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Essays by thirteen leading art and film historians focus on the intriguing and complex interrelationships between still and moving pictures.

Hosted by Roy E. Disney, the track's participants include film historians Leonard Maltin, John Canemaker, and Jeff Kurtti, live - action references for animation Kathryn Beaumont and Margaret Kerry, and animators who worked on the film Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, Ward Kimball, and Marc Davis.

Extras include an isolated score track in 2.0 mono DTS - HD; an audio commentary with film historians Eddy Friedfeld, Paul Scrabo, and Lee Pfeiffer, which is quite good and provides plenty of insight into the making of the film and its status as a New Hollywood film that's been forgotten and worth rediscovery (I concur); the film's original theatrical trailer, presented in HD; a scroll - through of the current Twilight Time catalogue; and as always, an excellent 8 - page insert booklet with an essay by the great Julie Kirgo.

by Walter Chaw The sort of box set that horror fans and film historians slaver over (though Sino - Western ambassadors probably aren't too pleased about), Blue Underground's exceptionally, reverently remastered four - disc «Christopher Lee Collection» gathers four obscure Lee pictures — The Blood of Fu Manchu, The Castle of Fu Manchu, Circus of Fear, and The Bloody Judge — in presentations so vibrant and beautiful that they're almost enough to distract from the uniform tediousness of the films themselves.

But he became a great symbol for English, French and, finally, American film historians as somebody whose inability to fit into the Hollywood system helped destroy him.»

Others cite 1941's «The Maltese Falcon» by John Huston and some film historians maintain that «Double Indemnity» (1944, Billy Wilder) holds the title.

The audio commentaries by some film historians are a bit on the dry side - one would expect for such fans of Japanese monster movies to be a bit more jovial.

, Rediscovering French Film, New York, Museum of Modem Art, 1983 (an anthology of important articles by film historians, critics and filmmakers; has a substantial bibliography)

These include an introduction by Martin Scorsese, a commentary with film composer David Newman and film historians Jon Burlingame, Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman, a making - of featurette, a look at the music of The Robe (the Alfred Newman's score has an isolated music track), still galleries and an interactive press book.

A valuable document for Hitchcock scholars and film historians.

The disc includes Jerry Goldsmith's isolated score track and audio commentary with film historians David Del Valle, Lem Dobbs, and Nick Redman.

Centuries from now, should movies still be being made, film historians will still be talking about Tom Hanks and Clint Eastwood.

It would've even been better as a Waking Life, where the talking heads were film historians and critics who could go on at length while animated versions of the paintings unspooled behind and around them.

Blu - ray extras include a pair of audio commentaries by film historians David Del Valle, Steven Peros, Paul Scrabo, Lee Pfeiffer and Hank Reineke; an interview with Lee; Lee reading excerpts from Doyle's story; and an isolated track of James Bernard's score.

In this one - hour, nine - minute, two - second show, we hear from Fricke, Ebsen, composers / lyricists Marc Shaiman and Stephen Schwartz, author's great - great - grandson Robert A. Baum, film critic Michael Sragow, film historians Leonard Maltin and Sam Wasson, filmmakers William Friedkin and Rob Marshall, Bert Lahr's son John, actors Ruth Duccini and Margaret Pelligrini, author William Wellman, Jr., costume designer Ruth Myers, makeup artist Charles H. Schram, cinematographer Peter Deming, visual effects supervisor Craig Barron, sound designer Ben Burtt,

Blu - ray extras include audio commentary by sing - songwriter Suzanne Vega and film historians Derek Botelho and David Del Valle; separate audio commentary by Carson McCullers biographer Virginia Spencer Carr; a featurette on McCullers; and a discussion of the property by actor Kevin Spacey and Karen Kramer, wife of the film's producer, Stanley Kramer.

«Rogue Cop: The Noir Connection» (13:47, HD) film historians Alain Silver and James Ursini provide critical analysis comparing The French Connection to the «rogue cop» genre within the noir tradition.

