This week's slate of new DVD releases can be summed up in one word - diverse:- Masculine: Burt Lancaster: The Signature Collection
- Five of the macho star's best: The Flame and the Arrow, Jim Thorpe All-American, His Majesty O'Keefe, South Sea Woman and Executive Action. - Feminine: The L Word: The Complete Fourth Season- "L" is for ladies: Marlee Matlin and Cybill Shepherd join the cast.
- Nouvelle: Breathless- Jean-Luc Godard's highly influential progenitor of the French New Wave, now in a Criterion edition.
- Retro: Meet the Robinsons- Disney animated adventure about a boy inventor who goes to the future to find his past.
- Iconic: Battleship Potemkin: Ultimate Edition- Sergei Eisenstein's silent masterpiece, presented in its most complete form to date.
- Iconoclast: Stanley Kubrick - Warner Home Video Directors Series- Five of the master director's classics, each in two-disc editions: 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut (OK, four of his classics ...).
- Surrealist: O Lucky Man!- Lindsay Anderson's off-the-wall musical indictment against capitalism, starring Malcolm McDowell.
- Lyrical: Days of Heaven- Terrence Malick's beautifully photographed ode to an America long gone, from the Criterion Collection.
- Hysterical: I Love Lucy: The Complete Series- Yep, all of 'em, including the hour-long episodes.
- Unattainable: Under the Volcano- John Huston's film adaptation of the "unadaptable" novel, starring Albert Finney in an Oscar nominated role.
- Forgetaboutit: The Sopranos: Season 6, Part 2- The final chapters of the epic mob saga.
All titles can be purchased from Amazon.com by clicking on the above links.
This week's slate of new DVD releases can be summed up in one word - diverse:
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