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I feel he is regularly criticized and disliked by cinephiles as a filmmaker who has big spectacle but not much substance. While I don’t necessarily disagree, I really like the big spectacle he brings to his films. I feel he is a big unfairly criticized in this regard, as there are many filmmakers who have made big-budget spectacles in Hollywood, not just DeMille. I really enjoy Unconquered and Union Pacific, and obviously The Ten Commandments. I disliked The Plainsmen, and thought I liked some parts of The Crusades, certain parts are pretty ridiculous and haven’t aged very well. I also disliked the way that Richard the Lionheart was portrayed in the film. What are your thoughts on DeMille? Do you enjoy his films despite their faults? Or not really?

Vincente Minnelli is very hit or miss with me. I find that many of his films are style over substance. I liked The Bad and the Beautiful, Home from the Hill, The Clock, and Meet Me in St. Louis (except the Halloween parts, which felt out of place to me.) I dislike musicals, and I wasn’t a big fan of Some Came Running, Madame Bovary, and Two Weeks in Another Town, the latter of which I couldn’t even finish, and the other two I struggled to finish.

However, I love this cast. And the story seems complex and interesting. Would you recommend? How do you feel it compares to his other films?

I love historical epics, as they have so much sweep and scope and really immerses you into another time period and setting. Like David Lean’s films, for example. I understand this particular filmmaker makes films that also combine martial arts types of action sequences in these films. Often I find that these films have weaker characters and emotions than what are in a usual epic film. Sometimes the fight scenes are a bit unrealistic as well. I don’t necessarily want accuracy, but I want the film to feel authentic. For a lover of historical epics such as myself, would you recommend these films? In other words, do these films feel like historical epics or do they use the historical framing to tell a martial arts story? Please let me know your thoughts with no spoilers, and thank you in advance.

$18 each, except for Johnny Guitar, which has a slip and is $30.

- The Crimson Kimono
- Underworld, U.S.A.
- Shockproof/Scandal Sheet

Hi, I would like these OOP Kino Lorber blu-rays:

- Yellow Sky
- The Mercenary
- The Ox-Bow Incident
- Hangover Square
- Rawhide
- The Indian Fighter
- Day of the Outlaw
- Chato’s Land
- Fixed Bayonets
- The Hurricane
- Ida Lupino Collection