THE CAT AND THE CANARY (1927) A Pioneering Silent Horror Classic from Eureka!
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- čas přidán 12. 05. 2024
- RazorwireReviews 2024
Episode 15
THE CAT AND THE CANARY (1927) A Pioneering Silent Horror Classic from Eureka!
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Great to see support for this release. I’m working on my own review and have been waiting for ages for this film to get a restoration and then it took quite a while for a BD release. IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT! This is such a slam dunk for Eureka and I’m happy they’ve entered into the US market with such an important and well done release. One of the best and most important releases of the year no question.
I'm sure your review will be as epic as usual, looking forward to it!
I also have Leni's version of The Cat and the Canary. I'd pre-ordered it and it came a day or so after the release date (they obviously send international orders early cos it was the same for Dr Caligari and Pandora's Box). And it's a great video, full of extras as you say.
As for which silent films I'd like to see, firstly 4K versions of Metropolis, Sunrise, Chaplin's films (I think there's a 4K version of The Kid), The General and Steamboat Bill Jr, and many other Keaton films. Otherwise, I'd like to see anything that starred Lottie Lyell (I've got The Sentimental Bloke on DVD), but so few of her films survive. And keeping the Australian theme, For the Term of His Natural Life, even though they used film stock in the ship burnt at the end, which is probably why so few Australian silents exist.
Just noticed in your letterboxd, that you have returned to the Kaurismäki films. That's great! 😁
Big plans... you heard it here first haha
I am really curious about this one, classic Universal horror films are all amazing and favourites of mine but I have not yet seen this. And outside of the obvious classics it would be really nice if Eureka could release The Last Laugh in the Masters of Cinema series. A truly incredible film by silent master F.W. Murnau and one you do not hear about super often.
It is in the collection! Early Murnau set. Canary doesn't feel exactly like the Universal horror cycle, but it's quite close and you can see the sparks that would soon ignite it, I think.