6.1 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.
Starring: John Turturro, Woody Allen, Vanessa Paradis, Liev Schreiber, Sharon StoneComedy | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English: LPCM 2.0
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25GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region B (locked)
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 0.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
John Turturro's "Fading Gigolo" (2013) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Curzon Film World/Artificial Eye. The only bonus feature on this release is an original theatrical trailer for the film. In English, without optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-B "locked".
"Maybe I should try your guy first... alone."
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, John Turturro's Fading Gigolo arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Curzon Film World/Artificial Eye.
Shot with an Arricam Lite camera, the film looks wonderful on Blu-ray. Detail and clarity are fantastic and a number of the outdoor close-ups actually look like digital photographs. Fluidity and especially image depth are even more impressive -- when viewed on a projector, the film boasts a type of dimensionality which one can easily describe as reference quality. Color reproduction is excellent. Rich dark yellows and browns are the prominent colors, but there is a good range of equally lush reds, blues, and blacks. Overall image stability is outstanding. Finally, there are no encoding anomalies to report in this review. All in all, this is a fantastic presentation of Fading Gigolo, and as far as I am concerned it ranks amongst teh very best in Curzon Film World/Artificial Eye's Blu-ray catalog. (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 are two standard audio tracks on this Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and English LPCM 2.0. For the record, Curzon Film World have not provided optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature.
Fading Gigolo is not a film with an exceptionally active sound design, but the gap in quality between the two loseless tracks is substantial. For example, there are numerous sequences where the 5.1 track opens up the film far better and random sounds and noises are easier to identity because the separation is superior. It is the lovely jazzy score, however, that benefits the most as the music's presence is simply felt better on the 5.1 track. The dialog is very crisp, stable, clean, and easy to follow.
I liked John Turturro's Fading Gigolo a lot. It is witty, bold, and funny in a way that very few films nowadays can be. Curzon Film World/Artificial Eye's technical presentation of Fading Gigolo is outstanding. In fact, this may very well be one of the best looking releases from the British distributors' Blu-ray catalog. Do not miss this film, folks. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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