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Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
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The story of how an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner with spectacular results. Billed as "the world's first street art disaster movie" the film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, Shephard Fairey, Invader and many of the world's most infamous graffiti artists at work.
Narrator: Rhys IfansDocumentary | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
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25GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region B, A (locked)
Movie | 5.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Nominated for Oscar for Best Documentary Feature, "Exit Through the Gift Shop" (2010) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Revolver Entertainment. The supplemental features on the disc include deleted scenes; Thierry Guetta's short film "Life Remote Control"; and two short documentary features. The disc also arrives with a pair of unique 2D glasses, as well as an exclusive DIY sticker set. In English, without optional English subtitles for the main feature. Region-B "locked".
The Ghost - Banksy
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.78:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Banksy's Exit Through the Gift Shop arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Revolver Entertainment.
The overwhelming amount of the footage used in Exit Through the Gift Shop comes from the large number of tapes Thierry Guetta amassed while following the street artists. Naturally, there are various inherited limitations - detail, clarity, and contrast levels fluctuate a lot. Colors are also unstable. There is judder and a few frame skips as well. But, as noted above, this is the type of documentary film Exit Through the Gift Shop is, so there is hardly anything here to be critical about. With other words, I have to assume that the high-definition transfer replicates accurately what was stored on the master Revolver Entertainment were offered to work with. (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 audio track on this Blu-ray disc: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1. For the record, Revolver Entertainment, have not provided optional English subtitles for the main feature. (There are only a few lines of French where partial imposed English subtitles appear).
A standard English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 track would have been more than appropriate for the Blu-ray release of Exit Through the Gift Shop, but Revolver Entertainment are to be commended for supplying the English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track. The documentary is primarily dialog-driven, and Rhys Ifans' narration sounds great. The dynamic amplitude is extremely limited. Aside from a few inherited sound fluctuations, I did not detect any problematic audio dropouts to report in this review. Optional English subtitles, however, should have been offered, as some of Bansky's remarks a bit difficult to understand.
Is Exit Through the Gift Shop fake or real? I don't know, and I am sure those who nominated it for Oscar for Best Documentary Feature do not either. What I do know is that the crew behind it is good. Very good. And now that I think about it, extremely brave as well. Superb film. See it. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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