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The Deep, directed by Peter Yates, probably best known for Bullitt, is an okay yarn about an underwater discovery and bad vs. good guys in the coastal waters of Bermuda.
The film looks very good on Blu-ray -- precisely as a 1977 production should. And I'd wager that the quality of this transfer and the resultant Blu-ray are the latest result of the studio turning over responsibilities to Grover Crisp. We seem to have reached a point at which the majority of the backlog of older transfers, supervised by others, should be coming to an end. A similar situation should be reaching critical mass later this year at Fox, and I expect the overall quality of their Blu-ray releases to spike.
Whether one wishes to view The Deep to see the great Robert Shaw in a interesting performance, yet not up to his best, or more popularly to revisit the more physical attributes of Jacqueline Bisset in a very wet shirt, the film is worth two hours.
While I generally don't comment on packaging unless I find it problematic, a tip of the hat goes to whomever designed this one. The original artwork for The Deep has been placed over a field of metallic cerulean blue, creating a very nice effect, especially against the generic Blu-ray plastic, which I would presume has its own Pantone number.
Great film? No. Fun film? Yes. Great Blu-ray. Yes.
And certainly worth a rental, if not a purchase.
RAH
Edited by Robert Harris - 7/11/2009 at 09:26 pm GMT
Edited by Robert Harris - 7/11/2009 at 09:27 pm GMT
The film looks very good on Blu-ray -- precisely as a 1977 production should. And I'd wager that the quality of this transfer and the resultant Blu-ray are the latest result of the studio turning over responsibilities to Grover Crisp. We seem to have reached a point at which the majority of the backlog of older transfers, supervised by others, should be coming to an end. A similar situation should be reaching critical mass later this year at Fox, and I expect the overall quality of their Blu-ray releases to spike.
Whether one wishes to view The Deep to see the great Robert Shaw in a interesting performance, yet not up to his best, or more popularly to revisit the more physical attributes of Jacqueline Bisset in a very wet shirt, the film is worth two hours.
While I generally don't comment on packaging unless I find it problematic, a tip of the hat goes to whomever designed this one. The original artwork for The Deep has been placed over a field of metallic cerulean blue, creating a very nice effect, especially against the generic Blu-ray plastic, which I would presume has its own Pantone number.
Great film? No. Fun film? Yes. Great Blu-ray. Yes.
And certainly worth a rental, if not a purchase.
RAH
Edited by Robert Harris - 7/11/2009 at 09:26 pm GMT
Edited by Robert Harris - 7/11/2009 at 09:27 pm GMT