UHD Review Performance – Criterion UHD Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[t1g3r5fan]

Today, Performance. In 1968, two very distinctive directors made their debut on a film that would changes their respective fortunes. One was a gifted painter who had become a screenwriter and was prompted to start directing his scripts after one of them, Duffy (1968), bombed with both critics and audiences. The other was an accomplished cinematographer who had previously collaborated with the likes of John Schlesinger (Far from the Madding Crowd, 1967), François Truffaut (Fahrenheit 451, 1966) and Roger Corman (The Masque of the Red Death, 1964). These directors were, respectively, Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg and the film was Performance. Previously released on DVD and Blu-ray by Warner Bros., Criterion has licensed the movie for its UHD Blu-ray debut.



Performance (1970)



Released: 04 Sep 1970
Rated: R
Runtime: 105 min




Director: Donald Cammell, Nicolas Roeg
Genre: Crime...

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[Peter Apruzzese]

Thanks for the review. Is this the first time the UK track has appeared or did the Warner Blu also have it?

 

[t1g3r5fan]

Thanks for the review. Is this the first time the UK track has appeared or did the Warner Blu also have it?

If I recall, the Warner Blu used the U.S. dub, with the "Here's to Old England" line missing from the "Memo from Turner" sequence.

 

[JoshZ]

If I recall, the Warner Blu used the U.S. dub, with the "Here's to Old England" line missing from the "Memo from Turner" sequence.

You have that partially backwards. The older Warner Bros. DVD from 2007 used the UK voice track, but was missing the "Here's to Old England" line even though Mick Jagger visibly mouths the words on camera. The later Warner Archive Blu-ray in 2014 restored that line, but at the cost of having to revert to the US dub for the entire soundtrack.

From this review, it sounds like Criterion found a source for the UK track with the line restored (or possibly spliced that line in from the US dub?).

 

[t1g3r5fan]

You have that partially backwards. The older Warner Bros. DVD from 2007 used the UK voice track, but was missing the "Here's to Old England" line even though Mick Jagger visibly mouths the words on camera. The later Warner Archive Blu-ray in 2014 restored that line, but at the cost of having to revert to the US dub for the entire soundtrack.

From this review, it sounds like Criterion found a source for the UK track with the line restored (or possibly spliced that line in from the US dub?).

Thank you. The home video release history of this movie has had so many twists and turns in regards to the soundtrack that I have a hard time keeping up with what's correct and what's not. Oddly befitting for a film dealing with identify if you ask me.

 

[mBen989]

Do the music cues still sound like they were dubbed in from the soundtrack album? Warners' previous releases had that issue.