February 16, 2005
Tuesday February 15, 2005

Savant's new reviews today are

Casque d'or Criterion
Leave Her to Heaven Fox
Fidel Castro PBS and
Satan Never Sleeps Fox

A quick drop-off of reviews today ... gotta make an online appointment on time. I have one reader with some info that might be passed around, if only to get a confirmation. He says that a DVD release of the 1979 Dracula has been 'creatively retransferred' by its director John Badham to desaturate almost all the color except for the reds of blood, and that Badham's explanation is that he wanted to do this for the film theatrically but was overruled. The reader misses the bright colors he remembers and wishes there were enough concern to have the picture brought out again (don't know how likely that is). Is there some online information I can look into on this? Is his description of the color accurate?

Thanks for reading, Glenn Erickson

Posted by DVD Savant at February 16, 2005 07:28 AM