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Only slightly higher, but slimmer than any of the three that preceded it, MPI's new incarnation of the 14 classic Sherlock Homes productions, has finally been released in a form that not only takes technical advantage of the DVD format, but makes sense.
Because of the work done by The UCLA Film & Television Archive to the many of the Holmes films, they survive today in a form that not only makes them viewable, but should guarantee their survival.
When the original three boxed sets arrived, they caused me to think back to the 1958 Buicks, which were so over-laden by chrome that today they serve as interesting reminders of that odd age. The trilogy of boxes took up too much shelf space, were difficult to handle, and must have existed strictly to stand out on store shelves to give the prospective consumer that idea that what they were buying was, well..
big.
These films don't need big packaging to stand out.
All 14 productions, the Universal's following the two Fox originals, hold up beautifully as quality entertainment.
Now packaged with elegance by an MPI that belies its own origins, are the Holmes films to own without having to rent out storage space for your DVD collection. The best on-line price appears to be via Deep Discount at $86.50, which works out to $6.18 per film. This is getting into the territory firmly held by Warner and Universal for their vault titles.
As newly packaged, quality DVDs, as great films, and as wonderful examples of the importance of film restoration, the new boxed set come Very Highly Recommended.
RAH
Because of the work done by The UCLA Film & Television Archive to the many of the Holmes films, they survive today in a form that not only makes them viewable, but should guarantee their survival.
When the original three boxed sets arrived, they caused me to think back to the 1958 Buicks, which were so over-laden by chrome that today they serve as interesting reminders of that odd age. The trilogy of boxes took up too much shelf space, were difficult to handle, and must have existed strictly to stand out on store shelves to give the prospective consumer that idea that what they were buying was, well..
big.
These films don't need big packaging to stand out.
All 14 productions, the Universal's following the two Fox originals, hold up beautifully as quality entertainment.
Now packaged with elegance by an MPI that belies its own origins, are the Holmes films to own without having to rent out storage space for your DVD collection. The best on-line price appears to be via Deep Discount at $86.50, which works out to $6.18 per film. This is getting into the territory firmly held by Warner and Universal for their vault titles.
As newly packaged, quality DVDs, as great films, and as wonderful examples of the importance of film restoration, the new boxed set come Very Highly Recommended.
RAH
