November Moon

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A painfully bad production.......2007-07-01

The premise is good, but the film is not. The scene shifts are abrupt; the transitions, non-existent. The acting? Christiane Millet (Férial) shines in scenes that do not involve Gabriele Osburg (November). Gabriele Osburg never shines. She's just awful. (Not surprisingly, Millet has made a number of films; Osburg, three.) The women simply have no chemistry. The characters they play are supposedly passionately in love with each other, but their attempts to portray and convey that passion are stilted and contrived.

A side note. The quality of the DVD is terrible: it is quite literally VHS on a disc.

Not Good.......2002-03-02

I found this movie to be quite depressing. This film does not have a flowing plot- nor even an artistic plot. It is possible that budgetary constraints as well as technical ones (given the year it was filmed) had a great impact on the film. All in all, the film lacked an amount of believability. The ending was harsh.

A Great Love Story About Resistance.......2001-08-13

I wish there were more movies like this one. Opening in Alsace-Lorraine before the Second World War, we follow the struggles of two women, one of whom is Jewish, and their families as they resist the German occupation. As their love ever deepens in the face of horrible oppression, we learn not only how deception can be honorable but the price of loyalty. This is not a very explicit movie nor is the print in pristine shape but it is a wonderful story very unlike many of today, particularly in the way that others not only accepted but defended their love.

60 Minutes - First Man (November 6, 2005)

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60 minutes - First Man.
First Man - 60 minute video
Disc does not work on my DVD Player
Total Ripoff
Does not play..........

60 Minutes - First Man (November 6, 2005)

Manufacturer: CBS
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

ASIN: B000FOT9SA
Release Date: 2006-06-15

Description

In a rare interview, the first astronaut to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, talks with Ed Bradley about his historic moon landing, NASA, his family, and the fame he shuns. Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11, tells about a near disaster just moments before the Eagle touch down on the moon.

Customer Reviews:

60 minutes - First Man........2007-05-09

I was so excited about the release of this dvd and was looking forward to viewing it. Unfortunately the copy I got wouldn't play on any dvd player and had picture but no sound when played on a computer. I had let the time lapse to send it back so ordered up (and paid for) a second copy a few weeks later. That too had the same fault and this time I send a note back to Amazon. They were great and immediately replaced it. Unfortunately the third dvd had exactly the same fault as well. Not Amazon's fault at all but just so frustrating as I would do anything just to get a copy that works.

First Man - 60 minute video.......2007-01-05

Horrible experience... I want my money back.
It doens't work.... It is NOT a norman DVD.

It doesn't play on my mac computer OR a regular
DVD player... I'm pissed!!!

This is the second one II bought... same thing...

I want to return it and I want one that works....

Disc does not work on my DVD Player.......2006-11-05

I echo the sentiments of other reviewers. I could not get this DVD to work on THREE different standalone DVD players, nor a DVD player built in to my high end laptop. Strike FOUR, you're OUT!

Nevertheless, I had the good fortune to watch the original airing of the "60 Minutes" broadcast on TV. Unfortunately, I also felt CBS and Ed Bradley's interview with Neil Armstrong, the FIRST (of twelve) human being to set foot on the Moon over 35 years ago, was far too limited.

Nor would an entire 60 minute interview have done justice to such a historically significant, decades later perspective on his life time experiences; an American who is the very personification of a LIVING LEGEND, who's famous "first" words, at the time of the Apollo 11 landing, will probably never be forgotten for all of eternity. Yet, all we get are a mere 14 minutes to learn more about his magnificent career as an pioneering aviator, astronaut, Moonwalker and Earth bound experiences as a "regular" person.

Neil Armstrong has refused countless interviews for decades, then finally authors a book about his life, and decides to come back into the public spotlight. But, for how long? Afterall, this most famous of American astronauts, is already in the twilight years of his retirement. Why "60 Minutes" producers would not want to fully exploit such a rare, personal interview opportunity to use the television media to get to know such a celebrated, historically significant personality, I'll never know.

Nonetheless, a "14 minutes" TV show about one of mankind's greatest off-world explorers is still worthwhile, (and who knows, perhaps that was all the time Mr. Armstrong would allow to be interviewed).

I would have given this TV segment (not the DVD obviously) 5 stars, if not for a repro hiccup on the DVD. Such a short subject program was still quite interesting, and I was able to get to know "the man" much better than before. There is still hope, that someday we'll get to see something far more substantial in the media - perhaps a retrospective of his life to parallel the book, "First Man", in a documentary film, to further share and rejoice in such an incredible life story!

If not, what a pity, since Neil Armstrong will probably go down as one of the most respected, (and humble), American aviators in modern history; and his famous tag line, "That's one small step for (a) man, . . . one giant step for Mankind", will be remembered for eons.

*** Addendum to my review: Sadly, Ed Bradley died about a year after this broadcast originally aired on "60 Minutes". He was only 65. How much longer before all the original Apollo astronauts - now mostly in their 70s - are gone too? Three of the 12 moonwalkers are already deceased; Apollo stronauts' Jim Irwin, Alan Shepard, and Pete Conrad.

All the more reason for more of those still living to come forward and share their life experiences and stories of traveling to and from the Moon. Interviews with these heroic men, both before and after their historic missions should be made available in the mass media for generations to come.

Reading about it in books written by some of the astronauts (and others) is all well and good, but still many people are more interested in their stories in more personal terms, in their own words and from spontaneous interviews, like contained in this "60 Minutes" special DVD.

This was only the first such mass media interview, with perhaps the most famous of the astronauts, Neil Armstrong. I only hope their will be many more to follow with Neil, and ALL his fellow Apollo astronauts, perhaps with all 3 members of crew, and reunions with the other Apollo crews, on the 35th and 40th upcoming anniversaries of their space missions.

If not, those too, will also become lost opportunities to the media and to all of us as treasured memories of the past, and the small steps to greatness for all mankind.

Total Ripoff.......2006-09-09

The disc won't play in a standard DVD player. It will play in a computer DVD drive with Windows Media Player, but has no sound. Beyond that, it's only 14 minutes. Buy the book First Man, which is excellent, but don't waste your time with this DVD.

Does not play.................2006-07-27

I live in the northeast USA. This DVD does not play on my home DVD player and it does not play in my computer's DVD drive.

I am returning it to Amazon.

Charlie Rose with Roger Ebert & Richard Roeper; Adam Gopnik; Bill Irwin; Joel Maske (November 17, 2000)

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Charlie Rose with Roger Ebert & Richard Roeper; Adam Gopnik; Bill Irwin; Joel Maske (November 17, 2000)

Manufacturer: Charlie Rose, Inc.
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

( C ) | Titles | Features | DVD | Video

General | Educational | Genres | DVD | Video

Description

Film critics Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper on their new television partnership and the year in movies. Later, New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik on his new collection of essays about the intricacies of daily Parisian life, called Paris to the Moon and written while he lived in the city with his wife and young son, penning the "Paris Journal" for The New Yorker. Then, actor Bill Irwin talks about returning to Beckett with his one-man show, Texts for Nothing. Finally, a look at content on the Internet with Joel Maske, CEO of iSyndicate.

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