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[ulkis]

Apologies to those who have seen me ramble on and on about the movies.

So now I've seen almost every Les Miserables movie available, so I'm gonna make a list, because that's always fun. I'm gonna start with the ones that I don't think are worth the effort, unless you also like watching every Les Mis movie for the heck of it.

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[lesmisloony]

Ooh! I've seen all of these but the weird '95 one and the '34 one, though I do have access to both... actually, I have the '34 one on DVD sitting about a foot away from me, just haven't gotten a free second to watch it yet. Huh.

So these are the only ones? Other than assorted cartoons, I guess.

Wait! What about that legendary terrible Italian one?

[ulkis]

No, there's more - there's the silent one from 1925, and yes, the terrible Italian one - I don't think I WANT to see that one, yikes. Well, OK, maybe I do, it sounds hilarious. Oh, and apparently there's a French one from I think 72, that starts out kinda backwards, in June 1832 and then flashbacks to how Valjean adopted Cosette. One of the reviews from imdb said it even had Theodule.

[lesmisloony]

Ah, okay. I thought you were saying these were the only ones available on DVD.

Yeahh, I have a massive list saved somewhere of all the LM movies ever and have, like... italicised, I think, the ones I have. It's a pity it's so hard to get ahold of most of them, though.

[ulkis]

Oh, no I have no idea if the ones I just listed are available on DVD. At least not in the US. i know the silent one isn't.

[lesmisloony]

(I realised after I posted that that I meant "available in general," not just on DVD. Like... VHS is also an option. Silly me and my 21st century brain...

We were just discussing the silent one on Abaissé, right? It's not available anywhere but almost certainly still exists?

[ulkis]

Don't worry, I took into VHS into consideration too. :) As for as I know those movies aren't on VHS either. I am so ancient I have the Gabin Frederic March on VHS. And then I came out on DVD like a year after I bought them, I swear.

Re: silent, yeah. It definitely DOES exist. Some people have said they've seen it on the criterion collection forum and I found a link that said there had been a showing of it in Paris in January and a discussion of it.