It's only a few hours to the 59th anniversary of D-Day, and the same few hours to the High School graduation of Savant's youngest offspring .... time flies, that's for sure. Some top-notch discs to review tonight:
Warner's Giant is a good special edition of the epic Texas saga, James Dean's third and last film. Director George Stevens Jr.'s son's control is all over this presentation, from the format of the transfer, to 'introducing' the film in person. With Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor.
Lee Broughton offers up a pair of separate Region 2 PAL releases in one review: The Nude Princess & Mystics in Bali. They read like very strange fantasy horror movies, from Mondo Macabro.
Fox has a quality offering in The Song of Bernadette, a religious film that's consistently intelligent and insightful, even as it walks the tightrope of bad & good taste. It's Hollywood-ized, certainly, but has some good ideas to convey about faith. With the radiant debut of Jennifer Jones.
Artisan's Cloak and Dagger is a Fritz Lang spy film about Atomic secrets that must have ruffled some fur somewhere between Hollywood and Washington, because its entire last scene was censored. Savant has the full story. With Gary Cooper and Lilli Palmer.
And Universal's least classic Western is the Audie Murphy programmer The Duel at Silver Creek, a rootin' tootin' shoot 'em up that Yosemite Sam would love. Stephen McNally, Faith Domergue and a young Susan Cabot star.
Former Savant contributor Stuart Galbraith probably won't be returning to these pages, as he's been tapped to become the new DVD reviewer at The Home Theater Forum. He's an excellent choice - and now I'll have a new reviewer to read in addition to Mark Bourne and others at The DVD Journal. Good luck, Stuart! Glenn Erickson
Posted by DVD Savant at June 05, 2003 04:27 PM
