Hi from Joe B.
I got the Laura as well from Best Buy (wish I'd had the coupon). I haven't
looked at the entire disc but I think the restoration is pretty good but not
super. This is the finally-released disc that was postponed last year. Could
it have been because they were trying to find better source material?
It's great to have the title and I'll reserve judgement on restoration quality
until I've watched the whole thing at night. But it doesn't look nearly as
good as the new Warner Classics releases of, say, the Gangster films. However
Fox did a superb job with many others, especially the recenty release of Leave
Her to Heaven which looks splendid in Technicolor and in many of the other
black & white releases as well. So......
Joe B.
PS-- I am glad to hear someone else comment about the lesser quality of
picture, etc. eminating from the Fox Movie Channel. Since I've moved I don't
have sattelite or cable but I noticed for the past few years that Fox Movie
Channel's picture quality has always been substandard-- compared to anything
else!
Joe
>
> From: Kirby McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: 2005/03/21 Mon PM 02:08:27 EST
> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Release of movie Laura on DVD
>
> Hope it's better than Fox Movie Channel. They run LAURA frequently with
> a print they salvaged from the drive-in. I get that from
> DirecTV. Ever wonder why their Fox's movie channel looks cheap?
> Channel 258 on DirecTV. Look like mpeg2 sometimes.
>
> Kirby
>
> On Mar 21, 2005, at 12:43 PM, Ralph Plumb wrote:
>
> > For your noir buffs, I just got my copy of the new DVD release of
> > Laura. Now if I can just get the poster. This release is
> > inexpensive--$13 including shipping. I am going to watch it tonight
> > before 24. It looks interesting with an alternate opening and deleted
> > scene as well as 2 commentaries and biographies of Gene Tierney and
> > Vincent Price. I hope they had a good print to work from.
> > Ralph Plumb
> >
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