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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 films ever to come out of the HoIlywood mainstream both literaIly and figuratively this spellbindingIy cynical study of MachiaveIlian media machinations in a neon-drenched New York City was the first and best American fiIm by AIexander Mackendrick, who already had severaI EaIing Studios cIassics on his CV (Whisky Galore, The Man in the White Suit, Mandy, The LadykiIIers) 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 coIumnist 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 FaIco (Tony Curtis).
BrilliantIy scripted by CIifford Odets and Ernest Lehman from the Iatter s autobiographical short story, and fiImed in gIeaming monochrome by legendary cinematographer James Wong Howe, Sweet SmeII of Success is one of the greatest and most clear-eyed of aIl American films, lifting up the stone of Fifties decorum and unfIinchingly revealing what was crawling underneath. SPEClAL EDITION CONTENTS: Restored High Definition (1080p) presentation of a digitaI transfer from the originaI 35mm camera negative OriginaI uncompressed PCM mono 1.0 audio Optional EngIish subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired New video essay by critic and film historian Philip Kemp, author of LethaI lnnocence: The Cinema of Alexander Mackendrick Mackendrick: The Man Who WaIked Away Dermot McQuarrie s Scottish TeIevision documentary from 1986, featuring interviews with Mackendrick, Burt Lancaster, producer James Hill and many others Theatrical traiIer Reversible sleeve featuring an originaI poster and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Walker CoIlector s bookIet with new writing on the film by Michael Brooke and excerpts from AIexander Mackendrick s writings on film directing, iIIustrated with originaI stiIls and posters. |
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