Richard Gallagher submitted a new blog post
Kismet Blu-ray Review
Continue reading the Original Blog Post.
Kismet Blu-ray Review
Continue reading the Original Blog Post.
Last edited by a moderator:
That is an excellent point.Virgoan said:The icing on this musical cake is the splendiferous conducting/arranging by Andre Previn of the classical-turned-Broadway-musical score and the sumptuous orchestrations of Conrad Salinger.
If only Fox would give the same kind of loving attention to its MOD program!Matt Hough said:I have to give Warner Archive great thanks and tremendous respect for the care it has given to the musicals it has released. Gypsy, Billy Rose's Jumbo, Hit the Deck, and now Kismet have all featured spectacular picture and sound.
I can only hope that we'll get more gems from the MGM musical library through this extremely worthy and much appreciated alternative to Warner Home Video.
Ain't THAT the truth!Richard Gallagher said:If only Fox would give the same kind of loving attention to its MOD program!
Does anyone know if the cut sequences from On a Clear Day survive? I wonder if this is a movie that Criterion would consider doing?On a Clear Day You Can See Forever on blu-ray. Sigh. A couple of years ago when Paramount suddenly put out War and Peace, I thought maybe they were going to start putting out catalogue titles again. But no.
Thanks for that list. I never realised this before but there's only one film of his I haven't seen: I Dood It.What an good director Vincente Minelli was. I've seen several of his movies, but several others I've missed....
1943 Cabin in the Sky: ?? I don't think I've seen this one.
1943 I Dood It: ?? Ditto
1944 Meet Me in St. Louis: A
1945 The Clock: B
1945 Yolanda and the Thief: ?? Haven't seen it, but apparently it has some very surreal musical numbers with Fred Astaire.
1946 Undercurrent:?? A film noir starring Katherine Hepburn and Robert Mitchum? Sign me up. Apparently this movie was a big hit.
1948 The Pirate: A- Wow! Really fun.
1949 Madame Bovary: ?? I don't think I've seen this one.
1950 Father of the Bride: B A great cast has some good moments, but not quite my cup of tea.
1951 Father's Little Dividend: B Ditto
1951 An American in Paris: A+ His greatest film.
1952 The Bad and the Beautiful: A- Very good behind-the-scenes Hollywood drama. Not quite Sunset Blvd, but really good.
1953: The Band Wagon: A- Really fun.
1954 The Long, Long Trailer: B+ Fun when I saw it 40 years ago. I Love Lucy on wheels?
1954 Brigadoon: B+ Surreal and silly, but worth the trip imho.
1955 The Cobweb: A I love this fast-moving mental health drama! I wish it could be restored.
1955 Kismet: B+ Really silly. But fun.
1956 Lust for Life: A- This movie is slow but very good.
1956 Tea and Sympathy: B Flawed but somehow still kind of good. Censorship means that the main point of this story may have been lost.
1957 Designing Women: ?? Haven't seen it
1958 Gigi: A-
1958 The Reluctant Debutante: ?
1958 Some Came Running: ?
1960 Home From the Hill: ?
1960 Bells Are Ringing: ?
1962 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse? What the heck is this one?
1962 Two Weeks in Another Town: ? Apparently butchered by the studio?
1963 The Courtship of Eddie's Father: ? Glenn Ford and Shirley Jones! I saw the later tv show when I was a kid.
1964 Goodbye Charlie: ?
1965: The Sandpiper: ?
1970: On a Clear Day You can See Forever: A
I love this surreal Barbra Streisand musical.
Wow. I've missed more than a dozen movies from one of my favorite directors. I wish someone would put out a boxed set of his movies, but since that's not going to happen I guess I need to rent the ones I can find from amazon.
Thanks for that list. I never realised this before but there's only one film of his I haven't seen: I Dood It.
I often append very brief opinions about films in various threads but I don't regard myself as a reviewer. I don't split Minnelli's work into pre and post Gigi and I don't have a favorite period but you're missing out if you don't familiarise yourself with his later films..If you feel like it, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts and/or ratings of the films. Do you have any favorites in the post Gigi period, for instance? I've seen almost none of those. And from back in the 1940s what is Yolanda and the Thief like?