Video Review
The Shanghai Gesture
DVD review by Gary Johnson
Morris Engel’s groundbreaking 1953 indie, Little Fugitive, was previously reviewed in these pages when Kino Video released it on VHS, along with his other two major features, Lovers and Lollipops and Weddings and Babies. The company has now released a sharp DVD transfer of Little Fugitive, and the addition of the trailer and a wonderful running commentary by director Engel makes it well worth replacing the VHS with the DVD for those who’ve taken the plunge into the new medium. (And if you haven’t, this is a good place to start.)