I recently got my hands on Universal's very, very welcome three-disc set The Pre-Code Hollywood Collection, and the first thing I put in the player was 1934's Murder At The…
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There have been a few very kind, and yes, very encouraging words directed my way in varied comments threads recently, and as I'm a bit too shagged at the moment…
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Serge Renko and Cecile Cassel, The Romance of Astrea and Celadon, Rohmer, 2007 Since I don't entirely trust Koch Lorber products (and have also lost touch with the publicist who…
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Wade Crosby as Danton, Richard Baseheart as Robespierre; Reign of Terror, Anthony Mann, 1949 Wojciech Pszoniak as Robespierre, Gerard Depardieu as Danton; Danton, Anrzej Wajda, 1983Two versions, two visions. Mann's…
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About two months ago, the writer Jeremiah Kipp interviewed me about David Foster Wallace, the work of his that I edited at Premiere, my perspective on it, and a bunch…
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I can't be the only one who thinks of Zabriskie Point whenever this news story gets updated. Can I?By the way, a domestic DVD of Antonioni's 1970 picture, which I…
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