Chandu The Magician (1932) Kino Lorber Blu-ray Review

#chanduthemagician #blurayreview #kinolorber #belalugosi
00:00 Film Discussion
17:58 Kino Lorber Blu-ray, Fox's HD remaster, DVD boxset
24:02 Blu-ray picture quality
25:10 Audio Quality
26:21 Artwork
27:42 Special Features
30:05 Greg Mank's must listen audio commentary
32:17 Summary

[@DamnFoolIdealisticCrusader]

This disc is in Kino’s going out of print sale so pick up a copy sooner rather than later!! kinolorber.com/product/chandu-the-magician-blu-ray

[@robertgaydos1354]

Excellent information,,sad that there's not more viewers

[@adamATOM3]

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[@DamnFoolIdealisticCrusader]

Thank you!! I have so many others I’d like to do. The trouble is always having enough time to record, edit, add screencaps etc.

[@juanaltredo2974]

cant believe you got so few subs, but you can now add 1 more! love this topic, and because of you I'm going to buy this BR

[@DamnFoolIdealisticCrusader]

Thank you! I hope you enjoy it!

[@1dbanner]

"I'm not getting near that goddamn thing, one of them burned me on 'The Return of Chandu'"

[@richardlee2120]

I'll have to get a copy of "Chandu the Magician" because my great uncle James Wong Howe was the cameraman for it. I'm also a Lugosi fan.

[@DamnFoolIdealisticCrusader]

Wow that’s an incredible connection to have! Chandu is a fascinating film for its era particularly for the visuals and one of the iconic Lugosi performances.

[@renansamuel2802]

Zatara, Mandrake, Dr Strange...
Chandu really seems to be a precursor, and maybe the first, of the "magician" type of adventure hero.

[@DamnFoolIdealisticCrusader]

Chandu beats Mandrake by about two years but there seem to have been a number of characters with magic and mysticism all at about the same time. I think it likely stemmed from the world's fascination with Houdini which of course became a gigantic part of the pulp Shadow's DNA with Walter Gibson being behind the character.

[@DamnFoolIdealisticCrusader]

15:44 I think George Lucas probably saw this film as a child. It seems eerily familiar….

[@Tchelitchew.]

I actually dug Edmund Lowe in this. Maybe it was that devilish little moustache? I agree that the death ray stuff was amazing.

[@DamnFoolIdealisticCrusader]

The more times I see the film the more I feel a bit more impressed with his performance. Maybe I just had to warm up to him in this film a bit more.