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There are certain entrances in film that hold a special place in cinema history.
John Wayne in Stagecoach; Omar Sharif in Lawrence...
and in a very interesting way, Kim Basinger in L.A. Confidential.
Dressed in a long black garment inclusive of hood, with just the edges of the white interior of the hood apparent as she stands at the counter of a liquor store, her face unseen by the camera.
What one notices on this new Blu-ray disc from Warner is the immediate purity of the black and the white, which grabs your attention, leaving you to wonder for a moment who it is.
L.A. Confidential, directed by Curtis Hanson, is now 11 years old, but is one of those films that could be played theatrically today and still bring in crowds. One of the best films of 1997, and possibly of the decade, it continues to bring back memories of textures of Roman Polanski's Chinatown, one of the great films of any era.
Warner gives us L.A. Confidential on a gorgeously produced BD-50 with audio in Dolby TrueHD (yes, they are listening, but there is a production lag-time, and a few other lossy discs may still be in the system).
L.A. Confidential is brilliant filmmaking, beautifully presented on Blu-ray.
Highly Recommended.
RAH
John Wayne in Stagecoach; Omar Sharif in Lawrence...
and in a very interesting way, Kim Basinger in L.A. Confidential.
Dressed in a long black garment inclusive of hood, with just the edges of the white interior of the hood apparent as she stands at the counter of a liquor store, her face unseen by the camera.
What one notices on this new Blu-ray disc from Warner is the immediate purity of the black and the white, which grabs your attention, leaving you to wonder for a moment who it is.
L.A. Confidential, directed by Curtis Hanson, is now 11 years old, but is one of those films that could be played theatrically today and still bring in crowds. One of the best films of 1997, and possibly of the decade, it continues to bring back memories of textures of Roman Polanski's Chinatown, one of the great films of any era.
Warner gives us L.A. Confidential on a gorgeously produced BD-50 with audio in Dolby TrueHD (yes, they are listening, but there is a production lag-time, and a few other lossy discs may still be in the system).
L.A. Confidential is brilliant filmmaking, beautifully presented on Blu-ray.
Highly Recommended.
RAH
-- and love how you whet our appetite for this one... Mmmmm... 
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