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Hitchcock's 1966 Torn Curtain was one of his more troubled productions, but is very much worth your attention, especially as it rounds out his career, which was followed by only three additional films. It's also the final film with true star power - Paul Newman and Julie Andrews.
Another film that has never looked particularly good on home video, it's finally received Universal's 4k treatment with a new scan. I've never seen it look this highly resolved, even in it's original dye transfer release - and because of the dye transfer release which is soft.
It has been discussed before that a 4k scan of an OCN has both positive and negative attributes, and Torn Curtain, while almost all positive, has the negative in Hitchcock's constant desire to shoot in the studio. This means - and you've seen it in Notorious and Family Plot - that certain shots use process photography.
In this case, it's a restaurant sequence with the leads placed in front of rear screen projection, which doesn't match the foreground, and jitters, looking precisely like what it is.
In original prints, this blended more delicately. Here, it's right out front for all to see.
Production photography makes full use of the 4k technology, for an astoundingly highly resolved image for 1966.
Slip matches the other four in this release series.
Production Designer is Hein Heckroth. If the name is meaningless, best to look him up. He's a big deal.
Image – 5 (HDR10)
Audio – 5 (DTS-HD MA 2.0)
Pass / Fail – Pass
Plays nicely with projectors - Yes
Makes use of and works well in 4k - 7.5
Upgrade from Blu-ray - Absolutely!
Worth your attention - 7.5
Slipcover rating - 2
Recommended
RAH
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Another film that has never looked particularly good on home video, it's finally received Universal's 4k treatment with a new scan. I've never seen it look this highly resolved, even in it's original dye transfer release - and because of the dye transfer release which is soft.
It has been discussed before that a 4k scan of an OCN has both positive and negative attributes, and Torn Curtain, while almost all positive, has the negative in Hitchcock's constant desire to shoot in the studio. This means - and you've seen it in Notorious and Family Plot - that certain shots use process photography.
In this case, it's a restaurant sequence with the leads placed in front of rear screen projection, which doesn't match the foreground, and jitters, looking precisely like what it is.
In original prints, this blended more delicately. Here, it's right out front for all to see.
Production photography makes full use of the 4k technology, for an astoundingly highly resolved image for 1966.
Slip matches the other four in this release series.
Production Designer is Hein Heckroth. If the name is meaningless, best to look him up. He's a big deal.
Image – 5 (HDR10)
Audio – 5 (DTS-HD MA 2.0)
Pass / Fail – Pass
Plays nicely with projectors - Yes
Makes use of and works well in 4k - 7.5
Upgrade from Blu-ray - Absolutely!
Worth your attention - 7.5
Slipcover rating - 2
Recommended
RAH
Thank you for supporting HTF when you preorder using the link below. If you are using an adblocker you will not see link.
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