Showing posts with label Blu Ray. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blu Ray. Show all posts
Friday, December 25, 2020
Friday, February 12, 2016
Haunted House: Crimson Peak
Brand new Blu Ray! I unfortunately missed this in the theater; I am very much looking forward to this. I am such a huge fan of del Toro--Guillermo that is. Love his characteristic use of color, the warm yellow, mixed in the the green tones. And NO ONE spins a ghost yarn like he does (i.e. The Devil's Backbone!). Very much looking forward to it! So far, looks amazing!
Friday, January 15, 2016
Ghosts: The Phantom Carriage (1921)
Yes the year reads right! 1921. I have a great love silent film and I am over-joyed to be watching a fully restored version of this great ghost film from Sweden. It is now on Blu Ray and looks amazing. It employs similar tinting as the crime serial Les Vampires (1915-1916) did in regards to night time sequences, great blue tints! Includes yellow tints for domestic situations not seen in most previous feature length films. Nosferatu, which came out a year later, included that--along with a reddish tint not found in many early feature silents--it was, after all, a vampire film! Although the Blu Ray looks great, not happy with the soundtrack from Kino. This is a horror film. The soundtrack for their blu ray in no way reflects that. I think this is a situation where one might need to create a soundtrack; like, for example, a strange Brian Eno Scape. It's a ghost story set on New Year's Eve, where the last person to die with great sin has to man the "phantom carriage" for the next year, acting as the grim reaper, collecting the souls of all the dead (including drowned fishermen). The original Swedish title cards are preserved with a great deal of love though. Overall a winner on Blu Ray.
Reblogged on my Silent blog site.
Friday, December 25, 2015
Gift Number 1: Blu Ray Predator (1987)
We have never owned a decent copy of the original of the series. About 20 minutes and the blu ray looks so detailed that a good deal of the rather harsh lighting, that just a flaw of the film is showing. It's a bit distracting, but the sound is great! I'm pretty sure the dark scenes will be much better though. Those always sucked on DVD.
Friday, February 27, 2015
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