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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Jul 26, 2019 1:59:50 GMT
Joan of Arc 48. I was wondering why I have never seen this before since I love historical epics. Then I remembered that many years ago I found out about the version then on the market was cut by some 45 minutes, so it stayed off my radar. I also think at the time the only release of the 145 minute full version was a Asian import job and the print was poor. What cut did you see? Was it a nice picture? I believe it is the full release, it's 145 minutes. The picture quality is very nice although maybe not perfect. The colors are vibrant however and quite beautiful. It's the Kino Lorber classics release on Blu-ray. Brill, thanks for that mate, I'll have to do a little retail therapy  Edit: Ironically I ended up going to Amazon France to get a deal on the Region B Blu-ray. So I'll be watching it on my next "epic" movie weekend.
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Post by teleadm on Jul 26, 2019 16:04:09 GMT
Thanks hitchcockthelegendYour review of Party Girl 1958 sort of confirmed my wonders about the movie and my own undecidedness, I've even read that it's supposed to be seen as a satire. If you say it was Robert Taylor's last for MGM, I would say I'm not sure, maybe the last on his old contract, but he still had a to do a few more to be free, maybe a certain amount of movies deal, since he made The Detectives for MGM Television later. Since I've read that Cattle King 1963 was the last under his old contract, but maybe it had been negotiated that he owed MGM a certain amount of movies instead. Not saying I'm right or that you are wrong! Over the months since you've been here I have enjoyed reading your in depth reviews and thoughts, both of movies I've seen and others have seen. I'm just very bad in showing any sort of gratitude! Disliking A Clockwork Orange, I know I'm not alone! Again Thanks! |
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Post by MrFurious on Jul 27, 2019 12:29:30 GMT
Best one I saw this week was Searching(18)
Shock and Awe(17)
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile(19)
The Hitman's Bodyguard(17)
were other good ones
Dark Crimes(16) was an odd interesting one cos of a serious Jim Carrey role
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Aug 4, 2019 12:17:13 GMT
Thanks hitchcockthelegend Your review of Party Girl 1958 sort of confirmed my wonders about the movie and my own undecidedness, I've even read that it's supposed to be seen as a satire. If you say it was Robert Taylor's last for MGM, I would say I'm not sure, maybe the last on his old contract, but he still had a to do a few more to be free, maybe a certain amount of movies deal, since he made The Detectives for MGM Television later. Since I've read that Cattle King 1963 was the last under his old contract, but maybe it had been negotiated that he owed MGM a certain amount of movies instead. Not saying I'm right or that you are wrong! Over the months since you've been here I have enjoyed reading your in depth reviews and thoughts, both of movies I've seen and others have seen. I'm just very bad in showing any sort of gratitude! Disliking A Clockwork Orange, I know I'm not alone! Again Thanks! ! So sorry I'm late responding, thought I had done so and then after just having a conversation about Taylor it reminded me that I hadn't. He left MGM in 1958 and formed his own company, Robert Taylor productions. The Detectives wasn't an MGM production was it? I mean I have never seen it but it's credited as a Levy-Gardner-Laven job. I would have to dig deeper about the films he would have made for MGM post 58, but I do research when I do full reviews and I read it in one of his biographies that he definitely left MGM in 58. Thanks for the query though, I'm always wanting folk to point out errors so I can correct them in writings. 
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