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Mike Clark
September 2, 2019
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
PBS, Documentary, $24.99 DVD, NR.
2019. Never underestimate the power of a doc when filmmakers (the director here is Barak Goodman) have a trove of on-the-spot archival footage on hand.
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Easy Living
Kino Lorber, Comedy, $29.95 Blu-ray, NR.
Stars Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold, Ray Milland, Luis Alberni.
1937. Easy Living really does impress me as a movie Depression escapists would have loved for its portrayal of a humble working woman who suddenly has riches thrown into her lap.
Extras: Film historian Kat Ellinger is in for the commentary.
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