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May I ask what you’re currently using as a panel? From your comments, it sounds that the problem is space anf not funds.

Grain really hasn’t been a compression problem since DVD, unless the desire is to scrimp on space.

Especially in standard taking formats, 35mm and above, why does grain need to be managed except in early dupes?

Every title in the latest set is a substantial upgrade.

My only major problem with Topaz are those bloody knee protectors. Magnificently photographed film. The shot of Karin Dor falling to the marble floor is alone worth the price of admission.

The Pleasure Garden has been restored by The BFI, and hopefully will be released. The Mountain Eagle is Hitchcock’s Patriot.

I’ve always found Jamaica Inn rather interesting. Does Mr. Laughton chew the scenery a tad? Yes. ”Make way for Pengallan!” Waltzes from Vienna was called by Hitchcock, “The Lowest ebb of my career.” I agree.

Agreed. From what I was told by his co-workers, Family Plot was a problematic shoot, as AH was having some physical problems. He was apparently seated much of the time, and while he kept his production bungalow open for a period thereafter, moving projects along, it wasn’t going to occur. Henry...

Especially with these latest releases from Universal, Hitchcock seems one of a very small number of filmmakers to have almost their entire works available in some home video format.

What did that author write that became a decent film?

If one considers Sir Alfred's late Universal (Lew Wasserman) period, there are six films, beginning with The Birds in 1963, and ending with Family Plot in 1976. Between them - Marnie (1964), Torn Curtain (1965, Topaz (1969) and Frenzy (1972). By 1966, many of his long-time stalwart contributors...