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<BODY bgcolor="#CCCC99"> <font size="4"><br>Douglas Sirk</font> <font size="2"> <br>DVD review by Gary Morris</font> <font size=3 face="Book Antiqua,Century Schoolbook,Times New Roman"> <p>Two of Douglas Sirk’s best ‘50s films -- <i>All That Heaven Allows </i>and<i> Written on the Wind</i> -- go far beyond "guilty pleasure" status for their sheer bravado, visual opulence, cutting critiques of everything middle-class and middlebrow, and Sirk’s self-proclaimed "subversion" of his often trashy material. While this has been the conventional take on his films since its rediscovery in the early 1970s, it’s only part of the story. The rest can be seen and appreciated anew in two stunning DVDs from The Criterion Collection that include fine new transfers and some tasty extras. <p><a href="default-nf.htm">Go to the review</a></font> </body>