Heard that VCI is looking for the right person to do a commentary track for RAIN! Who is the perfect choice? (1 Viewer)

[RobertMG]

Heard that the LOC let VCI borrow the 35mm Fine Grain of RAIN and the 4k transfer is complete still being worked on I assume. They are hoping for a Sept 2022 Blu Ray release. Now here's the fun part, they are looking for any suggestions for the right person to do the commentary track. Please everyone post your thoughts here I will send the link to VCI! Let's flood them with suggestions! Too bad I do not know anything about the film I would suggest myself!

 

[PODER]

So glad to learn this. I've had the VCI restoration of RAIN on my To Get List pretty much forever!

 

[RichMurphy]

Ok, it's too obvious, but I'll bite: Christina Crawford.

 

[RobertMG]

So glad to learn this. I've had the VCI restoration of RAIN on my To Get List pretty much forever!

Me too - never saw it, and I wonder who would do the commentary track justice I do not know if Mr Rode or Mr Maltin would be interested. Those are two that popped into my head.

 

[RobertMG]

Ok, it's too obvious, but I'll bite: Christina Crawford.

Yikes --- I would have thought Bette Davis if this was 40 years ago.

 

[Beckford]

It's a terrific movie. And needs a chatty but well-informed and serious commentary. Not something campy. Perhaps author Richard Barrios( "A Song in the Dark"). He generally writes about musicals (which "Rain" definitely isn't). But he's certainly one of the foremost experts on the early talkie era (the film came out in 1932).

 

[ABaglivi]

Richard Barrios is the man!

 

[Thomas T]

Well, since Christina Crawford is already taken, I suggest John Waters.

 

[Trancas]

Anjelica Huston, Walter's granddaughter.

 

[RobertMG]

Anjelica Huston, Walter's granddaughter.

Interesting? Maybe her and Ricard Barrios?

 

[RichMurphy]

Well, since Christina Crawford is already taken, I suggest John Waters.

Great idea. His commentaries on BOOM! and THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT are brilliant.

 

[Capt D McMars]

Me too - never saw it, and I wonder who would do the commentary track justice I do not know if Mr Rode or Mr Maltin would be interested. Those are two that popped into my head.

Bob, here is a link to a YT edition...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC_WhEo77w0
this one might be slightly better??

 

[RobertMG]

Bob, here is a link to a YT edition...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC_WhEo77w0
this one might be slightly better??

VCI's edition will be STUNNING!

 

[dana martin]

ok with John Waters doing it, but can someone get Faye Dunaway in the room for comments along the way.

but in all seriousness, Mick LaSalle, Pre-Code Author and Film Critic (who does podcasting) might be a great choice given the subject matter

 

[cineMANIAC]

When it comes to VCI, I think what they need are people who know what they're doing. I've only ever been happy with a single Blu-ray they've released and that was Dark Night of the Scarecrow. I'm wondering if that restoration was outsourced.

 

[RobertMG]

When it comes to VCI, I think what they need are people who know what they're doing. I've only ever been happy with a single Blu-ray they've released and that was Dark Night of the Scarecrow. I'm wondering if that restoration was outsourced.

Have you seen there serials on Blu Ray? Their White Zombie is the best out there and their recently released Angel On My Shoulder is also the best out there. And their last Blu Ray of Scrooge 1951 is the best the title ever looked.

 

[RobertMG]

ok with John Waters doing it, but can someone get Faye Dunaway in the room for comments along the way.

but in all seriousness, Mick LaSalle, Pre-Code Author and Film Critic (who does podcasting) might be a great choice given the subject matter

Interesting - I have to check out Mr. LaSalle too -- I love Pre-code Warners those old Forbiden Holly sets should have been issued on Blu Ray - or at least some of them.

 

[RobertMG]

Have you seen there serials on Blu Ray? Their White Zombie is the best out there and their recently released Angel On My Shoulder is also the best out there. And their last Blu Ray of Scrooge 1951 is the best the title ever looked.

When it comes to VCI, I think what they need are people who know what they're doing. I've only ever been happy with a single Blu-ray they've released and that was Dark Night of the Scarecrow. I'm wondering if that restoration was outsourced.

Thanks on Night Of The Scarcrow! I have to check that one out!

 

[dana martin]

Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood

great read

 

[RobertMG]

Complicated Women: Sex and Power in Pre-Code Hollywood

great read

Going to grab that book now. Thanks