the French version does.


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