Vertigo3

If it was digital, it was a disappointment. Maybe I should have gone to Beaverton though. Were previous TCM presentations satisfactory? I watched my Blu-Ray cooy at home the next day. Beautiful.

It was disappointing to go to my first TCM Presents event (Vertigo at the Regal Lloyd Center Theatre in Portland,OR) and see a print that sadly looked very color faded. I expected to see a sparkling print that looked as Vertigo looked when first released (or in that major rerelease of several Hitchcock films) I have seen beautiful, new prints of Vertigo in theatres in the past (the best being a 70mm print at the Chinese in Hollywood over 15 years ago.), so I fail to understand why new prints weren't struck for what the TCM intro to the film (which was enjoyable - though a little more on why

But comparing and judging the "best" performances of the year will always be: do you like this apple or prefer this orange? So many factors go into the award as in "it's his/her turnism, as some guess that's it's Oldman's this year though the gravity and demands of the roles themselves count for a lot.

I thought the silent version of Ben-Hur was more entertsining than the 1959 version, but then I don't like that overblown melodrama anyway.

I loved her. Never got the chance to see her in a musical, but did see her twice in concert, Unforgettable.