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Yes! 'The Fall' hits BD on September 9th. (1 Viewer)

Walter Kittel

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I am eagerly looking forward to this release. I only managed to catch a few clips during its brief marketing campaign on television which left a tantalizing impression of the film's aesthetic. Happy to hear that this is a Sony release as they are doing a stellar job with Blu-ray releases these days.

(And yes, I've read some of the reviews and quite frankly the visuals alone will be enough for me.)

- Walter.
 

Craig S

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Looking forward to this as well. It only played a couple of screens in Houston for 2 weeks (I think), and I just didn't get a chance to get into town and see it.
 

Jefferson Morris

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Fortunately this is still playing in the Washington DC area. I've been dragging my feet on seeing it. I suppose I'd better get out there soon if I don't want to wait until September.

--Jefferson Morris
 

Jefferson Morris

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I saw it and I recommend it. Full of arresting imagery and some truly amazing locations. The little girl in the film is very charming--it's fun to watch her seemingly improvise her way through scenes, while Lee Pace tries to keep her roughly on track. Should make a great blu-ray.

--Jefferson Morris
 

Yumbo

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Region free.

Looks AMAZING on LCD.

3-D pop type visuals!
 

Kris Z.

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You've tested it yourself? Awesome, because there's no Region B release announced (as far as I know).
 

Yumbo

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Just finished watching.

Good picture.
Very good sound.
Story was different. A bit of a Baraka reference.

Opening slave scene shot in Fiji!

Fave scene is opening credits with Beethoven.
Fave costume scene is with Princess in flower red, and Wedding white.

Rent first in terms of story.
 

Ron-P

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I bought this blind and finished it tonight, amazing, I loved it. Beautiful imagery, some amazing scoring and a decent story. The image did seem to lack a little detail, it seemed a bit soft but other then that a fantastic Blu-ray.
 

Patrick Sun

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From my theatrical viewing, for most of the wide angle establishing shots, the image is very soft for most of the film. I doubt it being mastered in 1080p HD represents a huge leap in visual quality from its 480p DVD counterpart. The beauty of the film derives more from the settings and the compositional eye of the director when he shot all of these scenes while on location doing other commercial work, which allowed Tarsem access to these wonderful locales, but it was shot on a shoestring budget as a cinematic labor of love, and it looks it in a few of the scenes.
 

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