This release of a long unavailable and unusual noir fantasy features a gorgeous transfer and a number of illuminating extras.
This Blu-ray is a budget-conscious option for those seeking to dip their toes into an Italian maestro’s work.
Kit Parker Films’s set is as no frills as the nine films contained within it.
Ashby’s plangent fable receives a smashing 4K restoration and a fine brace of bonus materials from Criterion.
Did no one else involved in the making have a few words to spare?
Throughout, Ashby’s bemused direction tempers every blunt edge.
Fixed Bayonets! isn’t the most hyperbolic film in Fuller’s catalog, but it earns the exclamation point.
The technical shortcomings of many Fuller films lend credibility to his “roll up your sleeves and start slinging the shit around” approach to moviemaking.