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

[Robert Harris]

Foxy Brown (1974) and its predecessor, Coffy (1973) both feature Pam Grier in the lead roles, and there are many that would point to Ms Grier as the quintessential black action heroine.  In a way, she seems to have changed the texture of that certain kind of exploitation film, and it's all good.

Never heard of Foxy or Coffy?

How about Jackie Brown via Quentin Tarantino?

Regardless, these are fun films, both late AIP releases, and as offered by MGM via Olive, look very nice.

Weren't around in the '70s?

Doesn't matter.  You'll get the lay of the land the moment the main title music and psychedelic artwork hits your screen.  Color, especially in that main title sequence, looks superb, especially as the lab work was Movielab.

With over fifty films to her credit, over five decades, Pam Grier appears to be her own cottage industry, and while the majority of her films don't fall into "stand the test of time / classic" categories, they do stand the test of just plain fun.

The Blu-ray looks fine.  It appears to be derived from an IP, and retains a film-like look, with occasional minus density, which is this case is not a bad thing, as it makes it look like a print.

Both films are directed by Jack Hill, who also gave us The Swinging Cheerleaders and Spider Baby.  An interesting, eclectic, and fun filmmaker.

Image - 4.5

Audio - 4.25

Pass / Fail - Pass

Recommended

RAH

 

[Charles Smith]

And Pit Stop, a late discovery and revelation for me just a week ago. I said then that I'll seek these out, and now it is written.

 

[bgart13]

COFFY is my favorite Pam Grier movie. Not sure if I'll get this release or eventually the Arrow one. Glad to know these turned out well.

 

[McCrutchy]

COFFY is my favorite Pam Grier movie. Not sure if I'll get this release or eventually the Arrow one. Glad to know these turned out well.

If you're Region B-capable, I would suggest the Arrow release. The A/V quality is probably just as good or better, and the Arrow is (ahem) stacked with supplements (including new interviews), and also sports SDH subs for the film if you need them.


The same goes for Foxy Brown, but to be fair, Olive was able to somehow get a 24-bit DTS-HD MA 5.1 track for that release, if you want a multichannel remix.

 

[Jonathan Perregaux]

Looks like my "Fox in a Box" DVD collection may be getting slowly upgraded. Pam was and still is fantastic.

 

[Oblivion138]

From what I've seen, the Arrow and Olive transfers are definitely struck from the same master. The Olive has a bit more minus density, as RAH mentions, that has been cleaned up in the Arrow presentation. And contrast/colors are perhaps slightly different. But I stress "slightly." Only side-by-side would one really detect a difference. Overall, the real difference is extras. Arrow has tons, Olive has zilch. Buy according to your supplement needs.