6.9 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
An unrepentantly selfish tobacco farmer builds a dam to prevent water from flowing downhill to his neighbors' crops.
Starring: Erol Tas, Hülya Koçyigit, Ulvi Dogan, Alaettin Altiok, Hakki HaktanForeign | 100% |
Drama | 86% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1
Turkish: LPCM 2.0
English
25GB Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
DVD copy
Region B (locked)
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 1.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Winner of the prestigious Golden Bear Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, Turkish director Metin Erksan's "Susuz yaz" a.k.a. "Dry Summer" (1964) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Eureka Entertainment. The only supplemental feature on this disc is a short video introduction by director Martin Scorsese. In Turkish, with optional English subtitles for the main feature. Region-B "locked".
"I'll take you away, but I won't lay a finger on you..."
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Metin Erksan's Dry Summer arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Eureka Entertainment.
There are traces of some extremely mild noise corrections that must have been applied during the restoration process. I assume that they were done to rebalance the image as best as possible (the original 35mm negative and an interpositive were used for the restoration and reconstruction of Dry Summer). However, most of the daylight close-ups look excellent. Even during the nighttime confrontation image depth remains pleasing. In select sequences there are sporadic traces of very light fading around the edges of the image frame, but detail is never seriously compromised. Color saturation is good. Lastly, it is easy to see that large damage marks, debris, scratches, cuts, and stains have been removed as best as possible. Overall image stability is also very good. All in all, despite a few minor fluctuations Dry Summer has a pleasing organic look. (Note: This is a Region-B "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-B or Region-Free PS3 or SA in order to access its content).
There is only one standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: Turkish LPCM 2.0. For the record, Eureka Entertainment have provided optional English subtitles for the main feature.
Depth is very good throughout the entire film. The traditional Turkish music also impresses with excellent crispness. The dialog is sharp and free of background hiss. Also, there are no audio dropouts or distortions to report in this review. The English translation is excellent.
Metin Erksan's Dry Summer is a wonderful discovery for me. I think that it is a brilliantly structured and executed film, quite bold as well, which is why it probably had such a difficult time in its native country. Kudos to Fatih Akin for bringing the film to Martin Scorsese's attention and the World Cinema Foundation for restoring and reconstructing it. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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