7.2 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 2.5 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
A story about a New York Chinatown cab driver who falls for college student.
Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Cherie Chung, Danny Bak-Keung Chan, Gigi Suk-Yee Wong, Man HuangForeign | 100% |
Drama | 19% |
Romance | 7% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p (upconverted)
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Cantonese: Dolby TrueHD 7.1
Mandarin: Dolby Digital 5.1 EX
Mandarin (Traditional), English
25GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 2.0 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
Winner of three Hong Kong Film Awards, Mabel Cheung's "An Autumn's Tale" (1987) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Hong Kong-based distributors Kam & Ronson Enterprises. The supplemental features on the disc include two theatrical trailers; video interview with actress actress Edith Cheung; and video interview with writer Alex Law. In Cantonese and English, with optional English and Traditional Chinese subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
Am I falling in love?
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Mabel Cheung's An Autumn's Tale arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Hong Kong-based distributors Kam & Ronson Enterprises.
There is a six-disc Blu-ray box set of Chow Yun-Fat films that is set to be released on Blu-ray in Japan this May, and one of the films in it will be An Autumn's Tale. I wonder how it would look, because the transfer Kam & Ronson Enterprises have used for their Blu-ray release of An Autumn's Tale is far from impressive. In fact, it looks like it has been sourced from a very old, standard-definition master. Frankly, I am not surprised because it appears that there simply aren't high-quality masters for many films that were produced in Hong Kong during the '70s, '80s and '90s. But I wonder if there are better masters outside of Hong Kong, and perhaps in Japan. At least as far as An Autumn's Tale is concerned, we will find out in May.
Fine object detail and clarity are quite weak. Many of the close-ups look dull, while the few panoramic vistas from New York City are plagued by light to moderate macroblocking. Edge-enhancement also routinely creeps in, especially during the daylight scenes. Color reproduction is relatively good, though there is quite a bit of color bleeding. Unsurprisingly, contrast levels are inconsistent. Finally, there are no serious stability issues, but I noticed plenty of tiny flecks and scratches popping up here and there. (Note: This is a Region-A Blu-ray disc. Therefore, you must have a native Region-A or Region-Free player in order to access its content).
There are two audio tracks on this Blu-ray disc: Cantonese Dolby TrueHD 7.1 and Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1 EX (with portions of English). For the record, Kam & Ronson Enterprises have provided optional English and Traditional Chinese subtitles for the main feature.
The Cantonese Dolby TrueHD 7.1 track is rather uneven. For example, most of the time the surround channels are inactive, but during the big gang fight from the second half of the film there are random sound effects that stick out. Each time the train passes by balance is again problematic. The dialog is mostly clean and easy to follow. I also did not detect any disturbing pops, cracks, or audio dropouts to report in this review. The English translation is rather good, though I did notice a couple of spelling errors.
The latest batch of Kam & Ronson Enterprises Blu-ray releases contains a number of highly acclaimed Hong Kong films. Unfortunately, it appears that for a few of them the company did not have quality masters. Nevertheless, I plan to add every single one of them to my library. There are a number of early films I am interested in that never received anamorphic transfers when they were released on DVD in Hong Kong, and I think that this is probably the last chance I would get to acquire them. Because of the problematic presentation, I can only recommend that you rent this release. RENT IT.
(Still not reliable for this title)
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