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Robert Mulligan made some wonderful films, and while the 1965 production Inside Daisy Clover isn't one of his best, it's an interesting little film.
27 year-old Natalie Wood plays 15 year-old Daisy, and it works. At that ripe old age this was her 38th film. Rebel was her 23rd.
It's your typical Hollywood success story, albeit about a feisty young thing, who won't be wrangled by the studio, her travels and travails. Had me thinking of Bette Davis.
A few production numbers are of typically 1930s fashion, and are decidedly okay.
I'd not seen this since 1965, so re-visiting was an interesting experience. What captured me was Charles Lang's cinematography. With a career going back to 1923, he's probably best known for the likes of A Farewell to Arms, Peter Ibbetson, Desire, The Big Heat, Sabrina, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Some Like it Hot, The Magnificent Seven, One-Eyed Jacks...
You see where this is going.
The new Blu-ray from Warner Archive is astoundingly beautiful. Perfect color, densities, grain. Gorgeous. I noted the tiniest bit of movement which makes the film look at a projected cinema image, rather than locked down digitally stable. It's derived for a beautifully produced IP.
It's not a great film, but it does allow a certain look inside the studio system c. 1936. And Ms Wood - lovely.
She has support from Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Ruth Gordon, and Roddy McDowall.
Image - 5
Audio - 5
Pass / Fail - Pass
Upgrade from DVD - You better believe it
Recommended
RAH
27 year-old Natalie Wood plays 15 year-old Daisy, and it works. At that ripe old age this was her 38th film. Rebel was her 23rd.
It's your typical Hollywood success story, albeit about a feisty young thing, who won't be wrangled by the studio, her travels and travails. Had me thinking of Bette Davis.
A few production numbers are of typically 1930s fashion, and are decidedly okay.
I'd not seen this since 1965, so re-visiting was an interesting experience. What captured me was Charles Lang's cinematography. With a career going back to 1923, he's probably best known for the likes of A Farewell to Arms, Peter Ibbetson, Desire, The Big Heat, Sabrina, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Some Like it Hot, The Magnificent Seven, One-Eyed Jacks...
You see where this is going.
The new Blu-ray from Warner Archive is astoundingly beautiful. Perfect color, densities, grain. Gorgeous. I noted the tiniest bit of movement which makes the film look at a projected cinema image, rather than locked down digitally stable. It's derived for a beautifully produced IP.
It's not a great film, but it does allow a certain look inside the studio system c. 1936. And Ms Wood - lovely.
She has support from Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Ruth Gordon, and Roddy McDowall.
Image - 5
Audio - 5
Pass / Fail - Pass
Upgrade from DVD - You better believe it
Recommended
RAH
