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You would think all this would be obvious. The song has a plot function. Early on it's set up as a song she sings to her kid - a favorite. Later, she sings it at the Embassy to give James Stewart time to go find Hank, and Hank, of course, ends up hearing it (or the subsequent song - can't...

I will say that my parents did the same thing - ALL THE TIME on our few vacations together.

And while you're at it, save Rope, which is one of the sorriest-looking Blu-ray transfers I've ever seen - worse that The Man Who Knew Too Much, really. Horrendous would be too kind.

It is very "hip" to automatically criticize Universal and it's ridiculous. They have done some excellent transfers and I always go out of my way to trumpet them loudly because they deserve praise when they do stellar work. That's why I praised The Birds here and Vertigo, why I praised To Kill...

No, it's probably the best option, unless you can put up with the Blu-ray's flaws.

I'm not arguing at all, nor am I being snarky. Let me explain to you what is snarky: "You people" That's snarky. I just don't know what your expertise is with film, outside of watching transfers at home. I'm not an expert like Mr. Harris, but I've been around celluloid for over forty years...

As I said above, I've watched it and now I've made a long post about it, specifically discussion some points that you made, all of which you've just ignored. You said this was film-like in a way The Birds isn't because of the grain. And I'm saying if there is unnatural grain in The Birds there...

None are optimal - the worst is the velvet box DVD - that's grotesque and unwatchable. The first one is ancient and not pretty. And the new one is what it is. If you love the film then it's certainly watchable, even with all its problems, and there are MANY, especially if you know the film...

"You people." I think that says it all, don't you, you people? :) I've watched it all the way through, Scott. What's your point? Mr. Harris said up front - don't confuse sharpness with correctness. There are some wonderfully sharp moments, so what? And your beloved grain, which you think is...

Okay, here it is: Terrible. There is no way around this. Let me start by saying it's a huge step up from the grotesque DVD in the velvet box. Let me finish by saying I don't find it sharp at all - in fact, it's clear from frame one that this is not off the VistaVision negative or anything...

It's easy to like something when you don't know what it should really look like - that's been my experience. From Mr. Harris's description, the color seems to be off quite a bit, but if you don't know what that color should be then sure it's easy to enjoy it. To me color that's off is as bad...