DVD?
Does anyone have any inkling when this classic will be released on DVD? This should be mandatory psychotronic viewing.
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Yes, the release is going ahead on March 29, 2005....I shall be glad to see it again
shareI purchased the DVD--great picture but no special features whatsoever. (Not that I expected any.) Crack up the volume though--nifty.
--Sadie
Where you are, I could spit in your eye...WITH NO STRAIN AT ALL!
I was wondering, a few years ago, when this beautiful movie would get a dvd release... now it's on my list... do you remember where you got it??
I was just reminded of it again after watching MISERY... it seems like a similar theme but with the roles reversed... these two movies should be part of any Caan collection... I was surprised it wasn't in his filmography...
I try to have at least two movies of my most liked actors (my professor taught me the beauty of film, plus he always thought I looked like Forrest Whitaker)... 'digressions...' but, any one who has not seen this movie should...
after seeing it I appreciated classic cinema (besides Vincent Price and Alfred Hitchcock) a lot more...
any other films similar to this from that eraa??
"America... it is you and I who are perfect, not the next world..." -Ginsberg
I actually got my copy at the now-defunct Tower Records, but Amazon.com carries it as well, and I've never had any problems ordering online with them. Here's a link to the page:
http://www.amazon.com/Lady-Cage-Olivia-Havilland/dp/B0007KIFRS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1204587175&sr=1-1
As far as similar films, I gravitate towards camp so I'm having a hard time thinking of actual legitimate psychological horror films of the 60s. Truth be told, I bought the film (I had seen it on TV) for my "hag film" (what an awful name!) collection--as a sort-of supplement to "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" However, I'm looking forward to the upcoming release of "The Nanny," starring Bette Davis. A very subdued performance, and from I remember of the film pretty darned creepy. Oh, and I just remembered one of the freakier examples of psychological drama/horror--"Suddenly Last Summer." It's incredibly unnerving, and I think the DVD is still in print. It was made in 1959, so it isn't quite as matter-of-fact at as a 60s film of the same type, but it will still make just about anybody's skin crawl. Then there's "Caged," which has undeservedly gotten a bad reputation as a camp film when it's really a hard-hitting prison movie. A women's prison, mind you, which is where the camp comes in. And most definitely "Night of the Hunter," directed by Charles Laughton. He apparently intended for it to be like a silent film of the 20s, only with sound. It's worth a purchase, but it's another DVD that probably has to be purchased online. I had a hard time finding it.
And for a film that isn't quite along the same lines but is pretty darned impressive nonetheless, check out Vincent Price in "Witchfinder General." The American release, apparently heavily edited and recut, was called "The Conqueror Worm." The DVD features the director's version, and it's one of the most beautiful horror movies (cinematography-wise) that has ever been made. Even though Vincent Price falls into the camp category, this film does not. It's not for the faint of heart, either. I hope I've helped out some!
Where you are, I could spit in your eye...WITH NO STRAIN AT ALL!
My favorite Hag Horror suggestions besides Baby Jane:
Dead Ringer (1964) Bette Davis
Straight Jacket (1964) Joan Crawford
The Night Walker (1964) Barbara Stanwyck
The Nanny (1965) Bette Davis
....Your professor unfortunately seems to have been just a 'teacher'. Sadly, too many people 'Teach' because they can't actually 'Do'. This in itself is not a bad thing, it's just that some too often get it wrong. Let's face it, there ain't no 'Beauty' within this film, unless of course your looking at 'Beauty' through a blind eye. It's also time to reclaimed the term 'Classic'. The word 'classic' is too often mistakenly used these days. A 'classic' is a work that is universally
respected, usually a work that has been honored for a great many decades (or in the case of some, centuries). Mostly they have been highly successful on many intellectual levels.
'Modern' Cable, TV, and DVD outlets have attempted to water the meaning of the word down for the sake of commercialism, or a way to market something of a lesser quality to a wider audience. Mostly, the programmers for these institutions have no intelligent understanding of the true definition. Nor do they really care.
They (as unfortunately you also seem to be doing) have degraded the word to include lessor items, or cheap contemporary works that never made it in the success stakes. All for the sake of making more money by fooling the public into thinking as they do. It's not your fault, you've just been brought up within this misguided marketing attitude.
Look with all your soul, develop till your eyes and ears fully understand, not simply with your deceived consumer senses. Come on 'Teachers' of the world, unite
and give them the TRUTH.
I found the DVD copy at my local library on loan! That's a good thing that more libraries have these classic film now.
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What you what you see (and have seen) is what you get -- and have!
I gotta get that dvd.
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