July is fast getting away from us, but the discs aren't. Savant has more horror coming up, but takes a break for these two classic foreign films.
Image's Ossessione is a neorealist drama that closely resembles American film noir about murdering wives and lovers. It should, as it's Luchino Visconti's unauthorized screen telling of James M. Cain's The Postman Always Rings Twice.
Criterion has put a lot of movie into one little disc, in their deluxe edition of Kon Ichikwawa's Tokyo Olympiad, a riveting and emotional translation of the Olympic experience into visual terms. Includes a lengthy interview with the director, and full coverage on the film's heated reception by the Japanese Olympic Committee, who hadn't expected such an artistically oriented picture.
Up before Tuesday, two new Anchor Bay Hammer entries. Thanks for Reading, Glenn Erickson
Posted by DVD Savant at July 28, 2002 04:13 PM