Blu-ray Release: So Dark the Night

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Laurence
– February 22, 2019Find Others: Blu-ray, Movie, New Release, NewsGet More: ,

Blu-ray Release Date: Feb. 19, 2019
Price: Blu-ray $27.99
Studio: Arrow/MVD

A Hitchcockian tale of mystery and intrigue, 1946’s So Dark the Night was one of the more memorable low budget film noirs helmed by Joseph H. Lewis of Gun Crazy,  My Name is Julia Ross and The Big Combo fame.

Inspector Cassin, a renowned Paris detective, departs to the country for a much-needed break. There he falls in love with the innkeeper’s daughter, Nanette, who is already betrothed to a local farmer. On the evening of their engagement party, Nanette and the farmer both disappear. Cassin takes up the case immediately to discover what happened to them and who is responsible.

As with his other celebrated noir, Lewis elevates the twisty, pulpy material with some of the finest noir touches the genre has to offer, beautifully shot by Oscar-winning cinematographer Burnett Guffey (Bonnie and Clyde).

The Blu-ray contains the following features:

  • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
  • Original uncompressed mono PCM audio
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
  • Audio Commentary by critics Glenn Kenny and Farran Smith Nehme
  • So Dark… Joseph H. Lewis at Columbia – Critic Imogen Sara Smith provides the background and an analysis of the film
  • Theatrical trailer
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tonci Zonjic
  • FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic David Cairns
Buy or Rent So Dark the Night

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About Laurence

Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.