Rope

Alfred Hitchcock's Rope will be released on Blu-ray in September, along with many other classics owned by Universal.Of course, any cuts on this film had to be made before shooting in the script itself. And the topic made it the ideal target of censors: the movie was about "it". "It", being a very respectable way of meaning homosexuality. So the adaptation removed the very British (but also very ambiguous) use of the word "dear" spoken between men,...

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Lost And Rare Films

Today, I’d like to share an awesome video release, in keeping with the topic of my blog. I already covered lost television episodes in my article about the Avengers. Now, from Festival Films come the first volumes in a series of DVDs called “Lost and Rare”.And volume 1 contains exactly that! Rare episodes, films, pilots. Some are seen here for the first time since they first aired, and others… have never been seen at all. So here is your chance...

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