5.8 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Emmanuelle and her architect husband continue their amoral lifestyle in the Seychelles. But when a casual dalliance between her and a film director starts to turn serious, her husband shows very traditional signs of jealousy.
Starring: Sylvia Kristel, Umberto Orsini, Jean-Pierre Bouvier, Alexandra Stewart, Olga Georges-PicotErotic | 100% |
Foreign | 68% |
Drama | 29% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
French: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 1.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
François Leterrier's "Goodbye Emmanuelle" a.k.a. "Emmanuelle 3" (1977) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. The supplemental features on the disc include vintage trailers and radio spots; as well a segment from an archival documentary. In French or English, with optional English subtitles. Region-A "locked".
"Do you want to make love to him?"
Presented in an aspect ratio of 2.35:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, François Leterrier's Goodbye Emmanuelle arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber.
It is quite clear that like the recent releases of the first two Emmanuelle films -- reviews of which you can see here and here -- this release is also sourced from an older master that StudioCanal had previously licensed to other international labels. For example, this Italian release of Emmanuelle 3 from 2013 is sourced from the same master.
The master has some shortcomings that could have been avoided. The main one is the presence of some extremely light denoising, which I think was completely unnecessary because the element that was used to produce the master was very nice. I'd say that the delicate nuances and sporadic background flatness that emerge in darker footage are the most obvious side effects (see examples in screencaptures #12 and 17), but even on a larger screen the film still looks quite nice. The primary colors are stable and with decent nuances, and I think that the overall balance is actually very convincing. There are no distracting age-related imperfections to report. All in all, there is no doubt in my mind that a brand new 4K remaster will reveal some meaningful ranges of nuances that are either very weak or lost on this master, and as a result the film will have a superior organic appearance, but the current presentation still makes it very easy to temporarily submerge in its exotic atmosphere. My score is 3.75/5.00. (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.
I think that the French track is preferable because the majority of the actors spoke their lines in French. However, there was still quite a bit of overdubbing, which is why there is some minor unevenness that pops up here and there. This is an inherited limitation, so I don't know if a new remix would address it. What is important to underscore here is that there are no distracting age-related imperfections, such as background hiss, distortions, and him. The inclusion of the English dub in lossless is a nice bonus.
With François Leterrier behind the camera the final film in the Emmanuelle trilogy promotes a slightly different type of dramatic acting, but it still delivers that familiar mix of attractive exotic atmosphere and stylish erotica. Serge Gainsbourg composed its soundtrack and also recorded the title song, Goodbye Emmanuelle, with Jane Birkin. Kino Lorber's release is sourced from an older but good master that was supplied by StudioCanal. RECOMMENDED.
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