All That Heaven Allows, Douglas Sirk’s definitive statement on human nature, now gets a definitive, sparkling Blu-ray release.
There’s nothing a’tall salvageable about Arthur Hamilton’s suburban drone mindset, but this restoration polishes his Kafkaesque tailspin down to the last whir of the cranial drill.
The choppiness of the thing, the cutting back and forth between still images with a little camera shake to suggest boats rocking rather than cutting on movement, emblemizes its Hollywood era.
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