Star 80 (1983)

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Good Film, Terrible Transfer
by JakeStevens in JakeStevens Blog

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"It's a shame that the wonderful director Bob Fosse's final film has been released on DVD with such utter disregard to the actual film itself. Full frame (ripped right off from a sub-par Laserdisc release, I hear), absolutely no special features or subtitle options, and the transfer and sound are both atrocious, especially since Fosse had such an eye for detail. It's a grim tale, and hardly a likeable character in it, particularly Eric Roberts, whose performance is of note because he is so unlikeable. Rarely do you see an actor so fully give himself to such a pathetic character and make you feel sympathy for a cold-blooded killer with serious issues. I can't recall another film I've seen with Mariel Hemingway in it, but she seems to hold her own as the somewhat-vapid victim, and the cinematography...so much to be said for it. Again, a shame I can't see it in all of its vivid colors and flashy, gaudy late-70's, early 80's glory. The "Playboy" photos of Dorothy Stratten are spot-on, a ... " [More]

Fossethon: Searching for STAR 80
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"When I first learned of Bob Westal’s Bob Fosse Blogathon, my plan was to write about Star 80, a film I’ve never seen but have long wanted to. I had ample time, in the ensuing month and a half, to track down a copy of Star 80 on DVD, watch it two or three times, and come up with oodles of brilliant ideas in relation to it. But I didn’t. I lost track of time. I forgot. And I inevitably found myself wandering around the East Village on Saturday, looking everywhere but finding Star 80 nowhere. Even Kim’s on St. Marks, which has a full Fosse section on its DVD sales floor, didn’t have it. “These are supposed to be the spoils of living in New York,” I grumbled internally on the subway back to Queens. “My apartment is too small and my savings are non existant, but at the very least, if I want to buy something, I’m supposed to be able to find it.” I wasn’t necessarily shit out of luck, re: the blogathon–I have a copy of Cabaret on my DVD shelf, I could have just written a " [More]

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