DVD Savant is a day late but one review over the limit today - two musicals and a very impressive Scottish art film.
Warner's Singin' in the Rain Special Edition will entice owners of earlier DVD releases - the transfer's better, and the extras are very good. A two-disc set.
Paramount's Grease Special Edition will please a lot of John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John fans; Savant loves the actors but has a real grudge against this one.
Criterion does it again with Lynne Ramsay's Ratcatcher, an extremely well-made story of one boy's stifling, brutal life in a spirit-crushing Glasgow slum. The sensitive direction is unburdened by earlier socially-conscious approaches to the subject.
Savant again won't quite cover all of next Tuesday's releases in time, but will do his best. Thanks for reading! Glenn Erickson
Posted by DVD Savant at September 21, 2002 12:10 AM