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 Verfasst am: 05 Dez 2005 15:22 Titel: Gerücht: "Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory" |
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In der ersten Hälfte des neuen Jahres soll laut einer Judy Garland-News-Group ein "Classic Musicals from the Dream Factory"-Box-Set von Warner Bros. erscheinen. Folgende Filme sollen enthalten sein:
- "Bis die Wolken vorüberziehen / Till the Clouds Roll By" [USA 1946, Richard Whorf, Vincente Minnelli (uncredited), George Sidney (uncredited)]
- "Broadway-Melodie 1950 [aka: Ziegfelds himmlische Träume] / Ziegfeld Follies" [USA 1946, Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis, Eugene Loring, Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney, Charles Walters, Norman Taurog (uncredited)]
- "Summer Stock" [USA 1950, Charles Walters]
- "Drei kleine Worte / Three Little Words" [USA 1950, Richard Thorpe]
- "Vorwiegend Heiter / It's Always Fair Weather" [USA 1955, Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly]
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| Verfasst am: 19 Apr 2006 15:16 Titel: |
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Von DVD Savant gibt's 'ne Kritik zu It's only Fair Weather.
| Zitat: | Warners' DVD of It's Always Fair Weather finally obsoletes treasured laserdiscs, a 1989 edition when letterboxing was a new craze, and a pricey 1996 combo box with a much better transfer. Although my slightly over-scanning projection television doesn't show me the whole image, this is said to carry an authentic 2:55 early 'Scope aspect ratio. The audio has been remixed to 5.1.
The featurette Going Out on a High Note is surprisingly critical of the film, indicating how it's always suffered by comparison with earlier 'classics' and its status marking the end of the road for the MGM musical tradition. Clip extras include two B&W MGM TV show clips with Charisse and Kelly, daily clips from "The Binge" (the trash can dance), an audio outtake from an unused number, and deleted scenes from two numbers, including Michael Kidd's elaborate "Jack and the Space Giants" number. The trailer is included as well ... it too does not seem aimed very well at 1955 audiences.
The disc also has two cartoons. Deputy Droopy is a Tex Avery short that makes us wonder when an Avery collection will surface. Good Will Toward Men is a remake of a cartoon called Peace on Earth that Savant reviewed when it turned up on the DVD for A Christmas Carol. This time around the apocalyptic analogy is literal ... the furry little animals have inherited the Earth because humans have been eliminated by a (frighteningly pictured) nuclear war. The cartoon's anthropomorphic tricks are a little clumsy -- the mice, squirrels and Owl don't know what the Bible is, but they congregate in a church to sing Christmas Carols, and say "Merry Christmas" to one another. Hanna & Barbera, the makers of the Oscar-Nominated cartoon, also skirt the fact that any nuclear holocaust that would eradicate humans would also take out most cuddly animals as well ... although we might think that rats and mice could adapt to most anything.
Warners' disc planners don't just throw their extras together -- they must have seen the 50s-angst musical It's Always Fair Weather as an appropriate venue for the doom-laden cartoon short. |
Schön zu hören, daß die Featurette sich kritisch mit dem Film auseinandersetzt.
Ebenfalls von DVD Savant die Kritik zu Three Little Words:
| Zitat: | Warners' DVD of Three Little Words is a fine restoration, with only a blip of misregistration here and there, and a few bits of dirt. The original mono mix sounds strong and hearty.
The unattributed interview docu Three Little Words: Two Swell Guys gives a fair overview of the picture using a pair of authors well-attuned to the DVD featurette format -- everything they say is bite-sized and punctuated for maximum effect. The 16:9 show frequently enlarges and crops shots from the movie, making them look exceedingly ugly ... if that effect is necessary, it would be wise to re-convert the HD master to NTSC for these shots on an individual basis. On the other hand, doing it this way avoids the problem that occurs on some discs (not this studio's) with clip-oriented docus: Due to different bit rates in the encoding, the clips in the featurette can end up looking better than the feature.
The extras begin with a trailer and a radio promo, and end with two featurettes with tenuous relation to the host movie. The Tex Avery cartoon Ventriloquist Cat may have come from the same year, but Fitzpatrick Traveltalk: Roaming through Michigan looks like it comes from the late '30s and doesn't connect at all ... neither Kalmar or Ruby come from that state. |
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