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Apr 2, 2019 · The fourth dual-layer disc found in Criterion’s box set Dietrich and Von Sternberg in Hollywood presents Blonde Venus in its original aspect ratio 1.37:1. The new 1080p/24hz high-definition presentation comes from a 4K restoration, which comes from a 35mm nitrate print. All of the in the set deliver exceptional presentations and each one ...
Aug 20, 2019 · Picture 8/10. The fourth dual-layer disc in Indicator’s box set Marlene Dietrich & Josef von Sternberg at Paramount presents Blonde Venus in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1. Like the other titles in this set Indicator is making use of the same restoration Criterion used for their own release: a 4K one sourced from a 35mm nitrate print and ...
Introduction by Nicholas von Sternberg (2019, 7 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discusses Blonde Venus; Dietrich, a Queer Icon (2019, 25 mins): So Mayer, author of Political Animals: The New Feminist Cinema, analyses the queer iconography and legacy of Marlene Dietrich; Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
Jul 25, 2022 · One of six films Cary Grant made in 1932, the first year of his Hollywood career, Blonde Venus also found him co-starring with the formidable Marlene Dietrich. Dietrich plays a cabaret singer who hooks up with Grant’s politician when her husband, an American chemist played by Hebert Marshall, accidentally poisons himself and requires an expensive, life-saving treatment.
Apr 4, 2019 · Blonde Venus and The Scarlet Empress were both sourced from 35mm nitrate prints, while The Devil is a Woman comes from a 35mm safety duplicate negative. Shanghai Express was sourced from a 35mm duplicate negative and a composite fine-grain. Though they all vary in quality in regard to print materials the overall digital presentations are stellar.
Aug 26, 2019 · Blonde Venus. The collaboration between filmmaker Josef von Sternberg and actress Marlene Dietrich is one of the most enduring in all Hollywood cinema. Tasked by Paramount bosses to find ‘the next big thing’, director von Sternberg lighted upon German silent star Dietrich and brought her to Hollywood.
Jul 31, 2018 · Picture 8/10. The third dual-layer disc in Criterion’s lovely new box set Dietrich and von Sternberg in Hollywood presents Shanghai Express with a new 1080p/24hz encode in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1. Similar to Dishonored, Shanghai Express ’ presentation comes from a new 4K restoration, scanned from 35mm nitrate prints held by the ...
Jul 14, 2018 · With this romantic reverie, Marlene Dietrich made her triumphant debut before American audiences and unveiled the enthralling, insouciant persona that would define her Hollywood collaboration with director Josef von Sternberg. Set on the far side of the world but shot outside Los Angeles, <I>Morocco</I> navigates a labyrinth of melancholy and desire as the cabaret singer Amy Jolly (Dietrich ...
Picture 9/10. The lone single-layer disc in the set, disc six from Criterion’s Dietrich and von Sternberg in Hollywood presents The Devil is a Woman, delivered in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1. The 1080p/24hz high-definition encode comes from a new 4K restoration, scanned from a 35mm safety duplicate negative.
Aug 1, 2019 · Picture 8/10. The second dual-layer disc in Indicator’s Marlene Dietrich & Josef von Sternberg at Paramount box set presents the pair’s third film together, Dishonored, in the aspect ratio of 1.19:1. Indicator makes use of the same master that Criterion used for their own release, which comes from a new 4K restoration scanned from 35mm ...
