Man Hunt (1941)

Ashirg · **Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 9:10 am **Location:** Atlanta

Fritz Lang's film is coming to DVD on May 19 according to Classic Flix:

Quote:

Based on the 1939 novel, “Rogue Male,” a British hunter on vacation in the Bavarian Alps, in the forests near Adolf Hitler’s home, gets Hitler in his gun sight, pondering whether or not he should shoot him.

BONUS FEATURES:

* Commentary by Author Patrick McGilligan
* Rogue Male: The Making of Man Hunt
* Restoration Comparison
* Trailer
* Interactive Pressbook
* Still Gallery

Languages: English(Original Language & Subtitled), Spanish(Subtitled & Dubbed)

Cover artwork is available at the link above.

david hare · **Joined:** Tue Nov 02, 2004 8:01 pm

Mercis Milles Fois Ashirg!

domino harvey · **Joined:** Wed Jan 11, 2006 2:42 pm

Finally!

ZizouJuve · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 3:21 pm

This looks real good. Love that cover art. Gotta love Lang films dealing with Nazis.

Highway 61 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 4:53 pm

Whoa. A pleasant surprise from Fox. Fantastic cover.

knepo · **Joined:** Sun Mar 02, 2008 9:13 am **Location:** Norway

WoW! Greatest dvd news i got in 2009!

htdm · **Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 3:46 am

Very welcome addition!

What A Disgrace · **Joined:** Sun Nov 07, 2004 10:34 pm

Must have for me.

ByMarkClark.com · **Posted:** Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:03 pm

This thing has been in the pipeline forever. My friend Paul Jensen was interviewed for the making-of doc literally years ago. Glad to see it's finally on the schedule.

Is it just me, or has Fox really scaled back its library titles this year?

justeleblanc · **Posted:** Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:23 am

ByMarkClark.com wrote:

This thing has been in the pipeline forever. My friend Paul Jensen was interviewed for the making-of doc literally years ago. Glad to see it's finally on the schedule.

Is it just me, or has Fox really scaled back its library titles this year?

I believe all the studios laid off hundreds of their employees last year due to the economy, and I imagine many were in home video.

Tolmides · **Joined:** Thu Aug 28, 2008 11:42 pm

knepo wrote:

WoW! Greatest dvd news i got in 2009!

Waterloo Bridge would probably top this, but it's a close run thing.

david hare · **Joined:** Tue Nov 02, 2004 8:01 pm

Great transfer! Fox has done a fantastic job on an obviously limited budget (57 hours of restoration time it says) stabilizing what was an incredibly jittery and unstable image. This is the best it's ever looked to me (and this is the fourth video version of it I've owned.)

I also enjoyed McGilligan's commentary, if only to actually hear the author of one of the few books on Lang, along with Eisner and the still untranslated from French Luc Moullet Editions Segher.

knives · **Joined:** Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:49 pm **Location:** sd, ca

Did anyone else think McGilligan hated the movie? Half the commentary was spent suggesting other Lang or saying how ridiculous/ silly such and such aspect was. Some how the hate made me like the movie more.

Florinaldo · **Joined:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:38 pm **Location:** Canada

knives wrote:

Did anyone else think McGilligan hated the movie? Half the commentary was spent suggesting other Lang or saying how ridiculous/ silly such and such aspect was. Some how the hate made me like the movie more.

McGilligan is quite right in pointing out that this is not quite top-tier Lang, even considering only his American period (I would rank Scarlet Street, Woman in the Window or You Only Live Once as superior for example). But he still highlights that Lang often managed to circumvent the constraints of the script and of a limited budget, for example with the farewell scene on the bridge.

And of course, second-tier Lang is still way above most other movies, whether from the same era or from today.

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