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If the characters in the films being discussed dictated the appropriate level of forum discourse, that would definitely spice things up, but I'm not sure it would be a net positive. Example: "Avast ye scurvy knaves! If any o'ye be talking out of turn 'n belittling Robert Newton's performance...

Actually vague feedback like that can be a lot worse. I co-taught a class one time where a student evaluation comment said "one instructor really seems to know what he is talking about and the other does not". Needless to say we were both mortified by the comment even though we had no idea which...

I'm pretty much with Patrick in that White Heat has traditionally looked pretty good (e.g. the transfer that runs on TCM from time to time), which, from that perspective makes it less of a revelation than, say, "Little Caesar", but doesn't make it "bad" or even "average" by any reasonable...

That's probably it, although I think the close-up is actually of character actor Ford Rainey. That would certainly explain why it looks like a 16mm dupe. Regards,

The most shocking glitch in "White Heat" image quality occurs early in film when, during the train heist, Cody's henchman lets his name slip out before being told to shut up. The source for the short shot of Ford Rainey (as the henchman) speaking looks something like 8 generations down from the...

I have one significant criticism of this set. It has confirmed my suspicion that George Feltenstein has been reading my diary, and that is an unacceptable invasion of my privacy. :laugh: Regards,