Dear CW, Is anyone familiar with the website moviedetective.net? One of our faculty members is interested in a Michael Powell movie being sold by them. It is Herzog Blaubarts Burg<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077672/> (1963). The description on their website is:
This is a region-free DVD-R without case or artwork. In German with English subtitles. This is a VHS transfer. Peerless British filmmaker Michael Powell found his career in tatters after directing the still-controversial crime thriller Peeping Tom (1960). Bluebeard's Castle, Powell's first film in four years, constituted an cinematization of the 1911 opera Bluebeard's Castle, by Bela Bartok, about the nefarious exploits of the 19th century Parisian murderer (here played by Norman Foster) who woos his female victims, then dispatches them. Because the British industry was, for all intents and purposes, still blacklisting Powell in 1964, he had to travel to Germany to make this one. Legal issues kept Bluebeard's Castle out of circulation for decades. Are the materials offered by them legit? Thank you for any information on this site. Sincerely, Eileen Karsten Head of Technical Services Donnelley & Lee Library Lake Forest College 555 N. Sheridan Road Lake Forest, IL 60045 kars...@mx.lakeforest.edu<mailto:kars...@lakeforest.edu> 847-735-5066
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