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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 3:15 pm
by Lino
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 3:26 am
by Ste
Nice! This has been rumoured to be on its way for months now, but I'm glad to see it finally confirmed. A R1 release is long overdue. I caved already and bought a cheap Japanese pub. dom. DVD, but I'll double dip in a heartbeat.
I love this film. Welles is gloriously over the top as Rochester, but it's Joan Fontaine's beautifully fragile lead that reduced me to tears on my first viewing, years ago.
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:42 am
by Gordon
I saw a clip (the initial meeting of Rochester and Jane) of this film recently and it looks like an interesting film version. George Barnes' lighting looks as impressive as his other great work on Rebecca and Spellbound. Music by Bernard Herrmann, too! I think I'll check it out.
Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 3:13 pm
by Lino
You definitely should, Gordon. I happened to come across this film last September on TV. I was channel-surfing and caught it practically at the beginning. Needless to say, I was enraptured all the way through.
If you are a lover of great cinematography as I'm sure you are, you will not believe your eyes when you sit down to watch it. There are some truly fantastic moments of great talent on display and seldom have I seen such assured handling of expressionistic lighting on film.
I have watched several screen and TV adaptations of Jane Eyre and none even begin to compete with this version. I never knew that someone could make such an engaging movie out of Charlotte Bronte's novel. And Orson Welles (who supposedly lent a hand or two behind the camera, he being fresh out of Ambersons), clearly understood the nature of the novel and the right mood to best convey it. While not as vicious as sister Emily's Heathcliff, he is however equally despicable.
Blind-buy it.
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:17 pm
by Lino
From
DVDTimes:
Features include:
* 1.33:1 Full Frame
* English Stereo
* English, French and Spanish Mono
* French and Spanish subtitles
* Orson Welles's Jayne Eyre
* Story Boards
* Production Gallery
* Restoration Comparison
* Trailer
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:15 pm
by Ste
Orson Welles's Jayne Eyre (sic) sounds like it might be the Mercury radio production.
The storyboards and gallery should prove interesting, and it will be nice to have the trailer on DVD. Extras none too shabby for a 63-year-old film!
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 11:37 pm
by Lino
Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:36 pm
by Lino
Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 1:58 am
by Lino
This Fox DVD is one of the best produced for a film classic that I've ever encountered. Why did it take me this long to buy it is beyond me. And I'm still halfway through the (bountiful) extras, with the 2 (!) audio commentaries still to go, which I've already skimmed through and for once they seem very informative and not over-lapping with informations.
And the film itself continues to be a bona-fide classic and an endless pleasure to watch over and over again. It's fast becoming one of my favorite movies ever. Damn those Bronte sisters: they sure knew how to make men interesting.