5.8 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Two crooks travel to Greece and get forced by circumstance into a job protecting a mysterious young woman with a strange power from resourceful enemies who supposedly want her dead.
Starring: Jessica Dublin, Maria Aliferi, Peter Winter, Hristos Nomikos, Maria Elise EugeneForeign | 100% |
Sci-Fi | Insignificant |
Comedy | Insignificant |
Action | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1, 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: LPCM 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 2.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Nico Mastorakis may not be everyone's first choice for "international film impresario deserving wider recognition", but based on the often hilarious and completely enjoyable supplements he participates in himself on several Blu-ray releases of his films, he might be savvy party goers' first choice for "international film impresario to sit next to at the dinner table", based on his seemingly inexhaustible supply of anecdotes about his long career. Despite what some curmudgeonly reviewer (namely, me) may have said about Nico Mastorakis on . . . Nico Mastorakis included on The Zero Boys as a supplement, that featurette, along with others like Hired to Direct included with Hired to Kill , an Interview included with Island of Death , Blowing the Wind included with The Wind, Keepin' It to Myself included with Bloodstone, and/or Swept by the Tide included with Blood Tide , Mastorakis is frequently funny, obviously wise to the ways of showbiz in general and the movie industry in particular, and a raconteur of the first order. Death Has Blue Eyes was Mastorakis' first feature film, after years spent in the trenches of the television world, and one might assume that considering how relatively early in his career it came, Mastorakis would not have that much to say about it. One would be assuming incorrectly, as another wonderfully enjoyable and even sweet featurette on this disc makes clear, a featurette which is made even more ingratiating due to the fact that Arrow arranged for a little "surprise birthday party" for Mastorakis, who turns 80 on April 28 of this year, in the opening moments of the piece.
Death Has Blue Eyes is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Arrow Video with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.85:1. An optional Academy Ratio version is also offered. Arrow's insert booklet contains the following information on the transfer:
Death Has Blue Eyes / To koritsi vomva is presented in 1.33:1 and 1.85:1 aspect ratios with mono audio. The film was restored by director Nico Mastorakis and Angelos Argyroulis at SteFilm, Athens. The original 35mm camera negative was scanned, graded, and restored in 2K resolution. The soundtrack was remastered from the optical track.Arrow continues to offer appealing presentations of the Mastorakis filmography with Death Has Blue Eyes, though this film may not have the same consistent levels of suffusion and clarity that some other Arrow releases have enjoyed. A few moments here and there can look pretty hazy and ill defined (see screenshot 8 and its corresponding 1.33:1 version in position 22), but on the whole detail levels are commendable through the bulk of the film. The palette is nicely suffused, but can tilt just slightly toward kind of ruddy purples at times. A few interior scenes look considerably grittier than most of the presentation, but again generally speaking grain resolves nicely and there are no big compression hiccups. My score is 4.25.
Death Has Blue Eyes features an LPCM 2.0 Mono track that does reveal a bit of brittleness at higher amplitudes, but which delivers dialogue well enough. The film has some set pieces that offer decent use of sound effects, and there
- Theatrical Trailer (HD; 2:25)
- Extended Theatrical Trailer (HD; 3:32)
Some fans of Bacharach and David may remember a song they wrote for Promises, Promises called "Whoever You Are, I Love You", which had the following lyric which is perhaps a propos to Death Has Blue Eyes:
Sometimes your eyes look blue to meThat potential stumbling block aside, Death Has Blue Eyes is probably never sufficiently clear as to what exactly is going on, even as it manages to work in any number of naked women and soft core sex scenes, which one assumes don't require any explanation. This is another kind of wacky effort from Mastorakis, and fans of the "Greek tycoon" (to borrow a phrase of art from the insert booklet as well as Mastorakis' own filmography) will probably get a kick out it. Technical merits are generally solid, and as usual with an Arrow release, the supplementary package is very enjoyable, for those who are considering a purchase.
Although I know they're really green.
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