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LOG IN Forgot Login? Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1      Non-Film Score Discussion: Modesty Blaise Blu-ray   Last Post   Posted:   May 19, 2016 - 3:12 PM     By:   johnjohnson   (Member) Kino Lorber has detailed its upcomng Blu-ray release of Joseph Losey's film Modesty Blaise (1966), starring Monica Vitti, Terence Stamp, Dirk Bogarde, Harry Andrews, and Michael Craig. The release will be available for purchase on August 23. Her entire appearance changes in a finger snap. She thrashes villains without missing a spiked-heeled step. Welcome to the mad, mod world of sexy, stylish intrigue as British comic strip character Modesty Blaise comes to life in this outrageous spy spoof. Hired by the government to prevent a diamond heist, Modesty (Monica Vitti) recruits her wily sidekick Willie Garvin (Terence Stamp) to help her battle crafty, colorful foes on the secluded island of a suave mastermind thief (Dirk Bogarde). Grooving with mile-high hairdos and swinging, psychedelic wall patterns, Modesty Blaise is campy entertainment at its best! Special Features: Interview with First Assistant Director Gavrik Losey Interviews with Screenwriter Evan Jones and assistant art director Norman Dorme Audio Commentary by Film Historian David Del Valle and Filmmaker Armand Mastroianni Trailer Gallery http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=19077    Posted:   May 20, 2016 - 4:29 AM     By:   MusicMad   (Member) I bought the DVD some years ago to recover a memory of two of having seen the film on TV back in the early 1970s. As a fan of the novels the film is a poor mess but putting aside what I want the film to be like (style, characterisation, etc.) it is good fun ... certainly on a par (or better) than the similarly-styled Flint, Drummond, Helm et al. contemporaries. It's probably time for another viewing ... but I don't think I'll upgrade to the Blu-Ray. Now if only the character was given the proper film treatment ... please! Mitch    Posted:   May 21, 2016 - 6:30 AM     By:   Tall Guy   (Member) I bought the DVD some years ago to recover a memory of two of having seen the film on TV back in the early 1970s. As a fan of the novels the film is a poor mess but putting aside what I want the film to be like (style, characterisation, etc.) it is good fun ... certainly on a par (or better) than the similarly-styled Flint, Drummond, Helm et al. contemporaries. It's probably time for another viewing ... but I don't think I'll upgrade to the Blu-Ray. Now if only the character was given the proper film treatment ... please! Mitch Ron and Russell of Sparks were commissioned to write a theme song in the early 80s for a tv adaptation but it never happened in the end. Hence on the song "Modesty Plays" it sounds terribly as if Russell is singing a word that starts with a B rather than a P.    Posted:   May 21, 2016 - 10:04 AM     By:   RoryR   (Member) the film is a poor mess Mitch Poor? I'd say it's a very rich mess, and that's not meant as a compliment. I've always like what Maltin's Guide has had to say about this movie: "Director Losey ate some watermelon, pickels, and ice cream, went to sleep, woke up, and made this film." Losey just didn't have the right kind of sensibilities for this kind of pop art/spoof/camp mid-sixties sort of thing and should have stuck to sociological thinking man films.    Posted:   May 21, 2016 - 11:48 AM     By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member) Wait, i thought somebody already explained it was a Losey masterpiece. I'm confused!    Posted:   May 21, 2016 - 12:02 PM     By:   Rameau   (Member) Yeah, Joseph Losey was a really odd choice for this. I think he took over from another director at the last minute (I can't remember who the other director was), it really should have been someone like Richard Lester, & I don't know why they cast Monica Vitti in the lead, but good news for fans of the film...who can play region A Blu-rays.     Non-Film Score Discussion: Modesty Blaise Blu-ray    < 1  >   Go to page:  1   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1

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