Landmark musical remake of the 1937 original about two star-crossed lovers in show business. Her fame is rising, his is starting to fade and their career trajectories form the plot of this film. Rarely has a musical featured such happily upbeat numbers (“Gotta Have Me Go With You”, “Lose That Long Face”) and simultaneously presented a storyline that is so profoundly sad. One quibble: extended “Born in A Trunk” number is dispensable and drags on the film’s excessive 176-minute length. Otherwise Judy Garland and James Mason are spectacular in their respective Oscar nominated roles. The film may have surprisingly gone home empty handed on Oscar night, but time has only made this musical seem even more impressive.
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You didn’t mention how annoying the DVD is with stills and voice of additional scenes that were left out of the original movie and should have been left off the DVD. The additions really ruined a great picture for me.
I agree those additions were annoying and completely unnecessary since the story wasn’t affected in a serious way by the extra footage. It didn’t ruin the film for me though.
Apparently a lot of critics seem to love those stills, as they feel it makes the film more “complete”. Honestly, I would have removed the “Born in a Trunk” number as well.