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Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics, Vol. 2 (Human Desire / The Brothers Rico / Nightfall / City of Fear / Pushover)

  
: Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics, Vol. 2 (Human Desire / The Brothers Rico / Nightfall / City of Fear / Pushover)
See Larger Image 		Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics, Vol. 2 (Human Desire / The Brothers Rico / Nightfall / City of Fear / Pushover)
starring: Dick Powell, Walter Slezak, Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Broderick Crawford
directed by: Edward Dmytryk, Fritz Lang, Irving Lerner, Jacques Tourneur, Phil Karlson

List Price: $59.95
Amazon.com's Price: $46.49
You Save: $13.46 (22%)
as of 09/08/2010 14:37 EDT


Used Price: $38.48
Third Party New Price: $40.92

Amazon.com Details:
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0043396319646
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: COLD31964D
Number Of Discs: 5
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 06, 2010
Studio: Sony Pictures



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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 07/06/2010

Amazon.com:
Return to the realm of smoke and shadows for Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics II, five largely overlooked stories of doomed heroes and double-dealing ladies, featuring the likes of Kim Novak, Fred MacMurray, Glenn Ford, Anne Bancroft, and legendary femme fatale Gloria Grahame, and each making their DVD debut. The top pick of the set is arguably 1957's Nightfall, a tense adaptation of David Goodis's novel by suspense master Jacques Tourneur (Out of the Past) that benefits from strong chemistry between leads Aldo Ray as the regular Joe pursued by bank robbers and Anne Bancroft as the model who falls for him, and an elastic story structure that keeps the viewer as disoriented as Ray in its frequent flashes to the past. Some, however, may argue the case for The Brothers Rico (1957) from Phil Karlson (The Phenix City Story)--like Martin Scorcese, who praises the film in one of the set's extras--with Richard Conte as a former Mob accountant forced to return to the organized crime world in order to save his brothers (Paul Picerni and James Darren), or Fritz Lang's Human Desire (1954), which reunited Lang with his Big Heat (1953) star, Glenn Ford, in a remake of Jean Renoir's La bête humaine (1938) that offers a sterling showcase for Gloria Grahame as the seductress who lures Ford into a plot to murder her husband (Broderick Crawford). The set is rounded out by Pushover (1954), a modest revamp of Double Indemnity with that film's star, Fred MacMurray, again displaying his knack for understated drama as a cop who falls for Kim Novak (in her movie debut), the girlfriend of the bank robber he's staking out, and City of Fear (1958), an entertaining B-thriller from Irving Lerner, who re-teams with his Murder by Contract star, Vince Edwards, as a tough con who unwittingly steals a canister of radioactive material and spreads death to everyone he meets.

Extras are light but informative; in addition to the three-minute Scorsese chat, there are brief discussions of noir style and tropes with actress Emily Mortimer and director Christopher Nolan (Inception), who riffs on themes of paranoia in noir and his appreciation for City of Fear. Original theatrical trailers for all five films are also included. --Paul Gaita



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - "In A Lonely Place" dropped from this release.
As the previous reviewer said, and to clear up arguments, "In A Lonely Place" is not in this set. It was originally announced in press releases as part of the set, but was dropped in favor of "Human Desire."

That being said, it would be better if people were to actually own titles prior to reviewing them.


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - FINE COLLECTION OF 50'S NOIR....
Although all the films contained here are worthy of a collection, the main reason I bought this set is 1954's "Human Desire"--- a remake of Jean Renoir's 1938 "La Bete Humaine" with Simone Simon from the story by Emile Zola. Fritz Lang reunited Glenn Ford and Gloria Grahame from Lang's 1953 "The Big Heat" for this murder tale. While not packing the same punch as "Heat", the film still offers a compelling look at a sexy woman, Vicki (Grahame), trapped in a miserable marriage to brutish Broderick Crawford and ensnaring ex-GI Ford in a web of deceit and murder. Set at a dreary railroad yard, "Desire" offers an oppressive atmosphere and a heavy performance from Crawford as a murderously jealous husband. Grahame matches him as his younger,restless wife with her own agenda. Ford is the quiet, nice everyman drawn to Grahames' sultry allure. "Human ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - great movies but possibly defective discs?
I had been looking forward to watching these great old movies but none of the 5 discs would play. Amazon sent me another set right away now those will not play either. All my other movies play ok. Wondering if anyone else had trouble with this set? I saw HUMAN DESIRE and PUSHOVER many years ago and have just been thrilled to be able to buy them on dvd. PLEASE POST IF ANYONE ELSE HAD TROUBLE PLAYING THEM. THANKS!


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A-List Strars in B Films
"Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics II," a tribute to the Film Noir genre, is a five-disc box set containing five 1950's films. Columbia often cast some of its biggest stars in films noir. This collection features Fred MacMurray, Glenn Ford, Broderick Crawford, Kim Novak, Richard Conte, Gloria Grahame, Dorothy Malone, and Anne Bancroft. Titles include "Human Desire," "Pushover," "Nightfall," City of Fear," and "The Brothers Rico." All films are Widescreen. Bonus extras include three special introductory featurettes: Martin Scorsese on "The Brothers Rico;" "Pulp Paranoia" with Christopher Nolan; and "Terror and Desire" with Emily Mortimer.


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Bad men and badder women
Those looking for a classic film noir such as "Laura" (1944), "Rebecca" (1940), "The Maltese Falcon" (1941) or "The Third Man" (1949) might be disappointed but that doesn't mean you won't be entertained. Although most of these play more like police procedurals of the '50s, the stories are intense, the drama extreme and everyone is complicated. There isn't a straight do-gooder in the bunch.

Each film in this 5-disc collection has its own trailer. Three have short featurettes, the best of which is Christopher Nolan talking about "Pulp Paranoia" in "City of Fear."

The look of these films is different from the classics, too. In a short featurette for "The Brothers Rico," Martin Scorsese explains how the Columbia Collection is made up of "flat screen" movies. "These films were destined for broadcast on TV," he says. "Even ... Read More