Four, count 'em, four reviews tonight ... five if ya take the double header into account. Probably won't be back with more until Monday or Tuesday ...
Universal's Fahrenheit 451 is a better transfer of the 1966 Francois Truffaut sci fi fable, and it has a brace of excellent docus to help it all make sense.
MGM's Cry of the Banshee & Murders in the Rue Morgue are an undisputed bargain, but not the best pair of horror films one is going to encounter ... yet both are beautiful restorations of cuts never shown in theaters, and one has Vincent Price, to boot.
MGM's A Chorus Line can also boast an excellent transfer of this Panavision musical; Michael Douglas stars in the screen adaptation that didn't repeat the success of the stage hit. Coming 9 years later may have something to do with it.
Retromedia's Satanik is a limp crime - horror film with a title and trappings that might hook those looking for a comic-book thriller. Bad idea ...
Savant's now going to dig into part 2 of the Ruscico/Image WAR AND PEACE ... then it's back to work! Thanks for reading
Posted by DVD Savant at April 18, 2003 09:04 PM