The Sound of Music on 4K Disc? (2 Viewers)

[Robert Crawford]

But Flower Drum Song hasn't even gotten a Blu-ray.

Kino is releasing it on Blu-ray.

 

[Matt Hough]

Pauline Kael hated it.

The Sound of Music was way too "square" for someone like Pauline Kael, who longed to be considered hip and with it, to approve of it.

 

[roxy1927]

Kino is releasing it on Blu-ray.

I hadn't heard that. Great news.

 

[Lord Dalek]

Pauline Kael hated it.

Pauline Kael hated everything.

 

[Chewbabka]

Hopefully the classic musicals being released on 4k (My Fair Lady, Oliver!, and Willy Wonka) Will sell well and disney will finally wake up and jump on board. Would love to see Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomstick, Hello, Dolly, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and, all of the Rodgers and Hammerstein films on 4k disc, maybe a 4k boxset for them. I know it's probably just wishful thinking but who knows.

Mary Poppins could look stunning on 4k. The Blu-Ray is spectacular and one of my favorite discs. But I’m terrified if Disney does get around to it, they’ll butcher it with DNR and other processing out of fear that 4K resolution will lift the curtain too far on the effects.

 

[roxy1927]

Pauline Kael hated everything.

Not entirely true. She LOVED Last Tango in Paris.
Though to be fair I've never seen it. Sounds like it would not go over well today.

 

[trajan007]

She liked 2001

 

[Worth]

She liked 2001

Nope.

Pauline Kael on '2001: A Space Odyssey' - Scraps from the loft

Read Pauline Kael’s infamous review of '2001: A Space Odyssey', where she referred to the movie as “trash masquerading as art” and “monumentally unimaginative.”

scrapsfromtheloft.com

 

[usrunnr]

Not entirely true. She LOVED Last Tango in Paris.
Though to be fair I've never seen it. Sounds like it would not go over well today.

So she did like musicals.

 

[PMF]

Why are we still giving space and air-time to a dead critic who hated the very movie that we’re trying to promote?
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Dear Disney,

Please release “The Sound of Music” on 4K/UHD.

Sincerely,
PMF

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

Pauline Kael hated it.

Why would anyone care what she thought?

 

[roxy1927]

Well she was the last film critic of any major influence. We won't see her like again. And The Sound of Music nefariously got her fired. A movie never did it to a critic before and hasn't since. Pretty sneaky.

 

[mitchk]

Saw this on YouTube yesterday:

 

[Osato]

Saw this on YouTube yesterday:

Interesting. I wonder if there is a release finally in the works.

 

[TonyD]

I never would have heard of Pauline kael if not for this topic.

 

[JC Riesenbeck]

Pauline Kael hated it.

Highest recommendation I can think of as a reason to watch a movie. Insomnia? Try reading a Pauline Kael movie review.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

I never would have heard of Pauline kael if not for this topic.

Guess you probably didn't follow Roger Ebert much (and maybe some others)... I was not exactly an avid follower of Ebert (though I certainly gave his reviews the most weight of all critics/reviewers), but his occasional admiring mentions of Kael were how I originally heard of her IIRC (probably back in the late-90's or maybe early 2000's)...

_Man_

 

[TonyD]

I watched every episode of all his review shows, every incarnation.
Followed him on Twitter.
Never read his books though.
Huge fan of Siskel and Ebert but if I ever heard him tAlk about her I don’t remember it.

I just listened to an 8 part podcast about both Gene and Roger and a handful of reviewers were brought up and interviewed and Kael wasn’t one of them.

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

Interesting. I wonder if there is a release finally in the works.

That’s a fan-made clip.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

I watched every episode of all his review shows, every incarnation.
Followed him on Twitter.
Never read his books though.
Huge fan of Siskel and Ebert but if I ever heard him tAlk about her I don’t remember it.

I just listened to an 8 part podcast about both Gene and Roger and a handful of reviewers were brought up and interviewed and Kael wasn’t one of them.

Ebert mentioned her (and her writing, etc) in his written reviews and articles. Given how that generally goes, probably doesn't work nearly as well to mention her (in passing) on his movie review show (whether w/ Siskel or others later)...

Here are a few quick hits from a basic google...

Pauline Kael: On art & trash, life & lice | Interviews | Roger Ebert

It's a notion that takes some growing used to, but Pauline Kael makes her case persuasively: "Almost every interesting American movie in the past few years has been directed by a Catholic." And then she names the three directors she feels are making the most exciting movies right now: Francis...

www.rogerebert.com

Why Pauline Kael never saw a movie twice | Features | Roger Ebert

Transcript from pages 74-77 of Afterglow, A Last Conversation with Pauline Kael (2003), by Francis Davis. ¶ Q. You were famous -- infamous some might say -- for never seeing a movie more than once. A. That's right. Q. But now that you have... A. More time? I still don't look at movies...

www.rogerebert.com

Knocked up at the movies | Roger Ebert | Roger Ebert

Above all it was her personality. Pauline Kael had an overwhelming presence in a conversation. There will no doubt be many discussions of Kael's work and influence and with the publication of Brian Kellow's new biography Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark, and the Library of America's forthcoming...

www.rogerebert.com

And near the very top of Kael's Wikipedia entry:

One of the most influential American film critics of her era,[2] she left a lasting impression on the art form. Roger Ebert argued in an obituary that Kael "had a more positive influence on the climate for film in America than any other single person over the last three decades." Kael, he said, "had no theory, no rules, no guidelines, no objective standards. You couldn't apply her 'approach' to a film. With her it was all personal."[3]

_Man_