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starring: Lana Turner, John Gavin directed by: Douglas Sirk

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Average Rating: Rating: - Wonderful film, lousy DVD I watched this film last night and see that other reviewers have already posted warnings about the appalling quality of the DVD transfer. I add my comments to theirs only in the hope that somebody somewhere in a position to do something about it may one day produce as good a transfer as this film deserves. Looking, for the first hour at least, as if it was filmed through a hiking sock, the DVD destroys all Sirk's brilliance with colour and design so that what you end up with is a dull, flatly lit TV soap. Rent it, certainly. Buy it only if you're a genuine Sirk fan. Rating: - GREAT flick, LOUSY DVD! "Imitation of Life" is one of my favorite movies--I consider it Douglas Sirk's greatest masterpiece. BUT I'm extremely bitter and disappointed with Universal's shoddy DVD release of the film. There are virtually no "extras" (a trailer is included and that's it), and the print used is not in the best of shape. If any film deserved the "red-carpet treatment" for its DVD debut, it's this one. This DVD is no better than the VHS version, really. I realize that not every movie released on DVD is going to get the "deluxe treatment," but it seems that classics like "Imitation of Life" deserve better. My advice to potential buyers is save your money and hope that a better DVD of "Imitation of Life" will come along later. Rating: - Movie's great!!! Skip the DVD!!! The definitive weeper of all time definately lives up to its reputation but this DVD presentation is to be avoided at all cost! This version of Imitation of Life is a cheap, shoddy-looking copy from a grainy, washed-out print and was rushed into a DVD format on the heels of the success of Far from Heaven -Todd Haynes's masterful restaging of brilliant filmmaker Douglas Sirk's All That Heaven Allows- and should be rented if you haven't seen it already but avoid purchasing!!! Wait for a Criterion restoration -if they do one- equal to All That Heaven Allows and Written on the Wind or even a straight forward-style like the one for Lured. Again, the movie still stands the test of time with its pure soap opera-emotional power but this DVD is horrible!

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