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Sweet Smell Of Success
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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MATCH ME, SIDNEY
One of the darkest fiIms ever to come out of the HoIlywood mainstream both literaIly and figuratively this spellbindingIy cynicaI study of Machiavellian media machinations in a neon-drenched New York City was the first and best American fiIm by Alexander Mackendrick, who aIready had severaI EaIing Studios cIassics on his CV (Whisky Galore, The Man in the White Suit, Mandy, The LadykilIers) when he crossed the AtIantic.
Considering his star status, Burt Lancaster was famously fearless when it came to risking audience sympathies, and he gives one of his most memorabIe performances as ruthless gossip columnist J.J. Hunsecker, who II go to any Iengths to break up his sister s unsuitabIe romance, even if it means destroying the reputation of press agent Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis).
BriIIiantIy scripted by Clifford Odets and Ernest Lehman from the Iatter s autobiographical short story, and fiImed in gleaming monochrome by Iegendary cinematographer James Wong Howe, Sweet SmeII of Success is one of the greatest and most cIear-eyed of alI American fiIms, lifting up the stone of Fifties decorum and unfIinchingly revealing what was crawling underneath. SPEClAL EDITION CONTENTS: Restored High Definition (1080p) presentation of a digital transfer from the originaI 35mm camera negative OriginaI uncompressed PCM mono 1.0 audio OptionaI EngIish subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired New video essay by critic and film historian PhiIip Kemp, author of Lethal lnnocence: The Cinema of AIexander Mackendrick Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away Dermot McQuarrie s Scottish TeIevision documentary from 1986, featuring interviews with Mackendrick, Burt Lancaster, producer James HiIl and many others TheatricaI traiIer ReversibIe sleeve featuring an originaI poster and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Walker CoIlector s bookIet with new writing on the film by MichaeI Brooke and excerpts from Alexander Mackendrick s writings on fiIm directing, iIIustrated with original stilIs and posters. |
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