6 | / 10 |
Users | 1.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.1 |
Last night was a wild one for Tina and Gianni, but for the life of her, the confused woman can't quite recall how she ended up in bed with her handsome and mysterious date. Did the seemingly pleasant date lead to a night of passion-fueled consensual sex between Gianni and Tina, or did Gianni deliberately force himself on Tina in a horrific act of rape? Both the scratches on Gianni's forehead and Tina's torn dress seem to point to some mishap that may have occurred over the course of their date, but matters are infinitely complicated when Tina's overly protective mother and her nosey concierge chime in with two entirely different takes on the evening's events.
Starring: Daniela Giordano (I), Brett Halsey, Dick Randall, Pascale Petit, Brigitte SkayForeign | 100% |
Erotic | 63% |
Comedy | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: LPCM 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 16-bit)
Italian: LPCM Mono (48kHz, 16-bit)
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 2.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Mario Bava's "Four Times That Night" (1971) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. The supplemental features on the disc include an audio commentary by Tim Lucas, deleted scenes, and vintage trailers. In English or Italian, with optional English subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
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Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Mario Bava's Four Times That Night arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber.
The film was probably recently transferred in high-definition and then some minor tweaks were done to make it look acceptable. This does qualify as 'remastering' work, but not a 'restoration'. Indeed, the current transfer retains plenty of background shimmer/flicker, some very light color instability, and even a few tiny blemishes. So, there is room for additional improvements and stabilization enhancements, as well as some cosmetic adjustments that ultimately can make the film look significantly healthier. The good news is that the current presentation still has pretty strong organic qualities and even on a larger screen for the most part the visuals hold up quite well. Depth and fluidity are the areas where the shortcomings of the remaster are most obvious, but my guess is that quite a few viewers will have similar feelings about the color instability and lack of proper nuances. There are no traces of problematic sharpening adjustments. Density levels are decent, but they can also be improved quite significantly. There are no serious stability issues. All in all, this is an acceptable remaster that will be appreciated by Mario Bava fans, but this film can and should look even healthier on Blu-ray. (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 Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. Optional English subtitles are provided for the Italian track.
I viewed the film with the English track because the leads spoke their lines in English, but they were overdubbed and there is some familiar unevenness. However, occasionally there is also light background hiss, as well as a few tiny pops that easily could have been eliminated with digital tools. The good news is that clarity and even depth are still pretty nice. Since the release contains the Italian version of the film which has the footage with the scientist that was trimmed from the international version, there is no English audio for it, so Tim Lucas' comments from the commentary pop up there.
It is not a coincidence that in the early '70s both Mario Bava and Lucio Fulci directed comedies that used sex only as a pretext to highlight 'unusual' behavioral patterns that actually revealed plenty about the socio-cultural environment that they shared. Bava's Four Times That Night and Fulci's The Eroticist are both chameleons -- the former tackles the nature of perception and subversion and its impact on the evolving relationship between the two sexes, while the latter offers a very witty social commentary on Italian politics and macho culture. I actually think that Fulci's films from this period are so good that had he not veered off in a different direction a few years later he would have left a body of work that would have placed him in the company of such masters as Dino Risi, Alberto Lattuada, and Mauro Bolognini. Kino Lorber's upcoming release of Four Times That Night is sourced from a decent remaster, but there is still room for meaningful improvements. RECOMMENDED.
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