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Aspen River by Ashley MayelAshley Mayel painting of oils, acrylics, and ink on canvas. The strong vertical shape of the piece is very eye catching. About the artist: Ashley Mayel has called Texas home for 48 years. A graduate from University of Houstons Art & Design program, Ashely is an accomplished artist and designer, making a name for herself worldwide. Her dreams came to fruition when she started her own company, American Designers, in 1974, in Houston, Texas. She executed
Ashley Mayel painting of oils, acrylics, and ink on canvas. The strong vertical shape of the piece is very eye-catching. About the artist: Ashley Mayel has called Texas home for 48 years. A graduate from University of Houston’s Art & Design program, Ashely is an accomplished artist and designer, making a name for herself worldwide. Her dreams came to fruition when she started her own company, American Designers, in 1974, in Houston, Texas. She executed the interiors of several commercial buildings and residential homes as well as designing, creating, painting and sculpting for a myriad of clients. Ashley was a resident in many local galleries in Houston from 1975 to 1997. Even the renowned print company, Picture Source, chose some pieces of hers to put into print production. In 1997, she and her family moved to Austin, Texas for her husband to join the Samsung Austin campus. In Austin, she continued a flourishing career in commissioning custom art pieces, interior design projects, and commercial and model home design. Her husband’s career then took them abroad for 10 years where she got to surround herself with various cultures and history of design and art spanning from Europe to East Asia. Ashely successfully showed at various galleries in Manchester, England and Singapore. Passionate for philanthropy, she kept that fire alive even abroad by donating many pieces to local charities close to her heart. Ashley and her family returned to the U.S. in 2009. They chose to settle in the picturesque city of Laguna Beach, CA. Ashley quickly acclimated herself into another new community by joining the Laguna Beach Women’s Club where her talents gained exposure. She commissioned many pieces for private clients and was very active in the arts community which is vast in Laguna Beach. Eventually, Texas was always her first home, so they returned to Austin to join her kids and grandkids. Ashley currently lives in the Austin area and focuses on painting art pieces – both commercial and residential as well as commissioned custom pieces and is equally comfortable with traditionalist and modern design and art. She works collaboratively with everyone from designers to individuals that are new to the art world to create an affordable and easy transaction for all her clients. Ashley is zealous about creating pieces that her clients can completely customize from size, to color, to genre. The following quote is the summation of Ashley Mayel’s character and passion in the human race –“I belong to the world and cherish love and the special people in my life. I work through the vitality and strength that I give to and gain from abstract art. Each time I create, simple shapes free my imagination to travel depths previously unknown to me…simple shapes that are esthetically satisfying yet leave many questions unanswered. I like the loose motions, the flowing together and joining of different colors, the lost boundaries; all fascinate me. When finished, I am momentarily content. If my art does not touch someone, it is nothing. When it works, some shared feeling bonds me with my chance viewer, forever.” – Ashley Mayel Ashley is very involved with the community and is a member of the Design Trade Associates, the Creative Art Society, and the Visual Art League for the Gallery at Dell JCC.Shipping Notes
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★★★★★ 4
Better transfer, less content.
Transfer of this BluRay edition of Doinel's box is of course better (however, the difference is not dramatic) than in previous DVD box of the same cycle by Criterion. However, the book included has not even half of the texts from DVD edition. There is also less extra materials at discs. Thus, at some points this BluRay edition is worse than DVD's. I don't understand why Criterion made this box poorer in content than the box in poorer quality of the picture.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2025
★★★★★ 2
Great films, but quite flimsy box set
I would give it 4/5 if Criterion had made it more sturdy. It arrived in a plastic bag and was all beaten up. (Only Amazon could screw up a shipment this badly.) The short film "Les Mistons" has major gamma issues, which takes away one star.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2025
★★★★★ 1
Great transfer of a classic set -- except borked Les mistons
A really nice set of one of French cinema's greatest "franchises" -- though we did not call them that back then.
The tone shifts after the 400 blows of course. But it sort of makes sense, too, as things change for the character as well.
But beware, Criterion failed to grade the Les mistons short film correctly. Looks a lot like HDR/SDR gamma was switched or something similar. You can see it from the opening studio logo and credits which are not the right color. Hopefully they will issue a fix. Until then you may want to wait.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2025
★★★★★ 5
Some of Truffaut's greatest works... and they're wonderful
A reviewer here called these a "waste of time" and "weird movies," giving the set 1 star. Sorry, pal, maybe critically acclaimed films by one of France's--or the world's--most important filmmakers isn't your thing. Nothing "weird" about these very accessible, realistic movies about human beings and life. Truffaut did with this series over a course of 20 years what Richard Linklater did in one movie ("Boyhood")... but between 1959 - 1979, Truffaut's attempt was more ambitious, daring, and envelope-pushing. Lead actor Jean-Pierre Leaud goes from a 14 year old to a guy in his 30s, and he's wonderful in every episode. Each film is touching, funny, dramatic, and worth seeing for anyone interested in world cinema. "The 400 Blows" is Truffaut's debut feature, and what a great one it is. It's more serious than the others in this series, and is likely the most lauded. "Antoine & Colette" is a short film made 2-3 years later. "Stolen Kisses" gets more into comedy and it's a delight. "Bed and Board" continues where the previous one left off. "Love on the Run" is decidedly the weakest but is still enjoyable. Truffaut died too young five years after that one was made. One wonders if he and Leaud might have made another entry in the late 80s or even the 90s. Great stuff.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2025
★★★★★ 5
What a Fantastic Release on 4k/BD by Criterion!
I have enjoyed my DVD set of these great Truffaut for years, and am so happy to see this 4K set about to be released. Will be ordering this and looking forward to it. There are copious extras, a booklet, and the full set of Doinel films, including Antoine and Colette.
The first film in the series, THE 400 BLOWS, is considered one of the greatest films of French cinema, and of the Nouvelle Vague (New Wave). It's by turns entertaining, funny, thought-provoking, and heartbreaking. That movie and BED AND BOARD, a domestic comedy that is truly funny, are my favorites. But all the movies here are worth seeing and owning. Criterion rocks.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2025