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Douglas Sirk Collection, Vol. 2
All I Desire (1953)
There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
Interlude (1957) The
Tarnished Angels (1958)
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All I Desire (1953) An early Sirk melodrama that is saved by Stanwyck's full-blooded performance. She's a failed actress invited back to the small town she left ten years earlier after a scandalous affair. Her daughter is acting in a play and wants her mother to see her in the high school production, but the townsfolk have long memories and are prepared to punish Stanwyck for her past behavior. Excerpt from Channel 4 located HERE
There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
Excerpt from Dave Kehr of the Chicago Reader
A James M Cain story filmed before as When Tomorrow Comes by John M Stahl, Interlude is not one of Sirk's masterpieces, but is still a more than adequate melodrama about a Continental love triangle. Allyson is the naive American travelling through Europe who falls for smooth classical conductor Brazzi. Koch is Brazzi's crazy wife, who is not willing to accept the situation graciously. The glorious Technicolor makes the film look more like a tourist advertisement at times, but Sirk manages to convey the rollercoaster emotions of his protagonists almost effortlessly. Excerpt from Channel 4 located HERE
The Tarnished Angels (1958) Douglas Sirk took a vacation from Ross Hunter and Technicolor for this 1958 production, though he retained Rock Hudson, who turns in an astonishingly good performance as a journalist who finds himself fascinated by the sordid lives of a trio of professional stunt fliers (Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, and Jack Carson). Based on a minor novel by William Faulkner (Pylon), the film betters the book in every way, from the quality of characterization to the development of the dark, searing imagery. Made in black-and-white CinemaScope, the film doesn't survive on television; it should be seen in a theater or not at all. |
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Theatrical Releases: Various from 1953 - 1958
DVD Review: Carlotta (8-disc) - Region 2 - PAL
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| Distribution | Carlotta (8-disc) - Region 2 - PAL | |
| Time: | over 7 hrs. of feature films total on four discs and 4 discs of extras | |
| Audio | English (original mono) - Tarnished Angels also has an optional French DUB | |
| Subtitles | French, None | |
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Release Information: Edition Details:
Disc 1's all have the feature and 'Bande Annonce' trailers Disc 2's All I Desire
• Billy Gray on Sirk's
All I Desire (24:58 - English!) Tarnished Angels
• La ronde de l'aube par Bourget
& Berthomieu (25:04 - in French no subtitles)
DVD Release Date: November 2nd, 2008 |
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NOTE: The 4 main features (with a bonus disc each - in total 8 discs) of this boxset are housed in individual slim, transparent, double-disc keep cases (see image above) and are also sold separately with a reasonable savings accrued by purchasing in one complete package. Technical specifications of the discs: All eight DVDs are coded for region 2 in the PAL standard, are dual-layered, and features are anamorphic where widescreen. Each have original English mono audio and options for French subtitles in an off-white font. My computer and both region-free players do not enforce the subtitles.
Image:
Quality is exceptionally strong for SD-DVD. I see plenty of grain - very
few speckles of dirt and the discs all appear progressive although I see
some very infrequent combing on the Interlude transfer (the
weakest looking of the 4). This may be utilizing the 'alchemist' method
of transfer. In both compared instances below the French Carlotta image
is superior to the UK counterpart. These have very high bitrates and
don't share dual-layered discs with much anything else but a few
trailers. The SD-DVD transfer seems to have maxed out the potential of
this format. Quite magnificent!
Audio - All original English mono or 2.0 with and there are optional French subtitles
for each film. NOTE: Tarnished Angels also has an optional French
DUB
Extras - Each supplement disc offers a 'Bourget & Berthomieu' 20
minute discussion in French with no subtitles. But there are plenty of English
friendly extras to indulge in. On All I Desire the hour-long Interview with Sirk
(Days With Sirk) is very enjoyable and informative viewing. Also in
English on that bonus disc is the 20 minute Billy Gray on Sirk's All I Desire.
On Interlude's bonus disc I enjoyed Kathryn Bigelow take on Sirk wishing
it was much longer but we also get the entire 1.5 hour Stahl film When
Tomorrow Comes. There are quite a few Fiction Factory pieces (films by
Robert Fischer) that are English friendly and cover a wide scope of Sirk's work
including reminiscence with 2 actresses from There's Always Tomorrow (Pat
Crowley and Gigi Perreau. Le
Cercle Infernal has about 1/2 hour of Bill Krohn discussing the film
with sporadic clips. Parlons Du Spectacle talks with William
Schallert for 18 minutes on his recollections of the film and his career
plus working with other directors including Max Ophuls and Edgar Ulmer.
Jouer Pour Douglas Sirk is 22 minutes and has vintage interview
pieces with Sirk, Rock Hudson, Dorothy Malone and Robert Stack - mostly
about Tarnished Angels.
Overall impression:
Fabulous, almost essential, boxset - important films looking wonderful
with extensive extras. Strongly recommended!
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All I Desire Case Cover
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Directed by Douglas
Sirk
Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Carlson, Lyle Bettger and Maureen
O'Sullivan
Screen Captures
Universal (UK - Stanwyck Collection REVIEWED HERE) - Region 2 - PAL - TOP vs. Carlotta - Region 2 - PAL - BOTTOM
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Universal (UK - Stanwyck Collection - REVIEWED HERE) - Region 2 - PAL - TOP vs. Carlotta - Region 2 - PAL - BOTTOM
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There's Always Tomorrow Case Cover
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Directed by Douglas Sirk
Starring Don DeFore, Ann Harding, Charles Ruggles , Victor Moore and Gale Storm
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Interlude Case Cover
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Directed by Douglas Sirk
Starring June Allyson, Rossano Brazzi and Marianne Koch
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Minor Interlacing 'combing'
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Tarnished Angels Case Cover
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Directed by Douglas Sirk
Starring Rock Hudson, Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone
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Carlotta - Region 2 - PAL -
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| Distribution | Carlotta (8-disc) - Region 2 - PAL | |
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