Tales of Long Gone Hot Summers
It might be October, but it sure feels like a warm August, so let’s dig into William Faulkner’s The Long, Hot Summer (1958) + Tennessee Williams’ Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) on Blu from Twilight Time.
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DVD: Dream of Kings, A (1969)
What begins as a small drama about a liar, gambler, womanizer, father, and proud Greek turns into a much different film when lead character Matsoukas (Anthony Quinn) makes decision and pushes the story in a direction that may have worked in Harry Mark Petrakis’ novel, but in Daniel Mann’s film it causes Matsoukas to lose some tenuous audience sympathy…
BR: Pony Soldier (1952)
Return to: Home / Blu-ray, DVD, Film Reviews / P to R . Film: Good/ BR Transfer: Very Good / BR Extras: Good Label: Twilight Time/ Region: All / Released: March, 2013 Genre: Western Synopsis: A Canadian Mountie crosses into the United States to bring back a rogue Cree band. Special Features: Isolated Mono Music Track / […]
William Faulkner on film, Sam Sniderman passes away
Film reviews of The Sound and the Fury (Twilight Time) on Blu and The Long, Hot Summer (Fox) on DVD, each based on material by impenetrable writer William Faulkner, plus news of Sam Sniderman’s passing – bigwig of Sam the Recordman
BR: Long, Hot Summer, The (1958)
Film: Excellent Transfer: Very Good Extras: Good Label: Twentieth Century-Fox Region: All Released: August 15, 2017 Genre: Drama Synopsis: A drifter with a history of barn burning worms his way into the lives of a troubled new money family. Special Features: Isolated Stereo Music Track / 2001 AMC Backstory episode (21:29) / 1958 Newsreel (2:00) […]
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