He provides commentary for the two films with film historians Bill Krohn and Blake Lucas and personally interviews producer Roger Corman and stars Millie Perkins and Harry Dean Stanton in new featurettes that play like conversations.

Special materials on the unrated 3D Blu - ray release include audio commentary by film historians, interview with star Veronica Hurst, restored three - channel stereophonic sound, and original 3D trailer.

Extras: Fans of this one get two commentaries: an isolated score track with film historians Jeff Bond, Jon Burlingame, and Nick Redman commenting mostly ahead of the music (which really begins when the fantastic voyage begins); and a feature commentary with Bond again covering all the basics in a somewhat average walk - through.

This Twilight Time release features the original commentary recorded by Frankenheimer for the laserdisc release almost 20 years ago plus a new commentary track with Twilight Time founder and historian Nick Redman and film historians Julie Kirgo and Paul Seydor, as well as the usual isolated score track and eight - page booklet.

While actor biographies and trailers are a welcome addition on the set, even more history on Brown and some interview footage with film historians and / or critics would be a welcome addition.

Blu - ray extras include audio commentary by producer Lawrence Turman and film historians Lem Dobbs and Nick Redman; separate audio commentary by film historians David Del Valle and Steven Peros; theatrical trailers; and an isolated score track.

The comment was somewhat facetious, but it underlined a curious fact: not only are most film - lovers unaware of Freed's huge influence on Band Wagon, Silk Stockings, Singin «in the Rain, and the 40 - odd other films produced by his unit, but the very roles of producer and production unit have been little studied by film historians, much less commented on by theorists and critics.

They began in 1909 and consist not simply of film critics like other groups but also film historians, enthusiasts, academics and students.

Until that day, Paramount's Dragonslayer is a must - have for fans of fantasy and film historians just now beginning to understand that, in spite of its lapses, the Eighties as a decade produced a lion's share of seminal fantasies (not mentioned are perhaps the two best — Back to the Future and Predator): genre pictures home to artful dissent, outrage, and no surfeit of sorrow.

Remember, Hitchcock made films for the masses and was only later beloved by film historians.

This release serves up about 8.5 minutes of deleted and extended scenes presented without context, along with a gallery of trailers for other Kino releases and a commentary track with film historians Howard S. Berger and Nathaniel Thompson.

1492: Conquest of Paradise arrives on Blu - ray in North America in a release that features some deleted scenes and a commentary track by a pair of film historians.

Among those appearing are lead voice cast members Tom Hanks (goateed) and Tim Allen, acclaimed animation directors Brad Bird and Hayao Miyazaki (who delivers only a brief subtitled anecdote), helmers of cinematic spectacle George Lucas and a surprisingly svelte Peter Jackson, Disney's go - to film historians Leonard Maltin and John Canemaker, and Roy E. Disney (who gets to sprinkle in the sage observation that the film excels because of story, not CGI - a philosophy Pixar seems to be pushing here).

Thanks to this heuristic practice the figure of Albert Capellani was brought back to the attention of film historians with screenings in the program 100 Years Ago.

Special Features Audio commentary from 2002 featuring director Robert Altman and producer David Foster New making - of documentary, featuring members of the Cast and Crew New conversation about the film and Altman's career between film historians Cari Beauchamp and Rick Jewell Featurette from the film's 1970 production Art Directors Guild Film Society Q&A from 1999 with production designer Leon Ericksen Excerpts from archival interviews with cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond Gallery of stills from the set by photographer Steve Schapiro Excerpts from two 1971 episodes of The Dick Cavett Show featuring Altman and film critic Pauline Kael Trailer PLUS: An essay by novelist and critic Nathaniel Rich

With «Robin Hood,» generations unfamiliar with the Technicolor look can get a really good sampling of why film historians and cinematographers rave and are overcome with a peculiar nostalgia for the color schemes that literally glow, as evidenced from interviews with cinematographers Jack Cardiff and Vittorio Storaro in the excellent documentary on Disc 2, «Glorious Technicolor,» an overview of the company and key personnel, derived from Fred Basten's 1980 book.

