We may try to make the old things new, but we had one Ernst Lubitsch, he’s long gone, and we aren’t getting another one.
This Blu-ray release illustrates how Lubitsch aided the resistance, as only he could: with dignity, always dignity.
The film is an uneasy mixture of classical music, sickly Technicolor, and irredeemably vulgar set decoration.
Perhaps unjustly, To Be or Not to Be’s wit continues to be overshadowed by its touchy plot.
It’s good to have To Be or Not to Be on DVD, but it deserved more in the extras department.