7.7 | / 10 |
Users | 4.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.8 |
Casino owner Ballin Mundson orders his right-hand man, Johnny Farrell, to keep an eye on his beautiful new wife, Gilda. Ballin is unaware, however, that Johnny and Gilda are former lovers who are now full of contempt for one another. When Ballin seemingly dies in a plane crash, Johnny marries Gilda to keep her under his guard, but his scheme doesn't quite go according to plan...
Starring: Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia, Steven GerayDrama | 100% |
Film-Noir | 71% |
Romance | 70% |
Thriller | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.34:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1
English: Dolby Digital Mono (192 kbps)
Italian: Dolby Digital Mono
Spanish: Dolby Digital Mono
French: Dolby Digital Mono
German: Dolby Digital Mono
Portuguese: Dolby Digital Mono
Japanese: Dolby Digital Mono
Italian, English, English SDH, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Korean, Mandarin (Traditional), Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 1.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Charles Vidor's "Gilda" (1946) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Italia. The only supplemental feature on the disc is a short video piece with comments from directors Martin Scorsese and Baz Luhrmann. In English, with optional English, English SDH, Italian, French, Spanish (Castilian), Spanish (Latin America), Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese, German, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Korean, Mandarin (Traditional), Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Thai, and Turkish subtitles for the main feature. Region-Free.
Gilda
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.34:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Charles Vidor's Gilda arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Italia.
The release uses as a foundation the UCLA Film and Television Archive restoration of Gilda, which was produced in cooperation with Sony Pictures Entertainment, The Library of Congress, and The National Film and Television Archive U.K. Unsurprisingly, the basic characteristics we typically address in our reviews look solid. Generally speaking, image depth and clarity are pleasing throughout the entire film, while contrast levels remain stable. Color saturation is good - blacks are solid and there is a nice range of nuanced grays. The best news, however, is that there are no traces of problematic denoising and sharpening adjustments. Needless to say, the film has a stable organic look. This being said, the encoding is somewhat underwhelming. To be perfectly clear, there are select sequences where the grain isn't as tight as it should be. While some of the minor fluctuations are clearly inherited -- due to some light fading or even sporadic blemishes -- it is also obvious that there is room for improvement. My feeling, however, is that these minor fluctuations will likely be spotted only by viewers who view their films on large screens or use projectors. Ultimately, the restoration is competent and the Blu-ray release clearly represents a strong upgrade in quality over the R1 DVD release of Gilda from The Films of Rita Hayworth box set. (Note: This is a Region-Free Blu-ray release. Therefore, you will be able to play it on your PS3 or SA regardless of your geographical location. For the record, there is no problematic PAL or 1080/50i content preceding the disc's main menu).
There are seven standard audio tracks on this Blu-ray release: English Dolby Digital 2.0, French Dolby Digital 2.0, German Dolby Digital 2.0, Italian Dolby Digital 2.0, Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0, Portuguese Dolby Digital 2.0, Spanish (Castilian) Dolby Digital 2.0, and Spanish (Latin America) Dolby Digital 2.0. For the record, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has provided optional English, English SDH, Italian, French, Spanish (Castilian), Spanish (Latin America), Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Japanese, German, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Korean, Mandarin (Traditional), Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Thai, and Turkish subtitles for the main feature.
The lack of lossless audio is very surprising because both depth and clarity are very good. In other words, with a lossless track the audio quality would have been excellent. It is also easy to tell that various stabilization adjustments have been performed because there are absolutely no sudden spikes or drops in dynamic activity. Some extremely light hiss occasionally sneaks in, but it never becomes distracting. The dialog is stable and easy to follow.
It would be such a shame if this legendary American film isn't released on Blu-ray on this side of the Atlantic. While waiting for Sony Pictures to announce it, I have no other option but to encourage folks to consider importing it. Everything that was great about Hollywood is on display in Gilda. Truly, that's all there is to be said about it. RECOMMENDED.
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