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Title: 3-star film, 4-star package
Review: My only criticism of the movie is that it's an oversentimental, star-driven adaptation of the novel. Hemingway's muscular prose was obviously compromised to create a more box-office-friendly Hollywood war romance, which in my book puts "Farewell" in the "potboiler" category, but not lethally so. That said, I think Image's transfer, while flawed (as most 70-plus-year-old films are), is more than acceptable, allowing us to appreciate Charles Lang's impressive, Oscar-winning cinematography with few limitations. It's also worth mentioning that Image's version restores some lost footage--several minutes' worth, I believe. So, all in all, not the greatest film of the 1930s, to be sure, but the DVD is well worth the price.
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