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After a superlative career in television, Arthur Penn moved to feature films in 1958, with The Left Handed Gun - the first of a series of productions that bore his distinctive mark.
For those poor souls who have never heard of Mr. Penn, your assignment is to look him up.
Night Moves, released in 1975, is a gorgeously mounted detective drama / thriller, with enough twists and turns to keep fans thrilled.
Gene Hackman leads a cast, inclusive of Susan Clark, Jennifer Warren, Edward Binns, Harris Yulin, James Woods, along with a newly-minted, Melanie Griffith, in her first major appearance, making a simple entrance you'll not forget.
As fate would have it, and fate does have its way with older film elements, when an IP for Night Moves went through an image harvest, the result was unacceptable to Warner Archive.
That meant, as there was no available back-up for the IP, Warner Archive had to go to the original camera negative, which was scanned, and finished in 4k.
A true pity for home theater enthusiasts, who will receive a Blu-ray of extraordinary visual quality.
The downside is that it makes the majority of recent transfers, especially those that have not had the love extended to WA titles, appear problematic in comparison.
Gorgeous, velvet-like grain. Wonderful blacks, rich colors, and absolutely full resolution.
Can't have everything.
Just one of the most beautiful Blu-rays you might possibly imagine.
Image - 5
Audio - 5 (DTS-HD MA 2.0 Monaural)
4k Up-rez - 5
Pass / Fail - Pass
Highly Recommended
RAH
For those poor souls who have never heard of Mr. Penn, your assignment is to look him up.
Night Moves, released in 1975, is a gorgeously mounted detective drama / thriller, with enough twists and turns to keep fans thrilled.
Gene Hackman leads a cast, inclusive of Susan Clark, Jennifer Warren, Edward Binns, Harris Yulin, James Woods, along with a newly-minted, Melanie Griffith, in her first major appearance, making a simple entrance you'll not forget.
As fate would have it, and fate does have its way with older film elements, when an IP for Night Moves went through an image harvest, the result was unacceptable to Warner Archive.
That meant, as there was no available back-up for the IP, Warner Archive had to go to the original camera negative, which was scanned, and finished in 4k.
A true pity for home theater enthusiasts, who will receive a Blu-ray of extraordinary visual quality.
The downside is that it makes the majority of recent transfers, especially those that have not had the love extended to WA titles, appear problematic in comparison.
Gorgeous, velvet-like grain. Wonderful blacks, rich colors, and absolutely full resolution.
Can't have everything.
Just one of the most beautiful Blu-rays you might possibly imagine.
Image - 5
Audio - 5 (DTS-HD MA 2.0 Monaural)
4k Up-rez - 5
Pass / Fail - Pass
Highly Recommended
RAH