Wish I'd known. I'd have finally bought it.
This past year I've picked up a lot of Dark Shadows stuff. Each month a little more of this and that. Books, soundtracks, and all kinds of memorabilia. I've never collected movie and TV memorabilia before, except for buying DVD's, but Dark Shadows...
If you liked Frankenheimer's Seconds, you'll like The Brotherhood of the Bell, Jon. The two films have a lot in common. It's shot on 35mm film like a feature film and in color. It's literately written by novelist David Karp, artfully photographed in deep focus and wide angle, and directed by...
Paul Wendkos' THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE BELL (Columbia / CBS, 1970).
A brilliant thriller, acutely paranoid, and the finest movie ever made for television.
Wish I had a still or a poster or the admat from TV Guide.
Glenn Ford and Paul Wendkos considered it the finest work they'd done.
It is...
The audio has certainly improved. Bright and punchy. The old DVD had a muffled audio.
I'm so pleased Warner Brothers finally upgraded The Haunting and released it on blu-ray, but I wish they had included a slip-cover, inserted a booklet with an essay written by someone who knows what's what...
I haven't seen the Wild Side Video DVD. I'll hunt it up.
The Intergroove blu-ray looks like sh it on a shingle. When the wood is blue and the leather holster is green and the sand on the street is white you know something is wrong even though the fleshtones are fleshy. It's actually worse than...
Twilight Time might want to investigate the possibility of releasing One-Eyed Jacks (1961), a much-admired western starring Marlon Brando and Karl Malden with both general audience appeal and a strong cult-following. Possibly TT has looked into this film already and knows about its ownership and...
Warner Brother's new blu-ray of THE HAUNTING arrived today.
The audio is significantly improved, brighter, punchier and more present. This is how the film should sound.
The transfer is also improved. It has more detail and texture, and is more film-like than either the laser-disc or the DVD...
Gunman's Walk has never had so much as a DVD release. A much-admired, hardboiled western about family conflict with a first-rate Van Heflin performance and direction by Phil Karlson (Walking Tall). Western buffs have been clamoring for this one.
My sentiments exactly insofar as ZULU is concerned. I have the British blu but since this is a different transfer I'm buying it. The thought of not buying it never entered my head. An exceptional film on every level and very entertaining.
If we must pick on Twilight Time let's pick on them for...
Why do Bob Furmanek's posters always look newer and shinier than mine?
Gentlemen, let's stop picking on Twilight Time over Man In the Dark. True there are some unfortunate process shots, but it is an immersive and effective stereoscopic film. It can be enjoyed for its depth alone. Plus it's a...
I don't care to see CUBA again. Not one of Richard Lester's brighter efforts.
I love Roberta Hunter's blues in REMEMBER MY NAME (1978). As I understand she died intestate, leaving her music rights unassigned, so the film and soundtrack can't be released. Things may have changed, however. It's...
What kind of shape is THE LUSTY MEN (RKO, 1952) in? Haven't seen it in ages. Wouldn't it be nice if Olive Films could acquire a decent transfer for blu-ray release.
The first serious and historical Robin Hood film written by playwright James Goldman, a bittersweet romance, reuniting Sean Connery with Robert Shaw, and with a John Barry score to die for:
Where are THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS (1949), MADELEINE (1950), and BREAKING THE SOUND BARRIER (1952) on your list ?
Those are David Lean films, too, you know. He gave as much care and attention to those films as to the others you listed.
I've been trying not to complain.
I was thinking that maybe Dean Cundey was making it up as he went along, what's correct and incorrect, until I read your observation, which strikes me as probably what happened.
People should hold onto the 1999 DVD in any case because of supplements -- mainly...
The BBC used some footage from THE COMPLETE CITIZEN KANE in its more expansive biography of Welles' life and career, THE ORSON WELLES STORY which aired on the documentary program ARENA. It also aired in the USA on TNT, edited differently under the title ORSON WELLES: MEMORIES OF A LIFE IN FILM...
Thanks for the explanation, Mike.
I see no reason why the transfers that air on TCM and Encore Westerns can't be pressed onto DVD, if that's all that is available. They're perfectly acceptable. Better to have the films in TV print condition than not have them.
Anybody Else here, Jose. I don't remember a bluish effect but I do remember diffusion, slow motion, staggered frames and additional bass in the audio to create a feeling of disorientation in the scene were Bonnie visits her mother. There may have been filters or vaseline on the lens. Perhaps...
It's a good thing Lazenby got out of the franchise when he did. He carried OHMSS on his shoulders. Not only was it one of the best films of the year, it's a really well-made film. More importantly, it set an example the Bond series should have followed into the next decade. But the films that...
Now you're talking my language. OHMSS is exceptional and true blue authentic Bond. Lazenby is one of its strongest virtues. I'm tempted to use adjectives to praise the film. Scriptwriter Richard Maibaum and director Peter Hunt were part of the core group that originated the series, creatively...