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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
"I'll tell you briefly what I think of newspaper men. The hand of God, reaching down into the mire, couldn't elevate one of them to the depths of degradation!"
William Wellman's direction may indulge itself in his passion for obscuring his leading characters faces during selected dialogue scenes, but the characters in Nothing Sacred have a lot to hide their faces about. The greatest and most vicious of Thirties screwball comedies, Ben Hecht's script makes his work with Charles MacArthur on The Front Page look like a glowing portrait of the honesty and integrity of the press. Everyone here is a cheat or a fraud, and all their motives are selfish - even the entire city of New York gets it in the kisser for taking Carole Lombard's supposedly terminally ill small-town girl to their collective heart just so they can feel good about themselves. Although there's something like a sentimental core, it gleefully demolishes every cliché of the day, while its vision of smalltown America is a world away from Capra-corn, a hellhole where you have to pay people to talk to you and where small children bite your legs like mad dogs that any sane individual would lie, cheat and steal to get the hell out of. And how can you resist a film that describes Walter Connolly's irascible newspaper editor Oliver Stone (yes, Oliver Stone!) as "a sort of cross between a werewolf and a Ferris wheel, but with a loveable streak - if you're prepared to blast for it." It doesn't really have an ending, but it has so much fun getting there you really won't mind.
While Kino Video's US Blu-ray release isn't perfect, it is by a long way the best release of the title so far.... Read more ›
William Wellman's direction may indulge itself in his passion for obscuring his leading characters faces during selected dialogue scenes, but the characters in Nothing Sacred have a lot to hide their faces about. The greatest and most vicious of Thirties screwball comedies, Ben Hecht's script makes his work with Charles MacArthur on The Front Page look like a glowing portrait of the honesty and integrity of the press. Everyone here is a cheat or a fraud, and all their motives are selfish - even the entire city of New York gets it in the kisser for taking Carole Lombard's supposedly terminally ill small-town girl to their collective heart just so they can feel good about themselves. Although there's something like a sentimental core, it gleefully demolishes every cliché of the day, while its vision of smalltown America is a world away from Capra-corn, a hellhole where you have to pay people to talk to you and where small children bite your legs like mad dogs that any sane individual would lie, cheat and steal to get the hell out of. And how can you resist a film that describes Walter Connolly's irascible newspaper editor Oliver Stone (yes, Oliver Stone!) as "a sort of cross between a werewolf and a Ferris wheel, but with a loveable streak - if you're prepared to blast for it." It doesn't really have an ending, but it has so much fun getting there you really won't mind.
While Kino Video's US Blu-ray release isn't perfect, it is by a long way the best release of the title so far.... Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Film, Not So Great Blu-Ray
25 Dec 2011
By James I. Schumeister
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I've seen other versions of this movie on VHS and DVD and was always let down somewhat by the prints used, so I had high hopes for the Blu-ray. Alas, the print was far from pristine and there seems to have been no effort to restore it. Also, aside from some trailers, there are no extras. They didn't even bother to add subtitles for people with hearing impairment--that's just wrong. I could understand this from a company that puts out cheap DVDs, but not from Kino.
That being said, this is still a terrific, funny film and this is likely the best it will look. Don't let my disappointment with the Blu-ray put you off from seeing this classic. Carole Lombard is at the top of her game as a comedic actress and Frederic March works wonderfully with her. Put them together with Ben Hecht's darkly cynical script and a Who's Who list of classic character actors and you're in for a treat.
That being said, this is still a terrific, funny film and this is likely the best it will look. Don't let my disappointment with the Blu-ray put you off from seeing this classic. Carole Lombard is at the top of her game as a comedic actress and Frederic March works wonderfully with her. Put them together with Ben Hecht's darkly cynical script and a Who's Who list of classic character actors and you're in for a treat.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Blu-Ray edition contains beautiful early Technicolor print
27 Dec 2011
By Plumb Loco
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Though the Technicolor is not as stunning as that seen in ROBIN HOOD or WIZARD OF OZ, this Kino Blu-Ray edition is an absolute improvement over all previously available commercial issues. Spectrum contains true greens, blues, yellows, and browns, rather than the familiar limited rose cast. Tighter grain offers greater detail than I've ever seen in the many times I've viewed the film in the past. Three to four times the cost of public domain releases, worth every cent to the true collector.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Princess Royal of Comedy Deserves Better (five stars for the movie and one for the blu-ray)
25 Jan 2012
By Charles F. Dransfield
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Lucille Ball once publicly stated in an interview that she considered Carole Lombard to be her single greatest comedic influence. Meryl Streep has also gone on record to say that Lombard is one of her favorite actresses. To this very day, Hollywood casting directors still search for the "Carole Lombard" factor when seeking the qualities of a consummate female comic actress. Lombard's heartfelt and adept performance in Nothing Sacred remains a classic.
Back in December 2003, a spectacularly restored print of Nothing Sacred struck from the original three strip camera negatives was shown at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The clarity was pristine and the technicolor just popped off of the screen. For the life of me, I do not understand why such an inferior existing print was utilized to produce the recently released blu-ray. Love the movie and adore Carole. However, the quality of the disc left a lot to be desired.
Back in December 2003, a spectacularly restored print of Nothing Sacred struck from the original three strip camera negatives was shown at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The clarity was pristine and the technicolor just popped off of the screen. For the life of me, I do not understand why such an inferior existing print was utilized to produce the recently released blu-ray. Love the movie and adore Carole. However, the quality of the disc left a lot to be desired.
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