kagemusha98
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I picked up The blu ray of MOULIN ROUGE in Paris......It is supposedly Region A-B-C....but it is most definitely Region A Locked.
Are you sure it's Region (Zone) A? Why would a Zone A BRD be on sale in Paris?kagemusha98 said:I picked up The blu ray of MOULIN ROUGE in Paris......It is supposedly Region A-B-C....but it is most definitely Region A Locked.
I have the "That Hamilton Woman" (aka "Lady Hamilton") and it has a non-subtitle option. The print is the same as used by Criterion, but the title card is from the international version.Ed Lachmann said:There are couple of new classic BDs from France that I would gladly buy, but am worried about the forced subtitle issue. A company referred to as ElephantFilms on Blu-Ray.com but called Elysees Editions on Amazon France's site have released MOULIN ROUGE (FERRER/GABOR) , LADY HAMILTON and THE FOUR FEATHERS (KORDA) in blu-ray. Reviews claim that the image quality on these is quite good. No word on the subs yet. I'll try to get more info on this matter. Am hopeful that more interesting titles will be coming from them in the near future.
The master looks to me (in its murkiness) like the same print used on the video tape. But, of course, more detail and texture come through.Robin9 said:Re-reading this thread I notice that no-one who has bought Forever Amber on BRD has commented on the picture and sound quality. Any volunteers?
Thank you for that. I'm disappointed but not surprised. It seems this BRD stems from the same very sub-standard source as the Spanish DVD. I'll pass.Mark Mayes said:The master looks to me (in its murkiness) like the same print used on the video tape. But, of course, more detail and texture come through.
The film is free of scratches and debris, which must mean it was, indeed, restored.The blu-ray is smooth. The film...
The colors lack in spectrum (reds do not fare particularly well) and skin tones look either somewhat orange-yellow and waxy or too pink with not much naturalness. I have no idea if that's just the intention of the way it was shot or not, since perhaps a lot of this could be to enhance the feeling of candlelight and nighttime. There is a lot of muddiness in dark shots and a general faded feeling in light ones.
The sound seemed very good, but the subtitles are distracting until one gets used to them.
lionel59 said:Update on the above Blu Rays which I have now received. I rate both transfers as excellent. If you can speak French, the extras are no doubt interesting (Leslie Caron speaks on the DADDY LONG LEGS blu ray in an extra feature). The subtitles sadly cannot be removed from AMBER but they can be removed from DADDY LONG LEGS (once you start the movie) with a remote control.
I am very sure, after now reading-due to the blu-ray release of "Leave Her To Heaven"- about the loss of technicolor elements by FOX in the 70s being clearly part of my disappointment in the colors. I remember thinking that the colors looked similar to the " LHTH" dvd when I was viewing "Amber" and thought maybe it was FOX style of using technicolor. Now I realize it's Eastman.lionel59 said:Apart from the non-removable French subtitles, I was quite pleased with the French Blu Ray release of FOREVER AMBER. I have not seen the Spanish version. To me, it looks like the best print Fox can produce from the Eastman color negative which they transferred their Technicolor elements to back in the '70's. They sadly junked most if not all of their Technicolor negatives at this time which is why we will never see them again with their original, vivid hues (that is, unless a nitrate print turns up somewhere in pristine or restorable condition). Ted Turner preserved most of the 3-strip Technicolor negatives from the MGM, Warner Bros and RKO vaults, which is why they now look so great.A pity somebody at Fox hadn't thought to do that before heading the cannisters out to the garbage dump.....