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Edward Zwick's Glory, which was nominated for four Academy Awards in 1990, and won three -- Best Sound, Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Denzel Washington), and Best Cinematography by Freddie Francis, BSC, has been on my "worry list."
It was created with a slightly granular look, which among other things, I presume added to the precise look of occasional Matthew Brady-like tableaus, but with terrific resolution, and I feared that it might go over to the "dark side."
This evening my hat is raised high to Columbia / Sony for reproducing Mr. Francis' work, in all its glorious detail, as photographed, and for the precise reasons that it won the Academy Award.
Glory is as perfect a 1989 production as one will find on Blu-ray, and much like Columbia's Dr. Strangelove, is a standard-inducing release of which others should take careful note.
This is the way that Blu-rays should look, but unfortunately so often today, do not.
Glory is a wonderful film, brilliantly produced, that has survived the transition to Blu-ray as if Mr. Francis (who passed away in March of 2007) was fully in charge, held steadfastly to his ideals, and created the perfect Blu-ray of his work.
Glory is a brilliant piece of cinema, reproduced to Perfection.
Highly Recommended!
RAH
It was created with a slightly granular look, which among other things, I presume added to the precise look of occasional Matthew Brady-like tableaus, but with terrific resolution, and I feared that it might go over to the "dark side."
This evening my hat is raised high to Columbia / Sony for reproducing Mr. Francis' work, in all its glorious detail, as photographed, and for the precise reasons that it won the Academy Award.
Glory is as perfect a 1989 production as one will find on Blu-ray, and much like Columbia's Dr. Strangelove, is a standard-inducing release of which others should take careful note.
This is the way that Blu-rays should look, but unfortunately so often today, do not.
Glory is a wonderful film, brilliantly produced, that has survived the transition to Blu-ray as if Mr. Francis (who passed away in March of 2007) was fully in charge, held steadfastly to his ideals, and created the perfect Blu-ray of his work.
Glory is a brilliant piece of cinema, reproduced to Perfection.
Highly Recommended!
RAH
