A Few Words About A few words about...™ Color of Night -- in Blu-ray (1 Viewer)

[Robert Harris]

Richard Rush's Color of Night was a problematic, albeit stylish film, when it arrived in 1994.

And while I'm not certain how much more positive the 18-minute longer Director's Cut makes it today, it remains an interesting production. The theatrical cut is offered on a second disc.

Quirky, occasionally slightly nonsensical, and with some troubling details, it has an odd tendency to pull you in, forcing the viewer to try to figure out why it is what it is.

With Bruce Willis, and the lovely, lithe and toothsome, Jane March (in her second role) as, well...

Best to not go there.

The film is a bit akin to tasting a wine for the first time, and attempting to discern the various primary and secondary flavors and textures.

No leather, shale, or raspberry here.

Just bits of Vertigo, Butterfly Ball (a personal favorite animated short), The List of Adrian Messenger, Psycho and Saboteur, along with more skin than is normally found in a studio production.

While I'm unable to suggest outright that it might be worth a purchase, it is instructive to see where Mr. Rush took us a decade and a half after his wonderful The Stunt Man, and in a way, it's fun.

As a disc, Kino Lorber's new Blu-ray is fine. Audio is crisp and clean. Color is generally attractive, although I did note a few instances of blown out highlights, and off-color white and flesh-tones. Very minor.

All else is fine.

Image - 4

Audio - 5

Pass / Fail - Pass

Upgrade from DVD - Yes

RAH

 

[Dick]

With Bruce Willis, and the lovely, lithe and toothsome, Jane March (in her second role)

Perfect three-word description of March, whose career went nowhere, but at least she showed some skin while it spun its wheels. Too bad she couldn't act.

 

[JoshZ]

As a disc, Kino Lorber's new Blu-ray is fine. Audio is crisp and clean. Color is generally attractive, although I did note a few instances of blown out highlights, and off-color while and flesh-tones. Very minor.

Image - 4

Audio - 5

These scores seem extraordinarily generous. The theatrical cut of the film looks and sounds mediocre but is watchable. The director's cut is much dimmer and drabber and grainier and has atrocious sound.

 

[rdimucci]

Mr. Harris seems to be alone on this one:

Blu-ray.com - Picture: 1.5/5 - Audio: 3/5
Rock! Shock! Pop! - Picture: "uninspiring and dated looking"
DVD Talk - Picture: "as poor as you would imagine coming out of the 90s...a mess"
DVDauthority - Picture and Audio: 2.5/5 "looks and sounds absolutely terrible"

 

[MatthewA]

With this, Lesley Ann Warren returned to the studio (in a blonde wig) where she made her first two films. Both got the same treatment in post-production but only one of them they ever put back together. Hopefully, their Blu-ray releases won't be far along.