Savant's new reviews today are
Yes, Raw Meat is from last year, but I finally caught up with it and thought it was pretty good. There's a tendency among core genre fans to adopt standards that get way out of whack with reality. To read about the 1971 Murders in the Rue Morgue you'd think it was a lost masterpiece, but when it showed up it was pretty dismal, even in a beautiful restored edition. I certainly hope that Mill of the Stone Women isn't disappointing when it finally gets here. (Savant doesn't foster the illusion that he gets every screener before street date. Quite the opposite.)
Liliom is a different case. The movie is extremely good, and Kino has found a decent element for transfer. The film is so rare, Fritz Lang fans are sure to be as pleased as Billy Wilder fans were last year to finally see Mauvaise Graine. Both are in reasonable but not exemplary quality. How do you tell readers that a disc is worth their tight DVD dollars, when the images aren't pristine?
Thanks, Glenn Erickson
Posted by DVD Savant at April 14, 2004 08:40 PM