Keep in mind that this apparently derives from a full-contrast print. As to Criterion, I doubt that they were involved. They do better work than this. I'd bet it's as the studio delivered.
That’s hardly worth noting., and appears to be normal print contrast. The blown-out shots are unfortunately obvious, and probably at least partially correctable.
There appear to be no blown-out examples on Beaver.
You’ll know them when you see them. As I was viewing, I was thinking that the...
Nightmare Alley may be Tyrone Power's darkest film. The 1947 Fox production, directed by Edmund Goulding, definitely falls within noir parameters.
Criterion's new Blu-ray - and I'm complaining, as I'm thrilled to have it - is a wonderful example of something that I've discussed in the past -...