6.8 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
On a beach in Nice, François meets the mysterious Peggy and falls in love with her. Following her to a villa, he meets Marc, a lawyer who has a strange relationship with the girl. Marc tells François that Peggy is a drug addict: she kills men who approach her.
Starring: Alain Delon, Mireille Darc, Claude Brasseur, Fiore Altoviti, Emilio MessinaForeign | 100% |
Thriller | Insignificant |
Drama | Insignificant |
Mystery | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.67:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.66:1
French: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 3.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Georges Lautner's "Icy Breasts" (1974) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. The only bonus feature on the disc is an exclusive new audio commentary that was recorded by critics Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson. In French or English, with optional English subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.67:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Icy Breasts arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber.
The technical presentation is frustrating. The film was apparently remastered in 4K, but it is very oddly graded and actually looks like it needs a brand new remastering job. As you can tell from the screencaptures that we have included with our review, various primaries are desaturated across the board and most visuals look very flat and anemic. There are areas where fine nuances are completely lost by heavy crushing and depth is quite problematic (see screencaptures #4, 11, 14, and 15). Predictably, the native dynamic range of the visuals is unconvincing as well, with some areas actually creating the false impression that some heavy denoising has been applied (see screencapture #20). Needless to say, all of this is very unfortunate because it is easy to see that the film could have looked vibrant and very healthy on Blu-ray (see screencapture #12). Image stability is excellent. My score is 2.75/5.00. (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 audio tracks on this Blu-ray release: French DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 and English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. Optional English subtitles are provided for the French track.
I tested both tracks and found them equally unconvincing. It is easier to understand why the English track is quite average -- the English dubbing simply isn't very good. But the French track, which ought to be considered the original track, is pretty uneven and anemic as well. Philippe Sarde's score can sound quite thin, though my guess is that this is likely how the audio is mixed in the 1970s.
Even if you are a very forgiving admirer of Alain Delon's work, approach Icy Breasts with caution because it is the weakest film he made during the 1970s. I don't know exactly how he became involved with it. This was a period when Delon usually picked his roles, but it is pretty hard to believe that in its current form the film is as it was described to him. My guess is that Georges Lautner completely mishandled the original material from Richard Matheson's novel, but Delon still did his part and then moved on. Kino Lorber's release is sourced from an unconvincing 4K master that was supplied by StudioCanal.
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