6.9 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Set in the 1950s Italian countryside, the film tells the story of Lola and Masetto, a young couple whose views on premarital sex differ drastically.
Starring: Patrick Mower, Max Parodi, Francesca Nunzi, Laura Trotter, Serena GrandiErotic | 100% |
Foreign | 100% |
Romance | 12% |
Comedy | Insignificant |
Video codec: HEVC / H.265
Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Italian: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
Italian: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English
Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (2 BDs)
4K Ultra HD
Region free
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 3.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Tinto Brass' "Frivolous Lola" (1998) arrives on 4K Blu-ray courtesy of Cult Epics. The supplemental features on the release include exclusive new audio commentary by critics Eugenio Ercolani and Nathaniel Thompson; archival program with Tinto Brass; collection of original stills; trailers; and more. In English or Italian, with optional English subtitles for the main feature. Region-Free.
Kino Lorber's release of Frivolous Lola is a 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray combo pack. The 4K Blu-ray disc and the Blu-ray disc are Region-Free.
Please note that some of the screencaptures that appear with this article are taken from the 4K Blu-ray and downscaled to 1080p. Therefore, they do not accurately reflect the quality of the 4K content on the 4K Blu-ray disc, including the actual color values of this content.
Screencaptures #1-23 are from Blu-ray.
Screencaptures #27-33 are from the 4K Blu-ray.
The release introduces an exclusive new 4K restoration of Frivolous Lola. In native 4K, the 4K makeover can be viewed with HDR. A Dolby Vision grade is not offered. I viewed the entire film in native 4K, and shortly after spent some time with the 1080p presentation.
I found the 4K makeover quite frustrating. It is the healthiest, most attractive presentation of Frivolous Lola that I have seen to date, but quite a few things on it could and should have been done better. Virtually all of the issues I noticed have something to do with the color grade, which effectively replaces nearly all ranges of primary blue and blue nuances with variations of turquoise. A lot of the changes are either extremely similar or similar to the ones that can be observed on the recent 4K makeovers of Snapshot and Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. However, because of the unique use of natural light and shadows, here these changes also introduce noticeable fluctuations in the gamma levels of the visuals. As a result, clarity and depth can fluctuate quite a bit. There are no traces of problematic degraining corrections. Image stability is excellent. The framing of the visuals is very good, too. Ultimately, while some parts of the film look mostly decent, elsewhere, and especially where blue has to be very prominent -- like the sexy footage with Serena Grandi or the famous rain footage -- there are obvious issues with color temperature and balance.
The difference between the native 4K presentation and the 1080p presentation is insignificant. The HDR grade is very gentle and does not produce any sizeable shifts in the overall dynamic range of the visuals. I prefer how several darker sequences look in native 4K. However, in native 4K and 1080p the gamma fluctuations I mentioned earlier are very easy to recognize.
There are four standard audio tracks on this release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0, and Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1. Optional English subtitles are provided.
Both tracks feature original overdubbing. Outside of Italy, the English track has always been considered the original track for Frivolous Lola. It is one I used to view the film. I thought that it was excellent -- very healthy, stable, and with a decent dynamic range. However, you should be prepared to notice quite a bit of unevenness, which is entirely inherited. I did not encounter any encoding anomalies to report in our review.
4K BLU-RAY DISC
Cult Epics has promoted Tinto Brass' films with genuine passion for years. Frankly, without its efforts, many of them would not have been available to see in North America. Now, the label is trying hard to give some of these films the best possible presentation on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray. Frivolous Lola, one of Brass' smaller films, has been fully restored in 4K, but I do not think that the makeover is as convincing as it could have been. I suspect that the combo pack we have reviewed will remain the final release of Frivolous Lola on the home video market, so if you want the film in your collection, you should probably plan to pick it up.
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