Wonderful release of this excellent gangster film from Warner Brothers. As you expect from Criterion Blu-ray the picture & sound is top notch on this 4K restoration. And as you always get with Criterion, there is extras. A fine commentary track, Excerpts from a 1973 interview with Roaul Walsh (the director) & an interview with critic Gary Giddins. Also a thin booklet is enclosed. James Cagney & Humphrey Bogart sparks of each other and there is a fine supporting cast. This is a film that set standards on haw to make gangster movies. It is hugely entertaining.
THE top gangster film of all time hackneyed story line of down and out ex GI and his pals making good
in the 20s.
Cagney is in top form(his best ever role?) but is ably supported by a top notch Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane and Gladys George as the woman who pines for his unrequited love but has one of the all-time classic
closing lines in any film.
Now lets see ‘Public Enemy and ‘White Heat’ in 4K!
Cagney meets Bogart ,having a rather too cosy chat in the trenches of France, meet up again in the US, after finding their previous employment has dried up, so they turn to selling illegal booze in the prohibition.
A bit too much singing for my liking, but its an enjoyable romp thro the 1920’s, none the less.
Classic Hollywood gangster caper, Cagney and Bogart are on top form, the quality of the 4k is very impressive and great to finally see it on worthwhile films like this.
This movie has to be somewhere near the top of the film noir gangster movie category.
Why it’s taken so long to put it out on blu ray is mystifying to me, but I suppose better late than never.
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Wonderful release of this excellent gangster film from Warner Brothers. As you expect from Criterion Blu-ray the picture & sound is top notch on this 4K restoration. And as you always get with Criterion, there is extras. A fine commentary track, Excerpts from a 1973 interview with Roaul Walsh (the director) & an interview with critic Gary Giddins. Also a thin booklet is enclosed. James Cagney & Humphrey Bogart sparks of each other and there is a fine supporting cast. This is a film that set standards on haw to make gangster movies. It is hugely entertaining.
THE top gangster film of all time hackneyed story line of down and out ex GI and his pals making good
in the 20s.
Cagney is in top form(his best ever role?) but is ably supported by a top notch Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane and Gladys George as the woman who pines for his unrequited love but has one of the all-time classic
closing lines in any film.
Now lets see ‘Public Enemy and ‘White Heat’ in 4K!
Cagney meets Bogart ,having a rather too cosy chat in the trenches of France, meet up again in the US, after finding their previous employment has dried up, so they turn to selling illegal booze in the prohibition.
A bit too much singing for my liking, but its an enjoyable romp thro the 1920’s, none the less.
Classic Hollywood gangster caper, Cagney and Bogart are on top form, the quality of the 4k is very impressive and great to finally see it on worthwhile films like this.
Why it’s taken so long to put it out on blu ray is mystifying to me, but I suppose better late than never.