Nightmare Alley (1947) - Blu-ray Forum

Akijama · 02-12-2021, 03:18 PM

https://www.criterion.com/films/28571-nightmare-alley

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SPECIAL FEATURES
New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Audio commentary from 2005 featuring film historians James Ursini and Alain Silver
New interview with critic Imogen Sara Smith
New interview with performer and historian Todd Robbins
Interview from 2007 with actor Coleen Gray
Audio excerpt of a 1971 interview with Henry King in which the filmmaker discusses actor Tyrone Power
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: An essay by film critic and screenwriter Kim Morgan

New cover by Ricardo Diseño

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Darkness lurks behind the bright lights of a traveling carnival in one of the most haunting and perverse film noirs of the 1940s. Adapted from the scandalous best seller by William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley gave Tyrone Power a chance to subvert his matinee-idol image with a ruthless performance as Stan Carlisle, a small-time carny whose unctuous charm propels him to fame as a charlatan spiritualist, but whose unchecked ambition leads him down a path of moral degradation and self-destruction. Although its strange, sordid atmosphere shocked contemporary audiences, this long difficult-to-see reflection of postwar angst has now taken its place as one of the defining noirs of its era—a fate-fueled downward slide into existential oblivion.

Member-222782 · 02-12-2021, 03:24 PM

Aren't Criterion announcements usually on the 15th?

lilboyblu · 02-12-2021, 03:24 PM

Oh yeah!! Had this preordered (and cancelled) twice from Signal One. Very glad that it's getting a US Criterion release instead. Finally! Excellent news!

MifuneFan · 02-12-2021, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Cinema84

Aren't Criterion announcements usually on the 15th?

It's a holiday, sometimes they do it early when that's the case

Gunsnroses092789 · 02-12-2021, 03:26 PM

HELL YES! I was hoping they had this film, since it is in desperate need of a Blu-ray, and here it is! What a great year from Criterion with History is Made at Night and The Parallax View!

kishiro · 02-12-2021, 03:26 PM

Excellent news!

Now I can cancel my amazon.co.uk pre-order I had since 2018... I don't know if SignalOne will ever release it.

klauswhereareyou · 02-12-2021, 04:36 PM

Glad to see a catalog Fox title making it out in 2021 that never got a Blu-ray release pre-Disney buy out.

JupiterMission · 02-12-2021, 06:16 PM

Woohoo! Very excited for this one! The cover art is kind of shoddy looking though. The title and illustration are fine, but the bottom font looks kind of phoned-in.

Gunsnroses092789 · 02-12-2021, 06:19 PM

I think it's meant to look kind of hand-painted like you might have found at a circus act.

Winslow Leach · 02-12-2021, 06:19 PM

Great film.

Akijama · 02-12-2021, 07:48 PM

IMO, one of the top five noir films of all time.

Pre order is up https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WKM49KJ...vies-tv&sr=1-9

traths · 02-12-2021, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by MifuneFan

It's a holiday, sometimes they do it early when that's the case

And it's February, a shorter month.

More film noir from Criterion? Yes please.

cgpublic · 02-12-2021, 08:51 PM

Nightmare indeed, and plenty of time to marinate until Del Toro hits the streets.

BluPat · 02-12-2021, 10:39 PM

Can't wait for this!

latehong · 02-13-2021, 12:05 AM

I kind of expected a Guillermo del Toro appreciation piece but I guess he was too busy or didn't want to be 'too near' to this version now that he's making another adaptation.

Telstar · 02-13-2021, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by latehong

I kind of expected a Guillermo del Toro appreciation piece but I guess he was too busy or didn't want to be 'too near' to this version now that he's making another adaptation.

Yeah, a del Toro supplement would have been great, and I'm disappointed to be missing out on the Michael Brooke commentary and 28-page booklet slated for the m.i.a. Signal One release...but all things considered am stoked for Criterion's edition.

Monterey Jack · 02-13-2021, 01:07 AM

Never seen this, but I'm a sucker for classic noir, and with Del Toro's remake scheduled for later this year...

StarDestroyer52 · 02-13-2021, 03:10 AM

Superb news. Criterion answering my prayers. Just yesterday over in the Eureka thread I was lamenting the fact that I was worrying that we would never get this. Love this film ever since it was shown on Noir Alley a few years ago. Probably Tyrone Power's best performance and another stellar performance from the always wonderful Joan Blondell

dancerslegs · 02-13-2021, 04:21 AM

This one frustrated me the one time I saw it years ago. Willing to give it another chance with this restoration.

rosstheboss · 02-13-2021, 04:20 PM

As I understand it, a passion project that Fox did for TP to keep their star happy. (although they were concerned about it hurting his box office appeal) The story is dark, but no where near as messed up as the Novel. Found a used paperback on ebay a few years ago, the description of "geeks" and the main characters inevitable decent is haunting.

