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While I'm not certain precisely how much of the story of Jane Austen's life as a late teen / early twenty something-year old is fact or fiction, Miramax's Becoming Jane (Disney) is a delightful confection.
Filled with beautifully photographed Irish countryside, the film to Digital Intermediate (DI) to Blu-Ray disc shows off the pastoral nature to perfection.
I should make note of something that's going to get more and more common as we move along into the digital era, and that is that as a DI, there is no transfer per se. There is no interpositive or dupe negative running through a device to capture an image for video.
Any positive or negative dirt on the original negative should have been cleaned up before release, and the final product as it hits high definition disc should be pristine.
I believe this is important to keep this in mind, as more and more films, even those that have no "special effects" are being routed through the DI process for final color and control.
With Anne Hathaway and James McAvoy at the helm, Becoming Jane is a charming film, and one that may have me finally picking up some of Ms. Austen's work to see what all the fuss is about.
As an aside, first editions of Ms. Austen's books are in league with her popularity, with Pride and Prejudice topping the scale at almost $150,000.
These will NOT be the copies that I'll be picking up for reading.
Disney has done a beautiful job of translating the Becoming Jane data files to Blu-Ray, and the resultant disc comes Recommended.
RAH
Filled with beautifully photographed Irish countryside, the film to Digital Intermediate (DI) to Blu-Ray disc shows off the pastoral nature to perfection.
I should make note of something that's going to get more and more common as we move along into the digital era, and that is that as a DI, there is no transfer per se. There is no interpositive or dupe negative running through a device to capture an image for video.
Any positive or negative dirt on the original negative should have been cleaned up before release, and the final product as it hits high definition disc should be pristine.
I believe this is important to keep this in mind, as more and more films, even those that have no "special effects" are being routed through the DI process for final color and control.
With Anne Hathaway and James McAvoy at the helm, Becoming Jane is a charming film, and one that may have me finally picking up some of Ms. Austen's work to see what all the fuss is about.
As an aside, first editions of Ms. Austen's books are in league with her popularity, with Pride and Prejudice topping the scale at almost $150,000.
These will NOT be the copies that I'll be picking up for reading.
Disney has done a beautiful job of translating the Becoming Jane data files to Blu-Ray, and the resultant disc comes Recommended.
RAH