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New Criterion DVD: Golden Age of Television


http://www.criterion.com/films/3560
Includes:
Requiem for a Heavyweight
The Comedian
Days of Wine and Roses

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This is a wonderful collection! It's available at Amazon and I found it at my library. I grew up watching these shows, and it's amazing how much I remember about some of the episodes even though I was a little kid. Requiem is one of the very best; as the first reviewer said, it surpasses the film version (which is excellent), and the TV medium allows the viewer a more intimate connection. The script, Palance, Hunter, and the Wynns, are incredible, and Rosenbloom is a terrific example of how fighters deteriorate in real life. Absolutely heart wrenching. I sure hope Criterion brings out more of the programs.

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How did I not hear of this till now?! Thanks for puttin' me wise!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQP9QjNjeR4

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Thank you so very much! I didn't know about this! Just bought it! Yay!

Mouse: If you didn't want me to kill him, why did you leave me alone with him?

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Anybody knows if the episode in which John Cassavetes starred was included in this collection? Thanks.

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