Comments on: Kicks http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/kicks/ david cairns Sun, 19 May 2013 08:50:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: dcairns http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/kicks/#comment-44867 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:55:46 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=18817#comment-44867 OK, The Golden Coach is next! Unless I swing back for The Crime of M Lange, which is very tempting.

]]> By: Alexander Peacock http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/kicks/#comment-44856 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:05:51 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=18817#comment-44856 Glad you enjoyed the film David, it’s really breathtakingly beautiful.

Please don’t leave it too long to see The Golden Coach, I think you’ll enjoy it even more. Sadly the only copies on DVD or online exist with an painfully bad drop in quality for the crucial final minutes of the film, but it’s still worth seeing. I only hope Gaumont decide to restore this one soon as they’ve announced Elena for Blu-ray so this bad girl’s the only one left.

]]> By: dcairns http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/kicks/#comment-44667 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:38:02 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=18817#comment-44667 Technicolor, as embodied by Natalie Kalmus in the UK, were very resistant to the idea of any sort of diffusion. Jack Cardiff fought them over it with Michael Powell, and then Morris took over the struggle backed by Huston…

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