Recent content by John Koehler

Thanks Steve. FINALLY some good news, but what a dang long wait!:(

Hi Steve.... the episodes are not cut. Some earlier TV syndicate shows had fake superimposed video wipes or fade-outs to cut out or reduce time in certain longer scenes or expositions. These have none of that and look like they were turned off the lab development reels just yesterday...

Just saw The Case of the Bullied Bowler from November 1964, Season 6, in beautiful remastered print on local MeTV. It is clear that CBS is indeed remastering later episodes. Curiously, the closing titles these last few nights of Season 6 are in rough shape, but the entirety of the story...

Hope we see some of these titles eventually, including TCF's 4th CinemaScope picture, King of the Khyber Rifles with that outstanding Bernard Herrmann score in stereo!

Dustin... your post is absolutely the best I have read ANYWHERE on the subject matter of this magnificent film. I am archiving it! Mike's review at dvdfile is also excellent and worth a read. http://www.dvdfile.com/index.php?opt...=5397&Itemid=3

Annie Proulx, in numerous interviews, has made it clear that the story IS about gay men living in a repressive environment. Many gay men have, in the past, married and lived "normal" lives only to end up miserable. Please keep in mind: Ennis finds the shirts hidden in Jack's CLOSET. The...

Many thanks for the confirm, Ron. It has been odd, to say the least, that a film given so much attention has been withheld from official release announcements. I could never be certain what with some retailers even rescinding pre-book orders. Still, I hope for a Criterion Collection treatment...

Those deleted scenes explain so much, they underscore Ennis's hidden, unspoken desire for Jack; they may lay the groundwork for the truth of Jack's demise in that there are would-be bashers outside Aguirre's trailer in 1964 and after the first rodeo scenes; they show the animosity on the part of...

No word about those 40 minutes of deleted scenes? Will there one day be a Director's Edition with added material? Or does Lee want it left in this theatrical version? If anyone has information, please post!

Yes, the Criterion LD is a real treasure. I bought the DVD but ended up giving it away as a gift. The LD issue remains unsurpassed, as in many other cases where the LD production overall showed more care and attention than many sell-through DVD issues (an example being Forbidden Planet on LD...

The Shadow is definitely cramped in its DVD P&S issue. Although not an anamorphic lensed picture, director Mulcahy used the full side-to-side 1.85 frame for all his shots. The stunning CGI period street scenes really open up on the widescreen laserdisc. Another reason to keep my LD player in...

Wow! This great picture on DVD? I had no idea! Thanks for the post, Dave. I ordered it today. This wonderful, literate and superbly written/acted/directed noir gem has inrigued me ever since I saw it as a kid. Had not much understanding for the adult relationships in it then, only that it was...

On my list, too. The more I pay attention to the subtext aiming at exploration of personal relationships, private pain, spiritualism, the more I see the film's deeper intention, however compromised. One silly moment aside (Uhura the Fan Dancer), it is after all quite entertaining. And the...

A sad farewell, dear Kate. There will never, ever be another as splendid, as unique as you. Hollywood in the last decades has devolved into juvenile-oriented mediocrity. The sophisticated, mature, literate Class you exemplified has vanished. But your legacy will remain to remind us how good...

What to do when I can no longer get repairs for my LD players?!? The stereo LD with that superb Davis score, a product of the wonderful Feltenstein days at MGM/UA Home Video, is a treasure.