(aka "Farewell My Lovely" or "Hyvästi kaunokaiseni" or "Crime vient à la fin, Le" or "Ombra del passato, L'" )
directed by Edward Dmytryk
USA 1944
| His name is Phillip Marlowe, and for the right price he'll follow an unfaithful husband, find a missing bankroll, or spy on a suspicious neighbor. And when he's drawn into a complex web of murder, blackmail and double-dealing, the result is the quintessential film-noir - the one that set the standard for the genre. |
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Theatrical Release: 18 December 1944 (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
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DVD Comparison:
Pan Vision Oy - Region 0 - PAL vs. Warner Home Video - Region 1 - NTSC vs. Pan Vision Oy (Colored version) - Region 0 - PAL
Big thanks to Jarkko Pienimäki and for the Screen Caps!
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| Runtime | 1:31:28 (4% PAL speedup) | 1:35:18 | 1:35:20 (4% PAL speedup) |
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| Audio | English (Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono) |
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| Subtitles | Finnish (Forced) | English, Spanish, French, None | Finnish and none |
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DVD Release Date:
July 6, 2004 Chapters 25 |
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June 15, 2003 Chapters 16 |
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Warner R1 has much
sharper, clearer picture and R2 has some print
damage (white dots and small scratches etc). R1
has a bit better audio track and it has also
English, Spanish and French subtitles which can be
turned off, R2 has only burned in Finnish
subtitles in b/w version and normal Finnish
subtitles in colored version.
Warner has also a great commentary by Alain Silver but Pan Vision has only colored version on the same disc with b/w version. Colored version is only a curiosity and is redundant in my opinion. |
Recommended Reading in Film Noir (CLICK COVERS or TITLES for more information)
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The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir by Foster Hirsch |
Somewhere in the Night: Film Noir and the American City by Nicholas Christopher |
Shades of Noir: A Reader by Joan Copjec |
The Art of Noir: The Posters and Graphics from the
Classic Era of Film Noir by Eddie Muller |
The Little Black and White Book of Film Noir:
Quotations from Films of the 40's and 50's by Peg Thompson, Saeko Usukawa |
Film Noir by Alain Silver |
Film Noir Guide: 745 Films of the Classic Era,
1940-1959 by Michael F. Keaney |
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