Recently theyve put outCharlie ChaplinsThe Gold Rush,Ingmar BergmansSummer with Monika, andHiroshi InagakisSamurai Trilogy.
And weve got reviews of all three on Blu-ray after the jump.
Eventually Big Jim remembers everything and he and the tramp go to find his gold.
Between this andModern Times, youll find the majority of the classic Chaplin bits.
Chaplins tramp is a real bona fide outsider.
And that was the secret to his success.
Its a lesson that has unfortunately been lost in an era of sarcasm and irony.
But Chaplins heart (or at least the heart of the film) beats pure.
And its amazing to watch.
This is probably the best Chaplin film to watch if youve never seen one before.
Both look great for their age, though speckles and wear are unavoidable in this case.
Its followed by Chaplin Today:The Gold Rush (27 min.)
which features interviews withMary Pickford, co-star Georgia Hale, and African filmmakerIdrissa Ouedraogoon the movie.
and the set closes out with four trailers for the movie.
Its hard to think of Ingmar Bergman making a sexy movie.
The Criterion edition presents the film in its original aspect ratio (1.33:1) and in 2.0 Mono.
The film comes with an introduction by director Ingmar Bergman (4 min.)
which was done for television, and Bergman is affable in it.
Thats followed by an interview with Harriet Andersson (25 min.)
The disc concludes with the films trailer.
There he becomes samurai Miyamoto Musashi.
All the while Musashi has been struggling with a lost love from his village.
The trilogy concludes with their final showdown.
Thats when it got good, but the fights are few and far between.
with an interview of film historian William Scott Wilson, and the films trailer.
The second film comes with On Mushami Miyamo, Part II (7 min.)
with Wilson, and the films trailer.
On the second disc, the supplements consist of On Mushami Miyamo, Part III (10 min.)
and the films theatrical trailer.
