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I have loved this film and the James Hilton novel upon which it is based since I was a child. “Lost Horizon” is one of the truly great moviegoing experiences. I think we all want to believe in Shangri-La, a paradise which brings out the best in mortals, offering a chance of redemption.
The film has a great cast: Ronald Colman (what a voice!), lovely Jane Wyatt, Thomas Mitchell, H.B. Warner, Edward Everett Horton, Sam Jaffe and the almost forgotten (but very good) Isabel Jewell - she also appeared with Colman in “A Tale of Two Cities.”
The set design has to be seen to be truly appreciated. Shangri-La is a prime example of Art Deco at it’s most beautiful.
The film, as it exists today, is a bit like Frankenstein’s monster, stitched together from a wide variety of sources, some of them in better condition than others. The story of the quarter-century restoration of the film is a fascinating example of the dedication to see a project through to it’s completion.
The only complaint I have about the film, and it’s a minor one, is about the number of expository sequences in the film. It seems that one character or another is always talking about what has gone on or what is going on. H.B. Warner’s character, in particular, seems to exist for the most part to explain the backstory of Shangri-La. But that’s, as I said, a minor complaint. This is a superb motion picture.
LOST HORIZON is a very special and very philosophical movie based on the James Hilton novel. The movie makes a few changes from the book, but in many ways the film actually improves on the novel, not the least of which is having the great Ronald Colman flesh out the part of Robert Conway. It’s not Colman’s most memorable performance (see TALE OF TWO CITIES for that) but he wears the part like a comfortable suit. Supporting him are some other great players like Edward Everett Horton, Thomas Mitchell, Sam Jaffe and Isabel Jewell to name a few. What would YOUR reaction be when you discover that the commandeered airplane that took you to a mysterious, beautiful land in the middle of the wintry Himalayas was not an accident, but a plan? The lost world of Shangri-La is something different to everyone, and it’s not always a land of bliss and happiness as you’ll see. The film itself has gone through many difficult years, and the painstaking reconstruction (sometimes down to still frames with audio) receives a fine presentation on DVD. It’s the restoration and the extras that make the disc worth viewing. A brief section shows how some frames were restored, and we get to see some rare pristine footage of the funeral procession. A good feature commentary and documentary are also included. Overall, then, it’s a fine film and a fine DVD supplying fine extras. What’s not fine? Well, it’s only fair to comment on the extremely variable quality of the image (as I said, it’s a combination of several decent prints, some 16mm prints and the occasional still-frame section). That’s not the fault of Columbia, as it is most likely the best they could do. But upon comparison to my VHS tape of the restored film, I was surprised to see that the quality is only *slightly* better, not dramatically better. That’s why I say in all fairness that it’s really the extras that make it worthwhile, but that’s coming from someone who already had a video copy of the restored film in his collection. If you’ve never seen the film, I recommend it unreservedly.
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