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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Brand: Kino Video Fabric Type: 9786305848752 Graphics Memory Size: Color, DVD, NTSC Legal Disclaimer: 6305848750 Maximum Color Depth: Kino Video Maximum Focal Length: Metal Type: Kino Video Pearl Type: KICD01632D Publisher: 1 Total Firewire Ports: Kino Video Total Metal Weight: 1 Total Parallel Ports: May 23, 2000 Total S Video Out Ports: 122 minutes Kino Video October 15, 1951 Editorial Review: Product Description: Ava gardner stars as a nightclub singer on vacation in spain with whom all men seem hopelessly obsessed. James mason is a man doomed to sail the seven seas for all eternity in search of a woman who will sacrifice her life for him. Studio: Kino International Release Date: 05/23/2000 Starring: Ava Gardner James Mason Run time: 123 minutes Director: Albert Lewin Amazon.com: There are few films that can be acclaimed as truly mad, but Pandora and the Flying Dutchman stands rather wonderfully in this category. Its combination of lust and erudition is inspired by mythology but seems peopled by characters from some hybrid novel co-authored by Somerset Maugham and Ernest Hemingway. Pandora Reynolds (Ava Gardner) is a singer in a coastal town in Spain, where her hobby is attracting the devoted love of powerful men made helpless in her presence. (A race-car driver blithely pushes his one-of-a-kind vehicle over a cliff, just to earn her trust.) While fending off other suitors, including a bullfighter, she becomes intrigued by the mystery man (James Mason) whose yacht is moored offshore. Since he is Dutch, perhaps he is related to the mythical, immortal Flying Dutchman? Don't think it can't happen in this overheated affair. Gardner and Mason are not at their best (she looks ultra-glamorous, of course), but their movie-star wattage is high. The real star is the Technicolor cinematography by the great Jack Cardiff (The Red Shoes); the throbbing colors are just right for the unreal scenario playing out before us. Writer-director Albert Lewin, probably best known for his Picture of Dorian Gray, had a literary bent, and in this movie that means people are constantly planting their feet and reciting snippets of poetry toward the moonlit sea. Somehow this fits in perfectly with the rest of the delirium. --Robert Horton Average Rating:
![]() Rating: - Excelent movie, but no Spanish track or subtitlesThis movie is a gem!!! You must se it!!! Just beware, there is a mistake in Amazon's information on this Kino DVD, it has neither English subtitles nor spanish language track. Enjoy it!!! Rating: - Terrific film, luxurious emotion--would blu-ray help?I've reviewed this film before, and recommend it for you over-the-top Romatics out there. However, after having seen blu-ray and realizing how much better this movie could be with some nice studio TLC, I'd pay again for a re-issue. Did that for only one other movie--To Catch a Thief--but would do so with this one. If we could get a verion of this movie with the same print quality of, say Criterion's "Black Narcissus''--highly recommended!--that would be terriric. Rating: - A Memorable Film, Classical Overtones.I'd give this five stars but with a warning: If you don't like dialog-driven plots, this movie won't thrill you. There are action scenes but almost as a side-bar. James Mason at his very best, in a career filled with great roles, Ava Gardner at her most beautiful, and the first time she really got a showcase for her acting talent. And there's a scene with a reworked,down-rodded Allard, mixing '30s era streamline styling with a few home-shop trappings. Some reviews have called the narration ... Read More Rating: - Classic Ethereal FantasyAlbert Lewin's independently produced and directed UK film PANDORA AND THE FLYING DUTCHMAN (1951) is one of the most ethereal and haunting love stories ever filmed. Lewin directs with keen eyes and doesn't often stray from the ethereal atmosphere, to the viewers delight. We get truly superb performances by the entire cast, particularly Ava Gardner, who delivers a heart-felt and very memorable performance. Not to mention the other-worldly photography, which is beautifully shot by two-time Oscar winner, ... Read More Rating: - Challenging, Intriguing, Entertaining, and SensualAlbert Lewin, the writer/director of Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, had a distinctive style that was unique in Hollywood. His surrealist references, the choreography-like blocking of his characters, and his fascination with existential/psychological themes may have been more obvious in his films of the 1940's (The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Moon and Sixpence) but they are all present here as well. Blended with the lush sensuality of the Spanish Coast, mirrored in his heroine, Pandora, they are less ... Read More Pandora and The Flying Dutchman Buy superhero comic book collectibles at the Superhero Mall! |