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ECLIPSE SERIES 5: THE FIRST FILMS OF SAMUEL FULLER
complete 3-disc boxset
http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/499
http://www.amazon.com/Eclipse-Samuel-Arizona-Criterion-Collection/dp/B000QXDFS0/
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/29766/first-films-of-samuel-fuller-eclipse-series-5-the/
http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews32/first_films_samuel_fuller.htm
DVD Release Date: August 14, 2007
ABOUT THE BOXSET:
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.
CONTENTS:
3 feature films:
I Shot Jesse James (Samuel Fuller, 1949, 81 min.)
http://www.criterion.com/films/882
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041497/
The Baron of Arizona (Samuel Fuller, 1950, 97 min.)
http://www.criterion.com/films/881
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042229/
The Steel Helmet (Samuel Fuller, 1951, 84 min.)
http://www.criterion.com/films/445
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044072/
Format: NTSC
DVD Size: 5.66 + 4.12 + 4.15 GB - Exact Untouched Copy
Time (total): 262 minutes
Type: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Sound (main features): English
Subtitles: optional English
DISC DETAILS
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DISC ONE
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THE BARON OF ARIZONA
http://www.criterion.com/films/881
1950, 97 min.
Black and White
1.33:1
English
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DISC TWO
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THE STEEL HELMET
http://www.criterion.com/films/445
1951, 84 min.
The Steel Helmet marked Samuel Fuller's official arrival as a mighty cinematic force. Despite its relatively low budget, this portrait of Korean War soldiers dealing with moral and racial identity crises remains one of the director's most gripping, realistic depictions of the blood and guts of war, as well as a reflection of Fuller's irreducible social conscience. So controversial were the film's comments on domestic and war crimes (American bigotry, the Japanese-American WWII internment camps) that Fuller became the target of an FBI investigation.
Black and White
1.33:1
English
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DISC THREE
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I SHOT JESSE JAMES
http://www.criterion.com/films/882
1949, 81 min.
After years of crime reporting, screenwriting, and authoring pulp novels, Samuel Fuller made his directorial debut with the lonesome ballad of Robert Ford (played by Red River's John Ireland), who fatally betrayed his friend, the notorious Jesse James. At once modest and intense, I Shot Jesse James is an engrossing pocket portrait of guilt and psychological torment, and an auspicious beginning for the maverick filmmaker.
Black and White
1.33:1
English
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