7.6 | / 10 |
Users | 4.5 | |
Reviewer | 4.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Bobby Dupea, a shiftless thirtysomething oil rigger and former piano prodigy immune to any sense of responsibility, returns to his upper-middle-class childhood home, blue-collar girlfriend in tow, to see his estranged, ailing father.
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black (I), Billy Green Bush, Fannie Flagg, Sally StruthersDrama | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: LPCM Mono
English SDH
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 4.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Bob Rafelson's Five Easy Pieces initially appeared in Criterion's America Lost and Found: The BBS Story six-disc Blu-ray box set. The rest of the films in the box set are Rafelson's Head (1968) and The King of Marvin Gardens (1972), Dennis Hopper's Easy Rider (1969), Jack Nicholson's Drive, He Said (1970), Henry Jaglom's A Safe Place (1971), and Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show (1971).
You can access our review of America Lost and Found: The BBS Story here.
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Bob Rafelson's Five Easy Pieces arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion.
The release has been sourced from the same 4K restoration that was accessed when the America Lost and Found: The BBS Story box set was prepared. Rather predictably, the film looks wonderful in high-definition. Close-ups and the larger panoramic shots boast outstanding depth and clarity. Fluidity is also enormously pleasing. Colors are well saturated, wonderfully balanced and very natural. Grain is evenly distributed and well resolved and there are no traces of sharpening adjustments. Finally, image stability is excellent. Also, there are no large debris, cuts, stains, or scratches to report. I spotted a few light artifacts trying to sneak in, but the encoding is very good. My score is 4.75/5.00. (Note: This is a Region-A "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-A or Region-Free Blu-ray player in order to access its content).
There is only one standard audio track on this Blu-ray disc: English LPCM 1.0. Criterion have provided optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature.
The film does not have a prominent music score. Predictably, dynamic intensity is rather limited. However, clarity, depth, and separation are excellent throughout the entire film. The dialog is stable, clear, clean, and very easy to follow. There are no pops, cracks, audio dropouts, or distortions.
Bob Rafelson's Five Easy Pieces initially appeared in Criterion's America Lost and Found: The BBS Story six-disc Blu-ray box set. This individual release is sourced from the same 4K restoration of the film which director of photography Laszlo Kovacs supervised. Five Easy Pieces is wonderful film, but I would like to encourage you to consider adding America Lost and Found: The BBS Story to your collections. It is one of the very best releases in Criterion's catalog. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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