Classics from the 70s(and 60s)

[froggy]

I find it surprising that there's no way of downloading more of the old classics by way of either torrent or emule. For example, try searching via the normal engines for movies like El Zorro(La Volpe), Zwei Kumpel in Tirol or,say, Der ma vaere en sengekant and you might get info on imdb or such but there are no links to view for downloading. I appreciate that these films are older and rarer than the current batch of Europron but surely there must be some editions out there for download or purchase!!

[beutelwolf]

froggy wrote:

> I find it surprising that there's no way of downloading more of
> the old classics by way of either torrent or emule. For
> example, try searching via the normal engines for movies like
> El Zorro(La Volpe), Zwei Kumpel in Tirol or,say, Der ma vaere
> en sengekant and you might get info on imdb or such but there
> are no links to view for downloading.

I suppose, many of these have not even appeared on DVD.
In particular that applies to Zwei Kumpel in Tirol.
Apart from being soft, that film is really a compilation of several of Alois Brummer's old films, e.g. Liebesmarkt and Unterm Dirndl wird gejodelt and Obsz?nit?ten and Graf Porno bl?st zum Zapfenstreich. These have not appeared on DVD either, and the main reason is the untimely death of Brummer 20 odd years ago (he was murdered near his holiday home on some Spanish island), and the lack of interest of the people who inherited his movie rights.

[mark shanon]

Which makes me wonder about the legiyimate presence of El Zorro in the board filmography.

[ringtoad]

Der ma vaere en sengekant was available on Usenet some time ago. The complete collection of the "Mazurka" films were released on DVD in Denmark last year.

[froggy]

Take your point about dvd format beutelwolf but you would have thought with today's software it wouldn't be too hard for somebody with either a vhs copy or even 8mm to get it transferred to dvd.

[Hurenbock]

This link is in Danish only but they stock "in the sign of" "mazurka" and Pasolinis?hardcore

http://www.tpmusik.dk/

[beutelwolf]

froggy wrote:

> Take your point about dvd format beutelwolf but you would have
> thought with today's software it wouldn't be too hard for
> somebody with either a vhs copy or even 8mm to get it
> transferred to dvd.

...not sure why software would come into this? You can feed the output of a VCR into a computer, but a DVD recorder would do just as well.

Anyway, it was less a point about technology, more: that nobody bothered with a dvd release is a sign for a film's obscurity, or perceived lack of commercial appeal.

BTW Transfer from VHS to DVD is pretty straightforward, but from 8mm it is still very cumbersome - there are companies that do that sort of thing professionally, but I have heard from a friend that they charge an arm and a leg. ...and if you want to do it yourself, you end up filming what you screen.

[froggy]

Thanks Hurenbock but shame on you beutelwolf!! Surely the whole appeal of these classics is their "obscurity" and rarity value. It is for me anyway. Be interested to hear from others who share my view that the films from this era are so much better than the "plastic" pap we're forced to endure nowadays. Another question:a lot of the older films such as those in my first example have got screenshots on the database. Where did they come from?Someone amongst the moderators should know.

[ringtoad]

Older films appeal to me more than the formula films that started coming out in the eightees. I think it's because the women look more "natural" (no tats, not shaved, etc.) and because most of the films have a plot, however slim.

[DJones]

Beutelwolf was speaking from the perspective of the owners of the rights to those old films, not from a fan's point of view.