Ron - this is an excellent film. Just saw it for the first time in film class just a few weeks ago. It's a great statement regarding the southern lynchings of the early 1900's - using a 1870's fictional incident to "disguise" the statement.
Thanks, when Fox announced their classic line, this was the one disc (besides Sunrise of course) that I wanted. I didn't realize the release date had been moved up from December. Sounds like another great job by Fox!!
Thanks for the detailed review. I've been looking forward to this disc and have never seen the entire film, but will shortly.
I must admit that I was a little disturbed by your opening statement about not watching many B&W films. I'm glad to hear that you really enjoyed this one and myself or other members of the forum would be happy to suggest other great classic B&W films. Personally, I watch more B&W films that anything else, but that's just a personal preference and I'm a child of the 80s.