Apocalypse Now-finally sat down with my 91 LD. Really enjoyed this version with little tinkering. Great soundmix of the original. And still mystical.

The Grapes of Wrath-occasionally a little heavy handed, but strongly reverential film that I caught the restored 35mm version of. Deserves its classic status, and of course plays with a greater weight today. Fonda's Tom Joad is a striking presence. And once again I was reminded of how Gregg Toland is probably the greatest cinematographer who ever lived. Just stunning.

Psycho. saw this later that night outside projected on the theater wall in 16mm. The print was in decent shape-lots of scratches but only one splice-and in open matte!! The film really looks better this way due to its TV production. Of course the shower scene was slightly cropped. But this was only done in some shots-and done quite badly. It was kinda funny. You'd all of a sudden see a giant black bar thrown up on the bottom half of the frame for a shot, part of a shot and then it would magically disappear. Weird. The mono sounded good, but occasionally bled through in loud moments. Great experience though. I do wish that Universal would give the option to see the film in full Academy though. It does look better than 1.85.

All three have immortal full ball ratings.