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01-14-2003, 08:04 PM
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The Sound Of Music
I just watched "The Sound Of Music" on DVD for the first time. I guess I can see why they call it a classic. OK, first of all, the box says it is presented in 4.1 surround. I didn't know there was such a thing! I take it that that is a mistake since my receiver was decoding in 5.1. The other thing I noticed was that there didn't seem to be much bass happening in this movie. That is until you got the thunderstorm part where you first hear "Favorite Things". WOW! I don't think my sub has ever been tortured like that. Those were sure loud claps of thunder! It truly did shake the house.
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01-14-2003, 08:13 PM
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OK, first of all, the box says it is presented in 4.1 surround. I didn't know there was such a thing! I take it that that is a mistake since my receiver was decoding in 5.1.
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There is such a thing. Instead of having stereo surround channels, it has a single mono surround channel. This is read by your receiver as a 5.1 track, but it just sends the same mono signal to both surround speakers. If you had a 6.1 setup and engaged DD-EX decoding, the surround channel would collapse into the center rear speaker. Fox seems to like disclosing when their remixes have a mono surround channel and call it 4.1 instead of 5.1 (other studios do the same thing, but just call it 5.1 anyway).
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01-15-2003, 08:33 AM
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IIRC, the Dolby Digital encoding is more efficient when encoded as 4.1 versus 5.1, too, so the audio compression should be slightly better when you do it the way Fox does versus encoding the same rear channel twice just so your receiver will say "5.1".
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Ken McAlinden
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01-15-2003, 09:08 AM
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I also watched it when it came out on DVD 5 Star for the first time. We watched it with friends who had never seen the movie in widescreen. Sadly, they had watched it many many times in full frame and they consider it their favorite family movie. Anyway, I really enjoyed the movie. I recognized just about all the songs (I was in band and choir through college). I now use the song scenes to keep my 1.5 year old entertained. Our friends mentioned that it sure added a lot more when you get to see the it as it was intended. Anyway, they just bought a cheapo DVD player for Christmas and we (wife and I) bought them the movie.
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01-15-2003, 09:55 AM
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An excellent movie that needs to be seen in widescreen. I'm glad to have it on DVD, but it would be nice if Fox would do a proper restoration and an improved DVD release. The video quality on the current 5-star release is certainly not up to snuff - too much edge enhancement for one thing.
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01-15-2003, 08:24 PM
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Supposedly a restored 70MM print will debut at the Motion Picture Academy Theatre on February the third.
The film may be perceived as a bit icky by some, but seen in its proper 70MM Todd-AO format (premiering at the since demolished Rivoli Theatre in Times Square, it was shown on a screen 66 feet wide with a curvature depth of 14 feet)--with six channel sound--(including three hours of directional dialogue) it packs an undeniable visual and sonic wallop.
Here's hoping that this restored 70MM version gets some kind of broad re-release in '05-- the picture's 40th anniversary--it deserves to be seen again the way it was originally produced.
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01-19-2003, 02:11 PM
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The Rivoli was the first Todd-AO installation in the world--don't know if it was the largest--though seeing several 70MM presentations there in the 1970's made a permanant impression on me that has remained unequaled in over 32 years of Manhattan movie-going.
From recent reports here, good old 6-track magnetic sound still has it all over current digital systems, despite its inherent tape hiss.
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01-19-2003, 08:58 PM
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01-19-2003, 09:41 PM
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Considering The Sound of Music is credited
with saving Fox after the financial atomic bomb known
as Cleopatra and the failure to complete
Something's Got To Give due to the firing
and subsequent death of Marilyn Monroe, one hopes Fox would
give TSoM the restoration treatment it richly
deserves.
Mark
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