DVD | George Stevens

George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey is a documentary about the great Director, George Stevens. It’s been put together by his son, after inheriting all his memorabilia after his death.

It’s a documentary that will either excite or bore. If you’re a fan of classic movies, and stars such as Fred Astaire, Waren Beatty, Katherine Hepburn and James Dean then you’re gonna love it.

If you’re a fan of Alien Vs Predator, The Day After Tomorrow and all the other special effects spectaculars of modern cinema, you might find the going a little tedious.

The thing that really stood out to me was the colour footage. While Hollywood was still shooting in black and white, George was carrying around his own colour camera. He even took it too Europe when he was sequestered by the US Military to film World War 2 (in black and white!) and filmed the only colour footage of the war, presumably as a way of dealing with what he saw – some of this footage being quite graphic.

A well constructed look at a long gone period of filmmaking.