No, you need to rent the DVD to see this properly. I just posted on another thread where people were being kind of nasty about this poor film. As I said there, as I caught it again over the years and tried to get into it, I found it's actually not a bad little film at all. More cerebral, as I called it, than Power's other swashbucklers, short on action compared to other such films, but that shouldn't necessarily make it "bad". Watch the DVD (at least the sound, picture and continuity will be better than your tape!), set aside your current notions of the movie and try to accept it on its own terms. Not a great film, but it does have its merits, and I long since came to find it surprisingly enjoyable if you give it a real chance.
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donofthedial
17 years ago
I'll keep that in mid, but so far it is a bit of a misfire - and I think my copy has tv station edits.
*Best thing in the film so far is Power's reaction - I guess he is talking to OW - and he says - "Well, what am *I* doing here?" and his body language and facial expression is like Art Carney on the HONEYMOONERS! Shrugs his shoulders, sticks his arms out and thrusts his face forward. So funny.
OK - gonna try and finish it off tonight.
Thanks for the post.
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donofthedial
17 years ago
Tape jammed in the machine! I'll take that as a warning omen.
Those old tapes are heavier and I don't think modern VCRs handle them well. This is not the first time an older tape has caused a problem.
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hobnob53
17 years ago
Just got notified of your post tonight, the email two weeks late. This has been happening a lot lately, mostly about IMDb notifications. Anyway....
Hope you got the tape out. More reason to try it on DVD. Whatever else, it'll be less aggravating!
Another thing best appreciated on DVD is the great Jack Cardiff's magnificent color cinematography. At the very least THE BLACK ROSE is a good-looking picture. I really hope you'll find more to it with a second (dare I say even a third?) viewing. Cheers!
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donofthedial
17 years ago
Thanx - it is still in the machine - i have not had the time to fuss with it.
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hobnob53
17 years ago
Don't worry, the movie will be there when you get to it.
Merry Christmas.
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donofthedial
16 years ago
Finally got the VCR repaired. Tape was thrashed.
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hobnob53
16 years ago
After only six months? It's an omen to move to DVD, after which you can rent our movie here and see it properly -- unthrashed.
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donofthedial
16 years ago
It took me six months to try and fix it myself and then capitulate and take it to the repair shop, where they fixed it in 6 days and then it took me 6 days to pick it up where it sat in the trunk of my car for 2 weeks, now sitting on the table for one week.
Bad study habits aka ADD
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