SYNOPSIS: 1492: Conquest of Paradise arrives on Blu - ray in North America in a release that features some deleted scenes and a commentary track by a pair of film historians.

Audio commentary track film historians Rudy Behlmer, Jon Burlinggame, and Nick Redman / Mono Isolated Music Score Track / Featurette: «Tyrone Power and His Leading Ladies» (12:22) / Advertising Gallery (4) / Still Gallery (26) / 4 B&W postcard - sized lobby card reproductions / Theatrical Trailer

The film's narrative, set in multiple eras and told through different styles, might suggest a work aimed an audience of sophisticated film historians rather than kids, but Haynes, Lachman notes, had faith in the younger audience and he screened it for audiences of children.

This documentary is worthwhile viewing for die - hard film buffs and film historians as well as Dune fans, but there's no palpable sense that the world is worse off for not having been given Jodorowsky's Dune.

This has nothing to do with Crudo's discipline — fellow cinematographer John Bailey came prepared as a historian and film buff and delivered a super commentary track for Sunrise — but Fox erred in not trimming Crudo's sterile comments down to its essentials, and inter-cutting info from other, if not more broad - minded film historians.

Excellent (4 stars) Unrated Running time: 1332 minutes Studio: Genius Products 8 - Disc DVD Extras: Commentaries from film historians and authors, interviews with former Little Rascals, film introductions, three «our Gang» silent shorts, three featurettes and a 12 - page photo booklet with trivia, images and collectible lobby cards.

The other soundtrack is an audio commentary by film historians Lem Dobbs, Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman.

While it's easy to see the Academy as simply «those people who give out the Oscars,» the institution performs an important function for both filmmakers and film historians, providing symposiums and information for industry professionals and the public alike, access to an extensive film library and archive to researchers and cinematheques, and a valuable reminder of the rich heritage of American cinema.

This is one of the few titles to get an «Encore Edition,» with 3000 more copies, and this edition includes additional supplements: new commentary by Twilight Time's house team of film historians Lem Dobbs, Julie Kirgo, and Nick Redman, plus video introductions by Martin Scorsese (6 minutes, carried over from the «Columbia Film Noir Classics» DVD box set) and Michael Mann (11 minutes).

Produced for this edition is a terrific 55 - minute documentary «Way Out on a Limb,» featuring new interviews with actors René Auberjonois, Keith Carradine, and Michael Murphy, casting director Graeme Clifford, and script supervisor Joan Tewkesbury, and a 37 - minute conversation between film historians Cari Beauchamp and Rick Jewell.

Movie experts, film historians and the public helped to choose the titles to be included in the set issued today (May 13), which also includes more recent releases such as Bend It Like Beckham which starred Keira Knightley.

Both programs feature commentary by film historians and Peckinpah experts Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons, and Nick Redman, which is very useful for both and frankly a labor of love when it comes to Noon Wine.

The new conversation between film historians Cari Beauchamp and Rick Jewell includes an astute discussion of the film's often reductive classification as an «anti-western,» and a variety of older odds and ends round out a diverting package.

Mostly, she starred opposite either Max von Sydow or Erland Josephson, men who critics and film historians often said were stand - ins for Bergman himself.

While film historians have rightly called foul over the colourisation of black - and - white classics, they surely will have less cause to complain about the decision to remaster Oz digitally and to present it as if it's a new James Cameron movie.

«Beatnik Blues: Investigating Daddy - O» is a brief look at how the film fits into the tough guy movies that were in vogue during the 1950s, with comments from the usual film historians who pop up in Shout!

As the world prepares to bid farewell to George W. Bush following tomorrow's election, I came across an apt article in the new edition of Sight and Sound, in which critic Michael Atkinson evaluates how the Bush presidency affected American film, and how the period might be interpreted by future film historians.