March 31, 2006
Saturday April Fool's Day

Savant's new reviews today are

King Kong  2005 Universal
The Long Good Friday  Explosive Special Edition Anchor Bay
Indian Babu  Image and
The Fifth Cord  Blue Underground

Greetings ... Geoffrey Kleinman has given a slightly different look to the Savant main page as of last Wednesday. I think it makes better use of the space at the top of the column.

Gary Teetzel passed on this link to a Paramount Studios Preservation Website that actually shows what they've been working on. I'm told that they've deleted a lot of interesting detail that used to be posted, but it's still interesting to see. Paramount controls a big piece of the old Republic library but there are no entries for Invasion of the Body Snatchers or Johnny Guitar, darn it.

My editor friend Les Kaye (an Emmy winner for the old Pee Wee Herman's Playhouse) has had a pretty amazing gig for the last year, especially if one likes new music -- he's cutting special videos for a company that runs a futuristic rehearsal hall for top acts. The whole place is wired for robot HD cameras, providing the editors with a full multi-cam feed, and the stages are big enough to jam in a couple of hundred audience members for taping impromptu concerts. With the moving cameras up out of the way on the ceiling, the talent and the audience aren't distracted. The company has a new website with a lot of video samples and other goodies; I'm probably not as attuned to this as some of my readers, but it can all be checked out at Rehearsals.com.

Am splitting my time between writing reviews and filling out insurance papers about the big 'accident' last Monday; I'd put up a shot of the empty driveway where (sniff) my car used to be, but the object of DVD Savant is not to make people cry. See you on Tuesday, if I can get enough reviews done! Thanks, Glenn Erickson

Posted by DVD Savant at March 31, 2006 08:02 PM