Recent content by Mikey1969

Glad to hear this is coming, but unfortunate that the 2005 commentary is only on the 4K, while the blu ray has the new commentary.

From what I've heard, CC isn't the easiest or most pleasant performer to work with and probably wouldn't be worth the effort at this point.

Too bad they didn't get Timothy Olyphant for the role.

Many critics at the time said that Frenzy looked more like the work of a Hitchcock imitator than of the master himself. I don't recall seeing many say that of Family Plot.

Surely you mean Wolfgang Kieling, who played Hermann Gromek, and whose protracted death scene was seemingly one of the few scenes that seemed to spark any interest for Mr. Hitchcock.

Hitchcock did much better when he was hemmed in by the restrictions of the ratings codes, as it forced him to come up with creative and innovative ways to suggest what could not be said or shown. Rope, Rebecca, Strangers on a Train and North by Northwest would be lesser films if their gay...

Both Frenzy and Family Plot are at least a step-up from the dreary Torn Curtain and Topaz. I do prefer Family Plot for the relaxed tone, the witty and well-structured screenplay by Ernest Lehman, the fun performances by Barbara Harris, Bruce Dern, and William Devane, and the casual swipes...

I'm still very satisfied with my twelve-year-old Sony 1080p LCD panel. I simply don't have the interest I used to have and I grew tired of having to upgrade every ten years. I even ditched my surround sound and don't miss the noise. I grew up with panned-and-scanned 240i VHS on a CRT being the...

Curious that Universal dumped these to blu-ray, apparently with little thought or care a decade ago, and is only now investing the money to bring them them to market in a "restored" form. I hope they sell enough to justify a volume 3, if only for an much-needed upgrade on The Man Who Knew To...

Do we know if work was done on Family Plot and Marnie? They were such an ugly mess on blu ray, I'd imagine they would need significant work to make them watchable in 4k.

The definitive version of the score for me is the re-recording done by James Conlon years ago. It has the complete score in a great performance with fantastic sound quality. Unfortunately it was released in the worst way: attached to an unremarkable book of photographs called "Feature Film" that...

I may have to pick this up. One of my dad's uncles was enlisted at the time and was involved in some way in the filming of this, the first ever Hollywood movie shot entirely in Canada. There's some interesting background on the filming here

I actually like the diffused look that he used in films like Cabaret, Superman: The Movie and Murder on the Orient Express.

According to John Waters himself, Pink Flamingos is coming from Criterion in June! https://time.com/6148756/john-waters-interview-maisel-2022/

I wish they'd done a proper commentary with John Waters. He's talked about this film for years.