Garv’s Pick of the Week: The Gunfighter (Criterion)
For the release week of October 20th:
Garv’s Pick of the Week: The Gunfighter [Blu-ray / Criterion]: One of the best Westerns of the 1950s gets the Criterion Blu-ray treatment. Gregory Peck stars as Johnny Ringo, a gunslinger with a target on his back from young whippersnappers who want to make names for themselves as faster on the draw. The Black & White photographer should look fantastic on Blu-ray.
Additional Titles of Interest —
Inner Sanctum Mysteries: The Complete Film Series [Blu-ray / Mill Creek]: This often-delayed box set contains all six of the 1940s mystery/horror films based on the popular Inner Sanctum anthology radio show. All of the films star Lon Chaney Jr. in different roles. Included are Calling Dr. Death (1943), Weird Woman (1944), Dead Man’s Eyes (1944), The Frozen Ghost (1945), Strange Confession (1945), and Pillow of Death (1945).
Adaptation [Blu-ray / Shout Select]: Charlie Kaufman had writer’s block when trying to adapt Susan Orlean’s book for the screen, so he made the film about a writer name Charlie Kaufman suffering from writer’s block while trying to adapt Susan Orlean’s book for the screen.
Outside the Law [Blu-ray / Kino Lorber]: This 1920 silent teaming of star Lon Chaney Sr. and director Tod Browning gets a Blu-ray release.
Drifting and White Tiger [Blu-ray / Warner Archive]: Two additional Tod Browning silents, Drifting (1923) and White Tiger (1923), are paired in this package. Wallace Beery appears in both, if that matters to you.
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