Eclipse Series 5 - The First Films of Samuel Fuller (The Baron of Arizona / I Shot Jesse James / The Steel Helmet) (Criterion Collection)
by Samuel Fuller
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Actor: John Ireland, Preston Foster, Reed Hadley, Tom Tyler, Tommy NoonanDirector: Samuel Fuller
Brand: Image Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Box set, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 262 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-08-14
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Eclipse
Movie Reviews of Eclipse Series 5 - The First Films of Samuel Fuller (The Baron of Arizona / I Shot Jesse James / The Steel Helmet) (Criterion Collection)
Movie Review: SAMUEL FULLER, OPUS 1, 2 AND 3
Summary: 5 Stars
I SHOT JESSE JAMES ****1/2 1949. Written and directed by Samuel Fuller. Robert Ford shoots Jesse James in the back in order to get the reward and start a new life but his girl-friend doesn't want him anymore after Jesse's murder so Robert heads to Colorado to make a fortune. Superb psychological western with a first-class performance of John Ireland as Robert Ford. Note the scene of the theatre when Robert Ford is trying, as an actor playing his own character, to recreate Jesse James's murder before the audience: simply a little jewel. Highly recommended.
THE BARON OF ARIZONA ***1/2 1950. Written and directed by Samuel Fuller. An office clerk imagines an unbelievable swindle, patiently forging proofs that his wife is the legal owner of Arizona. Vincent Price is imperial as a womanizer, a monk, a gypsy and finally as the Baron of Arizona. The most impressive scene of the film is the scene of the lynching which already foreshadows the future masterpieces of Samuel Fuller. Recommended.
THE STEEL HELMET ***** 1951. Written, produced and directed by Samuel Fuller. THE STEEL HELMET was the first American movie about the Korea war which started just six months before its theatrical release. Eight soldiers, trapped in a Buddhist temple, fight the communist North Korean army. Be prepared for eighty-five minutes of non-stop tension. Samuel Fuller reveals here his taste for bizarre scenes which leave you wondering why this director isn't more appreciated. Masterpiece.
All in all, an indispensable box set for every movie lover. Don't be the last one to rediscover the most underrated American film director. Bring Sam Fuller to where he should already be. In your library.
Summary of Eclipse Series 5 - The First Films of Samuel Fuller (The Baron of Arizona / I Shot Jesse James / The Steel Helmet) (Criterion Collection)
His films have been called raw outrageous sensational and daring. In four decades of directing Samuel Fuller created a legendarily idiosyncratic oeuvre examining U.S. history and mythmaking in westerns film noirs and war epics. And characteristically it all began with a bang: after printing the legend with the elegant B-pictures I Shot Jesse James and The Baron of Arizona he got himself into hot water with the FBI on The Steel Helmet the first American movie to portray the Korean War. These three independent films showed off Fuller's genre diversity gutter wit and subversive force and pointed the way to a controversial career in studio moviemaking.Includes:I Shot Jesse JamesFuller's directorial debut is a psychological western excavating with pathos and humor the tale of Robert Ford the member of Jesse James's gang who shot the famed outlaw in the back.The Baron of ArizonaA devilishly witty Vincent Price plays a nineteenth-century con man who sets out to commit the most epic swindle in U.S. history: to claim himself as the rightful inheritor of Arizona.The Steel HelmetWith its low budget and high ambitions Fuller's snarling Korean War film an examination of race relations as well as a visceral plunge into battle remains one of the director's most discussed and admired works.System Requirements:Running Time: 262 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: NR UPC: 715515025522 Manufacturer No: ECL022DVDAction & Adventure DVD Video
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