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Let's make this one short and sweet.
Criterion's new Blu-ray of Charles Vidor's Gilda, via Columbia Pictures, is one of the most beautiful black and white productions you'll find. Gray scale is gorgeous. Grain perfect. Shadow detail lush and full, along with superb black levels.
There are a myriad of reasons to add Gilda to one's library, but at the top of the list must come '40s "bombshell," Rita Hayworth.
Years ago, I was having dinner in DC with Jeffrey Selznick, and we got around to discussing growing up as part of a famous family during the golden age of Hollywood. At one point he became quiet, and then recalled how he discovered what sex meant.
His parent were having a gathering, and it was a single moment, when Rita Hayworth entered on the arm of Orson Welles. He was not referring to Mr. Welles.
One of the superb classics of the 1940s, and an absolutely magnificent Blu-ray
Image - 5
Audio - 5
4k Up-rez - 5
Pass / Fail - Pass
Very Highly Recommended
RAH
Criterion's new Blu-ray of Charles Vidor's Gilda, via Columbia Pictures, is one of the most beautiful black and white productions you'll find. Gray scale is gorgeous. Grain perfect. Shadow detail lush and full, along with superb black levels.
There are a myriad of reasons to add Gilda to one's library, but at the top of the list must come '40s "bombshell," Rita Hayworth.
Years ago, I was having dinner in DC with Jeffrey Selznick, and we got around to discussing growing up as part of a famous family during the golden age of Hollywood. At one point he became quiet, and then recalled how he discovered what sex meant.
His parent were having a gathering, and it was a single moment, when Rita Hayworth entered on the arm of Orson Welles. He was not referring to Mr. Welles.
One of the superb classics of the 1940s, and an absolutely magnificent Blu-ray
Image - 5
Audio - 5
4k Up-rez - 5
Pass / Fail - Pass
Very Highly Recommended
RAH