N.Y. Times DVD columnist Dave Kehr has penned words of tribute to Richard Lester‘s Petulia, some 13 days after the Warner Home Video DVD arrived in stores. “A moving romantic tragedy with comic detailing that was released to largely uncomprehending audiences,” Petulia is a “great” film that “belongs on any list of the classics of American filmmaking,” says Kehr, “and this beautifully produced DVD belongs in any serious cinephile’s collection .”
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