DVD Reviews

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I Shot Jesse James (1949) USA Director Samuel Fuller Screenplay Samuel Fuller Producer Carl K. Hittleman Director of Photography Ernest Miller Film Editor Paul Landres Art Director Frank Hotaling Costume Designer Alfred Berke Music Albert Glasser With Preston Foster (Kelley), Barbara Britton (Cynthy), John Ireland (Bob Ford), Reed Hadley (Jesse James), J. Edward Bromberg (Kane), Victor Kilian (Soapy), Tom Tyler (Frank James), Tom Noonan (Charles Ford), Eddie Dunn (Bartender), Margia Dean Saloon singer), Byron Foulger (Room clerk), Jeni Le Gon (Maid), Barbara Woodell (Zee James), Phil Pine (Man in saloon), Robin Short (Troubador). Runtime 81 minutes The Baron of Arizona (1950) USA Director Samuel Fuller Screenplay Samuel Fuller Producer Carl K. Hittleman Director of Photography James Wong Howe Film Editor Arthur Hilton Production Designer Jack Poplin Art Director F. Paul Sylos Music Paul Dunlap With Vincent Price (James Addison Reavis, the Baron), Ellen Drew (Sofia de Peralta-Reavis, the Baroness), Vladimir Sokoloff (Pepito), Beulah Bondi (Loma), Reed Hadley (Griff), Robert H. Barrat (Judge), Robin Short (Lansing), Tina Rome (Rita), Karen Kester (Sofia, as a child), Margia Dean (Marquesa), Jonathan Hale (Governor), Edward Keane (Surveyor Miller), Barbara Woodell (Carry Lansing), I. Stanford Jolley (Secretary of the Interior), Fred Kohler, Jr. (Demmings), Tristram Coffin (McCleary), Gene Roth (Father Guardian), Angelo Rosito (Angie), Ed East (Hank), Joe Green (Gunther). Runtime 97 minutes. The Steel Helmet (1951) USA Director Samuel Fuller Screenplay Samuel Fuller Producer Samuel Fuller Director of Photography Ernest Miller Film Editor Philip Cahn Art Director Theobold Holsopple Music Paul Dunlap With Gene Evans (Zack), Robert Hutton (Private Conchie Bronte), Steve Brodie (Lieutenant Driscoll), James Edwards (Corporal Thompson), Richard Loo (Sergeant Buddha-Head Tanaka), Sid Melton (Joe), Richard Monahan (Private Baldy), William Chun (Short Round), Harold Fong (The Red), Neyle Morrow (GI). Runtime 84 minutes Produced and Distributed by The Criterion Collection (region 1) Sound Mix Mono What Remains (2006) USA Director Steven Cantor Produced by Steven Cantor, Daniel Laikind, Pax Wassermann Producer Mandy Stein Director of Photography Paul Dokuchitz Editor Pax Wassermann Original Music Billy Cote, Mary Lorson Runtime 80 minutes DVD USA, 2008 Produced and Distributed by Zeitgeist Films (region 1 NTSC) Aspect Ratio 16:9 anamorphic Extras New Anamorphic master, enhanced for widescreen televisions. Director Steven Cantor's 1994 Oscar-nominated documentary short Blood Ties, shot during the creation of Sally Mann's Immediate Family series. Photos from Mann's Deep South, Immediate Family and What Remains series. Eight deleted scenes. Mann's lecture excerpts from a 2003 Photojournalism Conference. Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired. Printed excerpt from an interview at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. Borderline (1930) UK Director Kenneth Macpherson Screenplay Kenneth Macpherson Produced by Pool Films Director of Photography Kenneth Macpherson With Paul Robeson (Pete), Eslanda Robeson (Adah), Hilda Doolittle (H.D.) (Astrid), Gavin Arthur (Thorne), Winifred Bryher (The Caf Manageress), Charlotte Arthur (The Barmaid), Robert Herring (The Pianist), Blanche Lewin (The Old Lady) Runtime 71 minutes DVD, UK, 2007 Produced and Distributed by the British Film Institute (region 2) as a two disc set Aspect Ration 1.33:1 Extras New score by Courtney Pine. Biographies. Trailers of Pink Narcissus (James Bidgood, 1971) and Dreams That Money Can Buy (Hans Richter, 1947). Kenwin (Vronique Gol, 1996), a 86-minute documentary about Bryher, H.D. and Macpherson's Swiss residence. Close Up (Vronique Gol, 1996), a 13-minute documentary about the pioneering magazine. A short filmed interview with Courtney Pine. 20-page booklet with essays by Jamie Sexton, Sukhdev Sandhu and David Bailey. The Ice Storm (1997) USA Director Ang Lee Screenplay James Schamus Original Story Rick Moody Producer Ted Hope, James Schamus, Ang Lee Director of Photography Frederick Elmes, ASC Art Director Unnamed Costumes Carol Oditz With Kevin Kline (Ben Hood), Joan Allen (Elena Hood), Henry Czerny (George Clair), Adam Hann-Byrd (Sandy Carver), Tobey Maguire (Paul Hood), Christina Ricci (Wendy Hood), Jamey Sheridan (Jim Carver), Elijah Wood (Mikey Carver) and Sigourney Weaver (Janey Carver). Runtime 113 minutes DVD USA, 2008 Produced and Distributed by The Criterion Collection (Region 1) Aspect Ration 1.85:1 Sound Mix Stereo Extras New restored high-definition digital transfer. Audio commentary by Ang Lee and James Schamus. Theatrical trailer. New documentary featuring interviews with actors Joan Allen, Kevin Kline, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Sigourney Weaver and Elijah Wood. New video interview with novelist Rick Moody. Deleted scenes. Footage from an event honouring Lee and Schamus at New York's Museum of the Moving Image. Visual essays on the look of the film, featuring interviews with the cinematographer, production designer and costume designer. A new essay by film critic Bill Krohn. Twenty-page book.