tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185482420929995617.post1965981701025203063..comments2024-03-28T11:22:19.658+11:00Comments on Classic Movie Ramblings: Lost Horizon (1937)dfordoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02306293859869179118noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185482420929995617.post-10342280387872019552019-08-20T05:44:02.911+10:002019-08-20T05:44:02.911+10:00Despite the negative comments - many of which I ag...Despite the negative comments - many of which I agree with - the film is nevertheless a c llassic. It succeeds in suspending disbelief and largely succeeds in making us yearn for that ever distant utopian dream of peace and contentment. It is preachy, and that is goid. As such, the movie has substance. It also has adventure, and is worth watching again and again. The black and white works well - as it does in Kurosawa movies. I wish they had of released the original 6 hr and / 3 1/2 hour cuts - these would have been wonderful to sit rmthrough in this modern era of streaming and Netflix.Michael Organhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08795616824116855081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185482420929995617.post-87834992367655822782015-06-06T14:53:53.609+10:002015-06-06T14:53:53.609+10:00I think you go this pretty well, although Thomas M...I think you go this pretty well, although Thomas Mitchell and Edward Everett Horton almost make thin thing worthwhile. Re John Howard: David Niven and Louis Hayward both tested for the part of George, and the other guy was selected. Wow! As for Same Jaffe, another Wow in the wrong direction. Your comment made the review. Cringe Worthy. You bet. Oh, I thought Jane Wyatt fantastic. Fun, and sexy as hell.barrylanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09507827607600595861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185482420929995617.post-45953135827875087872015-05-05T07:56:21.323+10:002015-05-05T07:56:21.323+10:00Pauline Kael skewered this movie (and its awful re...Pauline Kael skewered this movie (and its awful remake) in her review, in one of her collections. One agrees with every word she says. Michael O'Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17820802843771524920noreply@blogger.com