02-12-2021, 08:51 PM	#13
cgpublic Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Gotham 4K collection:786 Blu-ray collection:2395 DVD collection:60 MA collection:467 Digital collection:113 iTunes collection:590 Blu-ray reviews: 56 Trading Score:8	Up The Alley Nightmare indeed, and plenty of time to marinate until Del Toro hits the streets.

02-12-2021, 03:24 PM	#2
Member-222782 Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Jun 2012 4K collection:645 Blu-ray collection:4556 DVD collection:474 Trading Score:140	Aren't Criterion announcements usually on the 15th?

02-12-2021, 03:24 PM	#3
lilboyblu Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Apr 2010 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Trading Score:19	Oh yeah!! Had this preordered (and cancelled) twice from Signal One. Very glad that it's getting a US Criterion release instead. Finally! Excellent news!

02-12-2021, 03:26 PM	#5
Gunsnroses092789 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Nov 2010 4K collection:193 Blu-ray collection:1267 DVD collection:135 Blu-ray reviews: 18 Trading Score:89	HELL YES! I was hoping they had this film, since it is in desperate need of a Blu-ray, and here it is! What a great year from Criterion with *History is Made at Night* and *The Parallax View*!

02-12-2021, 03:26 PM	#6
kishiro Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Aug 2010 Location:Norway 4K collection:65 Blu-ray collection:5532	Excellent news! Now I can cancel my amazon.co.uk pre-order I had since 2018... I don't know if SignalOne will ever release it.

02-12-2021, 04:36 PM	#7
klauswhereareyou Blu-ray Knight Member since:Mar 2012 4K collection:232 Blu-ray collection:2199 Digital collection:22 Prime collection:1	Glad to see a catalog Fox title making it out in 2021 that never got a Blu-ray release pre-Disney buy out.

02-12-2021, 06:16 PM	#8
JupiterMission Power Member Member since:Sep 2016 Trading Score:2	Woohoo! Very excited for this one! The cover art is kind of shoddy looking though. The title and illustration are fine, but the bottom font looks kind of phoned-in.

02-12-2021, 06:19 PM	#9
Gunsnroses092789 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Nov 2010 4K collection:193 Blu-ray collection:1267 DVD collection:135 Blu-ray reviews: 18 Trading Score:89	I think it's meant to look kind of hand-painted like you might have found at a circus act.

02-12-2021, 06:19 PM	#10
Winslow Leach Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2020 Location:Connecticut 4K collection:55 Blu-ray collection:255 DVD collection:312	Great film.

02-12-2021, 07:48 PM	#11
Akijama Banned Top contributor Member since:Oct 2011	IMO, one of the top five noir films of all time. Pre order is up https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08WKM49KJ...vies-tv&sr=1-9

02-12-2021, 10:39 PM	#14
BluPat Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Nov 2008 Location:Texas 4K collection:241 Blu-ray collection:1455 Blu-ray reviews: 80 Trading Score:4	Can't wait for this!

02-13-2021, 12:05 AM	#15
latehong Power Member Member since:Jan 2012 Location:South Korea 4K collection:567 Blu-ray collection:5910 DVD collection:1	I kind of expected a Guillermo del Toro appreciation piece but I guess he was too busy or didn't want to be 'too near' to this version now that he's making another adaptation.

02-13-2021, 01:07 AM	#17
Monterey Jack Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Oct 2011 Trading Score:709	Never seen this, but I'm a sucker for classic noir, and with Del Toro's remake scheduled for later this year...

02-13-2021, 03:10 AM	#18
StarDestroyer52 Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Aug 2016 Location:In a galaxy far, far away.... 4K collection:507 Blu-ray collection:3247 DVD collection:233 MA collection:5 Digital collection:11 Prime collection:1 Blu-ray reviews:1	Superb news. Criterion answering my prayers. Just yesterday over in the Eureka thread I was lamenting the fact that I was worrying that we would never get this. Love this film ever since it was shown on Noir Alley a few years ago. Probably Tyrone Power's best performance and another stellar performance from the always wonderful Joan Blondell

02-13-2021, 04:21 AM	#19
dancerslegs Expert Member Member since:Jun 2016 Location:Atlanta, GA USA	This one frustrated me the one time I saw it years ago. Willing to give it another chance with this restoration.

02-13-2021, 04:20 PM	#20
rosstheboss Junior Member Member since:Jan 2013 4K collection:46 Blu-ray collection:1564 DVD collection:1033 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:16	As I understand it, a passion project that Fox did for TP to keep their star happy. (although they were concerned about it hurting his box office appeal) The story is dark, but no where near as messed up as the Novel. Found a used paperback on ebay a few years ago, the description of "geeks" and the main characters inevitable decent is haunting.

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