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May 31, 2024

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John Charet

Wow, a lot of great ones on here :) Nice to see Michael Powell's Peeping Tom getting a Criterion upgrade. Can not go wrong with Jean Renoir. The Conan the Barbarian and Geronimo: An American Legend supplements sound interesting as well :) You must have had a wonderful time watching all of them :)

Titch

Obviously, you have to filter out all the bad stuff and highlight the stuff you love. A great selection, as always. Thanks for Geronimo - I've always ignored that. Second-tier Walter Hill is still essential viewing.

For your next Consumer Guide: I heard that Shout! has announced a blu-ray for Death To Smoochy. I believe you were the only person who championed this, in Premiere, back in the day. Still have the DVD I purchased back then, on your recommendation.

George

"Gross-out" is an apt description for Burial Ground. It nauseated me when I saw it at a drive-in in the '80s (when I think it was called Zombie 3). Never had any desire to see it again.

As for The Mask of Fu Manchu being "an inescapably racist bit of cinematic pulp," can't disagree with that. But it's also a fascinating artifact, with great work by Karloff and Myrna Loy. I wonder if TCM runs a trigger warning for this movie when (or if) it shows it now.

George

Mask of Fu Manchu would pair well with Chandu the Magician (with Bela Lugosi), another 1932 release about a super-villain with a death ray. Perfect double bill of lurid '30s pulp.

Oliver

Any Hill enthusiasts who can track down a copy of Sight & Sound's October 1994 issue will find a very good article on 'Geronimo'.

Titch

Thanks for the tip - it's available for subscribers, in the archives.

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