Warner Home Video just announced the release of six elusive classics on DVD, notably John Boorman's brilliant, long-awaited Point Blank (1967) and Fritz Lang's Clash by Night (1952). The other titles include Robert Wise's Born to Kill (1947), Edward Dmytryk's Crossfire (1947), Max Nosseck's Dillinger (1945) and Richard Fleischer's The Narrow Margin (1952). Several contemporary directors will provide commentary tracks: Peter Bogdanovich will fill in for Fritz Lang, John Milius (who did the 1973 remake) will talk about Dillinger, William Friedkin will do The Narrow Margin and Steven Soderbergh will join John Boorman for Point Blank. And Robert Wise is still with us, and will do his own track for Born to Kill. On a sad note, however, VCI Entertainment has announced that their Anthony Mann discs Raw Deal and T-Men (1949) will be going out of print. That gives fans a chance to snatch up copies for about $6 before collectors jack the price up to $75 or $80 each.
| :: posted by Jeffrey M. Anderson, 6/02/2005 | Comments (2) Links to this post |
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Thanks for the tip on the Mann films -- just ordered the pair of them. I've been meaning to get them for a while now and would have hated to miss out on them.
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