DVD Talk reviews for Wednesday, August 19th, 2020
 

<div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:15px">Highly Recommended</div><blockquote><table><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=74461"><img src="http://images.dvdtalk.com/covers/ts1594232161.jpg" border="0" style="margin-right:5px;margin-bottom:5px" align="left" /></a><a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=74461"><strong>The System (aka The Girl-Getters) (Blu-ray)</strong></a><br /><span style="font-size:11px">by Stuart Galbraith IV</span><div style="width:100%; height:1px; background: #fff"></div>The System (1964), first released in the U.S. as The Girl-Getters, is a very strong British drama, all the more impressive because it was directed by the disreputable Michael Winner. London-born Winner (1935-2013) had a strange career with three distinct periods, the last two parallel with actor Charles Bronson, with whom is most often associated. Winner started out making shorts and, later, modestly-produced but well-received British films like The System, the first of six collaborations with actor Oliver Reed. Next, Winner began making an uneven series of films in Britain, the European continent, and in America. Several of his early films with Bronson are excellent, including The Mechanic (1972) and the original, often-misunderstood Death Wish (1974), as well as a good if modernized updating of The Big Sleep (1978) with Robert Mitchum. But he also ma...Read the entire review &raquo;</td></tr></table></blockquote><p>&nbsp;</p><div style="font-weight:bold;font-size:15px">Recommended</div><blockquote><table><tr><td valign="top"><a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=74460"><img src="http://images.dvdtalk.com/covers/ts1596042864.jpg" border="0" style="margin-right:5px;margin-bottom:5px" align="left" /></a><a href="http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=74460"><strong>Diva (Blu-ray)</strong></a><br /><span style="font-size:11px">by Justin Remer</span><div style="width:100%; height:1px; background: #fff"></div>The Movie: The 1981 thriller Diva is credited with changing the face of French cinema and ushering in a style dubbed cin ma du look. While folks continue to argue whether le look was a revolution or a fad, Diva announces itself as something new and something decidedly &amp;#39;80s. Diva&amp;#39;s director, Jean-Jacques Beineix, has argued for years that the film&amp;#39;s perceived slickness is itself a commentary on the foothold advertising and consumerism was gaining on culture. But considering that the corporations successfully took over culture long ago -- heck, Sylvester Stallone&amp;#39;s cop flick Cobra contained some of Diva&amp;#39;s visu...Read the entire review &raquo;</td></tr></table></blockquote>