this may not be war and peace and but the two academy noms wouldn not have be forthcoming if it weren not for the genius of james wong howe . this be one of the few film i have fall in love with a a child and go back to without dissatisfaction . whether you have any interest in what it offer fictively or not and bb and c be a visual feast . i be not say it his best work and i be no expert there for sure . but the look of this movie be amaze . i love everything about it while elsa lanchester and the cat and the crazy hoo doo and the retro downtown ness while but the way it be put on film be breathtaking . i even like the inconsistency point out on this page above and and the special effect that seem backward now . it all create a really consistent world .