Frank Sinatra: The Detective and The First Deadly Sin
Sinatra the cop: reviews of The Detective (1968) on Blu from Twilight Time + The First Deadly Sin (1980) from Warner Home Video.
Author Archive: Mark R. Hasan
BR: Detective, The (1968)
Film: Very Good Transfer: Excellent Extras: Very Good Label: Twilight Time Region: All Released: December 8, 2015 Genre: Crime / Detective / Thriller Synopsis: A senior detective is pressured by the department to solve the murder of a councilman’s son. Special Features: Audio Commentary with film historians David Del Valle, Lem Dobbs, and Nick Redman / Stereo Isolated Music Track / 8-page colour booklet […]
DVD: First Deadly Sin, The (1980)
Film: Good Transfer: Very Good Extras: n/a Label: Warner Home Video Region: 1 (NTSC) Released: May 18, 1999 Genre: Crime / Detective / Serial Killer Synopsis: A retiring detective is pushed to his limits when he must solve a serial killing no one cares about, and comfort his dying wife. Special Features: (none) Review: The earliest effort by Hollywood to film the first novel […]
Leni Riefenstahl’s Nuremberg Trilogy (1933-1935) + Stuart Schulberg’s Nuremberg: Its Lessons for Today (1948)
Reviews of Leni Riefenstahl’s trio of Nuremberg films made for the Nazi party – Victory of the Faith (1933) via Archive.org, Triumph of the Will (1934) + Day of Freedom (1935) on Blu via Synapse Films – and Stuart Schulberg’s sobering Nuremberg: Its Lessons for Today (1948).
BR: Triumph of the Will / Triumph des Willens (1935)
Perhaps the ultimate and scariest propaganda film ever made – and rightly so – Leni Riefenstahl’s self-professed ‘document’ of the 1934 Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg was a meticulously plotted production designed from the ground-up to assault the senses of German audiences and make it clear Adolph Hitler was not only the country’s man in charge, but its self-appointed savior and visionary…
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