UHD Review A Few Words About A few words about...™ - North by Northwest -- in 4k UHD (1 Viewer)

[TonyD]

So you think that's the same as removing visible wires from an older movie or even the snake reflection in Raiders?

 

[RichMurphy]

I'd still like to know why the MGM logo is in green. Maybe I missed the explanation.

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

I'd still like to know why the MGM logo is in green. Maybe I missed the explanation.

It's always been that way on North by Northwest.

 

[David_B_K]

I always assumed Bass filmed the logo through a cut out stencil of the words and filmstrip ribbon and they simply weren't properly aligned.

Maybe they were going for a sort of 3D effect with the exaggerated shadows?

 

[mskaye]

It's always been that way on North by Northwest.

Same reason why the Warner Bros. logo was adorned w bling for Baz’s Elvis.

 

[Robert Harris]

I'd still like to know why the MGM logo is in green. Maybe I missed the explanation.

Hitchcock was not one to accept a studio's generic logo. He generally modified and controlled making them part of the main title sequence.

 

[mskaye]

Hitchcock was not one to accept a studio's generic logo. He generally modified and controlled making them part of the main title sequence.

One of my favorite "modifications" to an opening logo is what Paramount/DeMille did for the opening of The Ten Commandments (1956 of course.). It gives me goosebumps...

 

[Robert Harris]

One of my favorite "modifications" to an opening logo is what Paramount/DeMille did for the opening of The Ten Commandments (1956 of course.). It gives me goosebumps...

It was beautifully done. Classy & elegant.

On a more fun side, there’s Cat Ballou, which is neither Hitch nor DeMille.

Then, of course, there’s Aurens.

 

[Lord Dalek]

Hitchcock was not one to accept a studio's generic logo. He generally modified and controlled making them part of the main title sequence.

To the point that the 1963 Universal logo only ever appeared on reissue prints of Rope and Hitchcock's Paramount output.

 

[Brian Husar]

It was beautifully done. Classy & elegant.

On a more fun side, there’s Cat Ballou, which is neither Hitch nor DeMille.

Then, of course, there’s Aurens.

The one for Aurens was painted for especially for the movie because Columbia didn’t have a 65MM variant if I am correct. You would know RAH. But Columbia always had fun with that lady, my personal favorite is when she dances during the opening of Thank God It’s Friday.

 

[Reed Grele]

It was beautifully done. Classy & elegant.

On a more fun side, there’s Cat Ballou, which is neither Hitch nor DeMille.

Then, of course, there’s Aurens.

And.... Who could forget.... Zotz!

 

[KMR]

Original 16mm prints, the set was revealed in the close-ups on the ground in the cropduster sequence.

I remember my first viewing of the film, at a college showing of a 16mm print. The scene at the top of Mt. Rushmore showed the top edge of the backdrop and studio lights, very starkly betraying the fact it was filmed onstage and not at a real location. (I was always puzzled by things like boom mikes, clothing appearing on "nude" characters, etc., when seeing 16mm and TV screenings, before I learned how films were made and intended to be projected in theaters.)

 

[Brian Husar]

And.... Who could forget.... Zotz!

Now when is that going to come out on Blu Ray

 

[bujaki]

Now when is that going to come out on Blu Ray

Go for broke! Nothing less than a 4K release will do.

 

[Lord Dalek]

Now when is that going to come out on Blu Ray

When they develop a way of sticking buzzers under your couch.

 

[haineshisway]

Long before Cat Ballou, my favorite trick Columbia logo was The Mouse that Roared - it got a HUGE laugh.

 

[haineshisway]

And what was the Paramount where the mountain was replaced my Mount Fujiyama? Was it The Geisha Boy?

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

Now when is that going to come out on Blu Ray

Came out in 2018: https://www.powerhousefilms.co.uk/products/zotz-bd?_pos=1&_sid=1c79697d0&_ss=r

 

[sbjork]

And what was the Paramount where the mountain was replaced my Mount Fujiyama? Was it The Geisha Boy?

Nope:



Were you thinking maybe of The Bad News Bears Go to Japan?

 

[SwatDB]

Since VHS quality wasn't good enough...

Well at least I hope the 1984 MGM/UA LD had the definitive sounding AQ of the Mono.