directed by
Charles Vidor
USA 1957
Ernest Hemingway's celebrated novel about a young lieutenant and an English
nurse who fall in love during World War I is brought to the screen with David O.
Selznick's usual grandeur. This would be Selznick's final film production
basically due to the fact that the A Farewell To Arms was a commercial
and critical bomb. It would also prove to be a severe set back to Jennifer
Jones' career.
A Farewell To Arms had previously been filmed back in 1932 with Gary Cooper and
Helen Hayes. That version was a very tame affair compared to this one. It stuck
mainly to the love story, stayed under 90 minutes long and was a great success.
Selznick had greater plans for the remake. He was still trying to out-do
Gone With The Wind but A Farewell To Arms would prove to be the least successful of
his entire career.
It is evident from the sweeping credits (like
Gone With The Wind) that Selznick is
attempting to present another fabulous epic film. The ensuing feature runs 152
minutes and does contain some impressive large scale sequences such as the men
marching up the Alps to war. The photography is exquisite with beautiful color
and filming on location (especially the Switzerland scenes) certainly resulted
in some fabulous scenes.
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Theatrical Release: December 14th, 1957
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DVD Review: Fox Home Entertainment - Region 1 - NTSC
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The Fox edition is also available in The
Hemingway Classics Collection which includes -
The Sun Also Rises,
A
Farewell to Arms,
The Snows of Kilimanjaro,
Under My Skin and Adventures
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This image is anamorphic at approx. 2.35:1 and is progressively transferred. Black levels are very strong and at times the picture quality is a little soft and colors look pasty. It does tend to look heavy at times too, but overall it is weak but acceptable. Included with the optional English, French and Spanish subtitles are monaural audio with DUBs of the last two.
Extras include a trailer and some Fox Movie-Tone news clips at the
time of release. Fox is seen as doing adequate DVD production, rarely
stellar and rarely any flops. This again is middle of the pack and we
aren't complaining too much.
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