7.1 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
A fugitive on the run from the law, and carrying several million dollars, hides out in the home of a farm family. The tables turn when the family proves to be even more criminally oriented than he is--and begins to terrorize him instead of the other way around.
Starring: Lee Marvin, Miou-Miou, Jean Carmet, Victor Lanoux, David BennentForeign | 100% |
Thriller | Insignificant |
Crime | Insignificant |
Action | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.35:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
French: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Yves Boisset's "Dog Day" a.k.a. "Canicule" (1984) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. The supplemental features on the disc include a vintage trailer for the film and exclusive new audio commentary by critics Howard S. Berger and Steve Mitchell. In English or French, with optional English subtitles. Region-A "locked".
I am here to spend money and learn about life.
Presented in an aspect ratio of 2.35:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Dog Day arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber.
The release is sourced from an older master that was provided by StudioCanal. I do not wish to speculate that it was prepared during the DVD era, but it has some pretty obvious limitations that were common for masters that emerged more than ten years ago. The good news is that there are no traces of problematic digital adjustments, so for the most part the visuals convey decent delineation and depth. Clarity rages from decent to good. The master's age shows the most during wider panoramic shots and darker footage where fine details and nuances are not optimal. Most still look good, but on a larger screen it is very easy to tell that ideally the visuals should be quite a bit richer and better defined. Grain exposure should be better and more consistent as well. Image stability is very good. There are no distracting large debris, cuts, damage marks, warped or torn frames to report. (Note: This is a Region-A "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-A or Region-Free player in order to access its content).
There are two standard audio tracks on this Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 and French DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. Optional English subtitles are provided for the French track. When turned on, they appear inside the image frame.
It is very difficult to pick the right track to view the film with because both have some pretty mediocre overdubbing. I chose the English track because I wanted to hear Lee Marvin's voice -- plus Tina Louise's voice, though her part is very small -- but the English dubbing is quite amateurish. In some parts it sounds like the people that did it were talking away from the mics, and elsewhere there is a lot of mumbling that routinely makes it difficult to figure out what is being said. But this is how the French did it, so this isn't a flaw of the lossless track. The French track sounds a bit better, but Marvin's parts just don't sound right. There are no encoding anomalies.
Don't waste your time with Dog Day if you think that Lee Marvin's presence on the original poster for the film guarantees an experience with a tense crime thriller of the kind that the iconic American actor made on this side of the Atlantic. This film was conceived to be, and is, something entirely different, which is very much worth exploring unprepared. For what it is, it is outrageously good, but it takes a certain mind to appreciate its aspirations and style. Kino Lorber's release is sourced from an older but mostly decent master that was supplied by StudioCanal. It also comes with a very nice exclusive new commentary by critics Howard S. Berger and Steve Mitchell. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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