Next, I watched the first half of THAT TOUCH OF MINK. After DR Ron Pulliam talked about it on the forum the other day, I realized I hadn't seen it in many years. It's always been one of my favorite Day comedies.
I have the same DVD he discussed. Its main problem is that it isn't an anamorphic transfer. So, one has to use stretch mode on the TV to get the proper dimensions for the screen. Because Cary Grant and Doris Day were photographed through filters (she used heavier filtering than he did), their close-ups and medium shots always look slightly out of focus (because they are). The scenes with Gig Young alone or Audrey Meadows alone are much sharper. Not as good as they could have been had the disc been given a proper encoding, but much better than any scenes with Day or Grant sharing the frame.
The Eastman color is also too red. Most everyone looks as if they've been under a sun lamp. Artisan didn't do any digital clean-up on the print they used either. The DVD has dirt and specks all through it.
Even with all of this, though, I'm glad to have the DVD. It's tolerable.
