1953 - WAR OF THE WORLDS - now a Criterion Blu Ray

 Criterion has released a 4k Blu ray enhancement of George Pal's 50's classic.  The film looks very good. 

The big news with the release is the removal of the wires that held the Martian War machine models up during the special effects sequences.  Controversial or not it looks very cool to see these creepy things floating across the landscape without wires.

War Of The Worlds was a rather modest production in terms of budget but the producer George Pal and the director Bryon Haskin packed a lot into it along with the awesome Paramount special effects team.

  

Still one of the finest science fiction films from the 1950's.

Written by Barré Lyndon the film runs an efficient 85 minutes.