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

[Robert Harris]

Evita, as directed by Alan Parker, is a quality musical, produced in an era of few Hollywood musicals.

Shot in Argentina and Hungary, it's a huge film, with a veritable cast of thousands. Well cast, although many seem to question whether Madonna was right for the role.

As I recall, the original DVD was non-anamorphic, possibly using the same master as the laserdisc.

The new Blu-ray finally does justice to the film, shot by Darius Khondji (Se7en, Stealing Beauty, Midnight in Paris).

Color, densities, black levels, etc. all appear to be in a comfortable range.

As an aside, a question...

What do Evita and Scream have in common?

Image - 3.5

Audio - 5

Recommended.

RAH

 

[JohnMor]

I was very pleased with the video quality, but the audio was sensational.

As far as the Scream / Evita connection... didn't they open the same week? (At least here in L.A., I think they did.)

 

[FoxyMulder]

Originally Posted by Robert Harris /t/322053/a-few-words-about-evita-in-blu-ray#post_3945566

As an aside, a question...

What do Evita and Scream have in common?

RAH

They both used Moviecam Compact, Clairmont Lenses for filming.

 

[Robert Harris]

Originally Posted by FoxyMulder /t/322053/a-few-words-about-evita-in-blu-ray#post_3945704

They both used Moviecam Compact, Clairmont Lenses for filming.

We have a winner!

 

[JohnMor]

Oh, well if you're gonna get all technical and stuff! LOL.

 

[AlanPaterson]

I remember they shot 'Evita' while I was working in Shepperton Studios. One day as I was walking round to Ronfords (camera hire company) I saw nearly every security guard in the studio strung across the road leading to H stage (the big one). Apparently nobody was allowed to see Madonna. In actual fact, nobody really cared as she and her then husband Sean Penn had run down a photographer during shooting of 'Shanghai Surprise' - and still remembered it.
Alan