Nijmegen Proof: A Romance of Rare Books

Ernest Hemingway's gripping short story The Killers has fascinated readers and filmmakers for generations. Its first screen incarnation came in 1946, when director Robert Siodmak unleashed The Killers , helping to define the film noir style and launching the careers of Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner in an archetypal masterpiece. In 1956, then-film student Andrei Tarkovsky tackled the story with a faithful 19-minute short. In 1946, Don Siegel-initially slated to direct the 1946 version-took it...

Plus: Soon-to-be-wed Bob and Sally visit Dr. West for a "premarital physical" until he idiotically blurted out their past indiscretions: "Sally, that first baby didn't hurt you a bit! And Bob, there's no trace of your old VD!" BOOM! The marriage is cancelled until the befuddled old doc shows the ex-lovebirds three delightful movies - "The Story of VD," "The Story of Reproduction," and "The Story of Birth" - proving once and for all that it's all Because of Eve ... With shocking-for-it's-time condor...

By far one of the greatest DVDs ever put together. A damn fine film, if not a classic, digitally restored (from the restored print previously released on other VHS, Laserdisc, and DVD editions) and filled to bursting with secondary works that will enhance the experience for any film enthusiast. The evenly arranged commentary track is from the laserdisc edition (as is evident by Kirk Douglas's pre-stroke voice.) Manages to give an intersting sketch of the assorted backstabbing that went on behind...