Sounding off: the hidden scandal of revisionist movie audio makeovers Travesty: all have missing or replaced dialogue, music and sound effects Defective: changes are often unintentional but seldom, if ever, …
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2020s revisions Lifeless sentence: latest “restoration” badly botched on Blu-ray, streaming and DCP Posthumous: five decades after the director’s death, film now has unsound audio It’s been unjustly condemned to …
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Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Frederick Knott’s transatlantic hit play gets Alfred Hitchcock adaptation First of three classics with Oscar-winning blonde and future royal Grace Kelly Director meticulously planned …
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One of the Master of Suspense’s least-seen American films Source novel author also penned the director’s twice-filmed Murder! Under Capricorn, underrated: Not the Technicolor yawn many make out It seemingly gets …
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Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock continued long-take experiment he started on Rope Ingrid Bergman is a woman on the edge – but not “driven by the demons …
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Home video Missing boat must be hunted down as it’s seldom in any collections In the same boat: Almost all early DVDs have compromised audio Hitch’s original soundtrack can only …
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Revisiting contemporary and modern critical appreciation Alfred Hitchcock’s dire warning not to underestimate Nazi threat Physically demanding shoot injured and almost killed film’s actors Piece of tour de force filmmaking …
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Home video and soundtrack Originally made by RKO, film’s copyrights are now scattered worldwide Its many different standard definition transfers range from poor to superb Gaudy horror: The Master of …
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Bestseller to blockbuster: The Mistress of Romance meets the Master of Suspense Kissing cousins: Rebecca keeps it in the family and births a torrid tale Daphne du Maurier’s second bestseller …
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Home video, soundtrack and tealing The film has faced a longer, rockier road that the characters it depicts Bad luck on the small screen: home video has not been kind …
