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Title: good but not great
Review: I finally saw this film after hearing so much about it. It was good, but it's not THE greatest film of all. The editing seems sloppy at times, the action sequences are OK, and the audio is very bare. But then again it was made in 1954. The characters are definitely captivitating and the story is good but this is a bad transfer of a highly acclaimed film. Criterion prides itself for it's superior quality DVDs, but this transfer was poorly done. The film is drenched with scratches, black spots, dirt, burn marks and an annoying light flickering. For the price I paid, I expected a pristine copy. This Criterion is NOT worth buying. Save your $40+ tax and rent it (although I hear Criterion might redo this DVD) Two stars for the crappy transfer.
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