7.5 | / 10 |
Users | 4.5 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
To regain his fearsome reputation, a cold blooded killer shoots down a local sheriff. Now he must face his young protégé, who was the sheriff's best friend.
Starring: Lee Van Cleef, Giuliano Gemma, Walter Rilla, Christa Linder, Yvonne SansonWestern | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.35:1
English: LPCM Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
Italian: LPCM Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
English: LPCM Mono
English: LPCM 1.0 (48kHz, 16-bit) on International Cut
English
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Three-disc set (1 BD, 2 DVDs)
DVD copy
Region A, B (locked)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Tonino Valerii's "Day of Anger" a.k.a. "I giorni dell'ira" (1967) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Arrow Video U.S. The supplemental features on the disc include original trailers for the film; deleted scene; video interviews with the Italian director and screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi; and video interview with Italian cinema expert Roberto Curti. The release also arrives with an illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film by spaghetti western expert Howard Hughes, illustrated with original archive stills. In English or Italian, with optional English subtitles. Region A/B "locked".
"When you shoot a man, you've got to kill him, or sooner or later he's going to kill you."
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 2.35:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Tonino Valerii's Day of Anger arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Arrow Video U.S.
Two versions of the film are included on this release:
1. Longer Italian release version, I giorni dell'ira, dubbed in English and Italian (01.53.51).
2. Shorter international version, available in English only (01.26.10).
I chose to view the longer Italian release version of the film with the English track.
I like the technical presentation a lot. During close-ups as well as during panoramic shots image depth is excellent while clarity is consistently very impressive. Contrast levels also remain stable. Color saturation and stability are very good -- there is a wide range of very healthy, vibrant and very natural colors. There are absolutely no traces of problematic degraining or sharpening adjustments. Rather predictably, the film has a very solid and very consistent organic appearance (screencaptures #2 and 5 should give you a good idea what type of organic appearance to expect). Overall image stability is excellent -- there are no transition issues or general stability issues. My one and only criticism pertains to the presence of a few minor flecks and blemishes that pop up here and there, but the film really does look magnificent on Blu-ray. All in all, this is a wonderful restoration of Day of Anger which more than likely will remain the film's definitive presentation on the home video market. (Note: This is a Region A/B "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you need to have a native Region-A, Region-B, or Region-Free PS3 or SA in order to access its content).
There are three standard audio tracks on this Blu-ray release: English LPCM 1.0 (for the longer Italian release version), Italian LPCM 1.0 (for the longer Italian release version), and English: LPCM 1.0 (for the shorter international version). For the record, Arrow Video U.S. have provided optional English subtitles for each version of the film. When turned on, they appear inside the image frame.
English LPCM track (Italian release version): The audio during the opening credits is quite thin, but I assume that this is indeed a source limitations as there are no distortions and fluidity is very good. However, on my disc, which is only a screener not a market version of this release, I had to raise the volume I bit more than I usually have it set on my receiver. Furthermore, occasionally there are some tiny pops that can be heard in the high-frequencies. For example, a few such pops can be heard around the 00.09.18 mark. They are not distracting, but their presence can be felt. Riz Ortolani's score easily breathes throughout the entire film; the guitar solos, in particular, sound terrific. The dialog is stable and rather easy to follow, but the dubbing has had an impact on the overall depth and crispness. This should not be surprising, however, as the dubbing on many of these European westerns that were produced during the late '60s and '70s could be quite uneven. The minor lip-synching issues some viewers are likely to notice are also inherited. Finally, there are no audio dropouts or digital distortions to report in this review.
I like the new restoration of Tonino Valerii's Day of Anger a lot and I think that fans of the film who have previously experienced it only via the now OOP DVD releases will be hugely impressed as well. The film itself does not need my recommendation, it is a genuine spaghetti western classic with a truly outstanding soundtrack by the legendary Riz Ortolani. Now, can we get similar restorations of Giorgio Ferroni's Blood for a Silver Dollar and Duccio Tessari's Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang? VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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