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DAME's essential dvd collections by Daiana Feuer


Twin Peaks: The Definitive Gold Box Edition
Twilight Zone and Lost aside, no TV show has stumped more viewers than David Lynch’s haunted series, which was cancelled after two seasons despite three Golden Globes (RIP, 1990-91). Twin Peaks is a small town with an eerie underbelly. Justice may never see the light for Agent Cooper, but reaching the pinnacle of frustration is the series’ raison d'etre. The set includes both seasons, plus postcards, making-of segments, interviews, and a documentary following die-hard fans to a Twin Peaks Festival in the woods.

 

 




Best of Alton Brown, Volumes 1-9 and 10-18
Alton Brown transforms viewers into labcoat-loving pupils, fascinating us with carrot chemistry, salt physics and other snippets of food science. ‘Eccentric’ may be a soft word to describe the Good Eats host, but behind the palm-tree spackled linen shirt is a balding guy with glasses who just loves a supermarket adventure. Replace your child’s Sesame Street education with all 54 DVDs and possibly turn her into a genius.

 

 

 



Masters of Cinema
If the Criterion Collection is the Wikipedia of film history, Masters of Cinema is the Encyclopedia Britannica. This collection boasts film’s be all and end all in every genre and language. Whatever your high-brow pleasure—thrilling, dark, romantic, or bizarrely innovative—Masters of Cinema took the task of corralling and restoring it. Basically, this set is a Film PhD without the diploma.




 

 

 

 

Ultimate Planet Earth Collection
Five DVDs that marvel at our planet’s little idiosyncrasies, narrated by Sigourney Weaver (after Gorillas in the Mist, a natural fit). Journey through cave, forest and jungle (two different things, by the way), over sea, ice, desert and mountain, then follow the sun from “pole to pole” as it touches every cuddly creature’s life. Consider the Ultimate Set for $99, which includes a companion book and behind-the-scenes documentary.

 

 

 

 





The Boy Meets Girl Collection
(What Women Want, How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, and Ghost)
Order some take-out and open the wine for a triple header. First, remember Mel Gibson, when he was a charmingly macho hat-rack seducer. What Women Want hits the he vs. she funny bone, reveling in the tricks up everyone’s sleeves. Next, enjoy guilty pleasure How to Lose a Guy, which stars blonde babes Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson. Hudson pushes all the right buttons to break poor Matt’s heart, but ends up falling for him, even though he just so happens to have staked a bet on her. Finally, Ghost, starring Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, wet clay and “Unchained Melody.” Laugh, cry and let your poor heart break a little.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daiana Feuer would like to write a movie that fits into all of the above collections. She is fond of admitting she learned English from the TV, though movies and Madonna should also be thanked.

 

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