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ADDITION: Kino Blu-ray (August 2020): Kino have transferred Douglas Sirk's There's Always Tomorrow to Blu-ray. It improves upon the single-layered Elephant Films Blu-ray from last year. The Kino has a 50% higher bitrate and the grain textures and contrast gain a video advantage over the French HD presentation. It may not be a massive improvement but I found it noticeable, in-motion, on my system. It looks marvelous.

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On their Blu-ray, Kino also use a DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel (16-bit) in the original English. I couldn't detect much of a difference with the Elephant Films audio transfer. The score is credited to Herman Stein (This Island Earth, Female on the Beach, The Land Unknown, It Came From Outer Space, War Arrow, Tarantula, The Incredible Shrinking Man) and Heinz Roemheld (Dangerous, The Monster that Challenged The World, The Land Unknown, The Mole People, 1933's The Invisible Man). It also improves over the DVDs with more resonance and depth - adding emotion to the viewing experience. Kino offer optional English (SDH) subtitles on their Region 'A' Blu-ray.

The Kino Blu-ray has a new commentary by Samm Deighan who just keeps getting better in my opinion. Samm's preparation and deeper look at the film as a tragedy focusing uniquely on a male character in the melodrama genre. She makes some very valid and astute points seeing beneath the surface about Sirk's subtle intentions including the restraints of marriage, how the children are unfairly dismissive, almost cruel to their father and how the story builds sympathy for Clifford Groves (MacMurray) with an unrequited affair and lack of emotional support, by his own family, for his work successes and responsibilities. He is lonely. She talks about one of my favorites - Joan Bennett - and her portrait of a self-possessed, self-serving wife doting on the children but oblivious to her husband and his potential affair with Stanwyck. I really enjoyed listening and learned a lot about the film seeing another side to it. There is also a trailer for There's Always Tomorrow and other Sirk and/or Stanwyck trailers.  

A huge treat to, again, watch this, unjustly neglected Sirk film that improves with repeat viewings. There is so much to examine even beyond the melodrama triangle, mid-life crisis and male-female dynamic for with both adults and adolescents. I loved the 50's household - furniture and fashions (check out Stanwyck's black + white diamond vest). With the Samm Deighan commentary the Kino Blu-ray and its superior video image get the nod as the definitive digital releases of this wonderfully deep film. Our highest recommendation!

Gary Tooze