Like many other collectors, this reviewer really prefers Criterion’s usual clear case presentations. The Criterion Collection packages their two Blu-ray discs in a twin foldout with two rubber hubs. That’s perfectly okay, however, since the most important award that this film has earned is its status as a timeless classic. Unfortunately, Bette Davis and Anne Baxter’s Best Actress nods ended up canceling each other out, and Celeste Holm and Thelma Ritter may have done likewise in the Best Supporting Actress category. Mankiewicz), Best Supporting Actor (George Sanders), Best Costume Design – Black and White (Edith Head and Charles LeMaire), and Best Sound Recording (Thomas T. Mankiewicz), Best Adapted Screenplay (Joseph L. In fact, it would take home the statue for Best Picture, Best Director (Joseph L. As Eve becomes a fixture in Margo’s life, the Broadway legend soon suspects that her supposed admirer intends to use her and everyone in her circle as stepping-stones to stardom.Īll About Eve was an Academy darling and earned fourteen Oscar nominations. This backstage tale follows Margo Channing (Bette Davis) as she entertains a surprise dressing-room visitor: her most adoring fan, the shy, wide-eyed Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter). The pleasure of this film lies as much in how various characters are behaving (or reacting) as it does in the immensely quotable dialogue. What’s more, the argument seems to ignore the simple fact that there is plenty of pantomime going on throughout the film’s duration. This reviewer falls somewhere between these extremes as there is absolutely no reason why both approaches cannot coexist (even within the same film). Some call the film “literate” while others describe it as “talky.” Those who prefer film stories to be told in a purely visual manner will inevitably lament the seemingly endless stream of dialogue, but those who have been weaned on the American theater will rejoice in the witty banter. Mankiewicz’s “devastatingly witty” screenplay for the same reasons others have criticized it. Many have praised All About Eve for Joseph L. The director’s dream: the prepared actress.” –Joseph L. There was no fumbling for my words they’d become hers – as Margo Channing. A DVD edition of this title is also available.

This new Criterion edition offers a marginally superior transfer of the film and adds some new supplementary material to what was included on that earlier release. Notes: ‘All About Eve’ has been released previously on Blu-ray by 20th Century Fox in a Digi-book edition and with standard packaging. Main Audio: English Mono Linear PCM Audio

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All About All About Eve by Sam Staggs