Patrick,
I strongly urge you to consider getting the Under Capricorn DVD as well. I think this is a greatly under-appreciated work from Hitchcock, and the Image DVD looks very good to my eye.
Sadly, there is very little good I can say about the Paradine Case, or its DVD.
-Lyle J.P.
Patrick,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Notorious was not one of the Selznick films at the end of the day. Although he initially was producing it, his studio sold all rights to it about midway through production (due to some money problems, if I remember correctly).
-Lyle J.P.
To be clear, two of those Criterions are still in print (The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes) because they are public domain. I believe that Sabotage and Young and Innocent are also public domain.
Rebecca, Spellbound, and the Paradine Case were United Artists pictures, and are now owned by Sony...
It has taken me two nights to get through two hours of Topaz (I still have 20 minutes to go, so I've never seen the end). What's happening? I keep falling asleep. Surely Hitch, a man known for keeping his audiences in suspense, could tell that he had a snoozer on his hands? :confused:
The...