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The blurry shot of Lemmon meeting the nurses is directorial, and purposeful. It was attempt by Ford, far ahead of his French counterparts to interpret Lemmon’s feelings upon seeing the nurses through visuals within his own mind. In many ways it was the beginning of the nouvelle vague, normally...

A perfect example of “standing th test of time.”

Not atypical of Warner Color negative conformation. Probably the most problematic example being Giant. Ad CinemaScope to the mix, and it’s a perfect optical storm. Considering that, Mr. Roberts is perfect.

Time code, please.

I spent some time with Mr. Lemmon, probably 1996ish. At that time I was probably a bit below 5’9”. As I recall, he was a tad taller. Mr. Fonda, who I never had the pleasure of meeting was close to 6’2”. I presume it’s all about perspective. Back in 1981, I was at an event, chatting with Mariel...

Those were probably stock shots

A couple of notes. The original DVD arrived in 1998, and was re-packaged - same unpleasant master - in 2006. The stereo track is derived from an original surviving 1955 4-track magnetic print.

Much of it has quite extraordinary color, especially for WarnerColor. The blue tonalities of the water are amazing, and pop. Possibly because of a bit of Y fade.

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