Dvd Topaz

Topaz is, without hesitation, my least favorite film in the Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection . The director stopped short of disowning the picture, but it's clear he wasn't pleased with the results. It isn't a bad film per se; it's just subpar Hitchcock, and it doesn't deserve a place next to the likes of Rear Window , Vertigo , North by Northwest , Psycho and other high caliber movies. Universal's solid AV presentation is much better, thankfully, and its supplemental package emerges as the only real disappointment. If I had to whittle the Masterpiece Collection down to fourteen films, though, Topaz would be the first to go.