6.9 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
A film director finds himself drawn into affairs with two women while searching for an actress for his next film.
Starring: Tomas Milián, Daniela Silverio, Christine Boisson, Lara Wendel, Veronica LazarDrama | 100% |
Foreign | 91% |
Romance | 25% |
Erotic | 14% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.75:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Italian: LPCM 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
English, English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region free
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Michelangelo Antonioni's "Identificazione di una donna" a.k.a. "Identification of a Woman" (1982) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Cult Films. The supplemental features on the release include exclusive new program with Enrica Antonioni; new program with critic Pasquale Iannone; and video diary. In Italian, with optional English and English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-Free.
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.75:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Identification of a Woman arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Cult Films.
This is the third Blu-ray release of Identification of a Woman that I have received and viewed. (The other two releases were produced by Criterion and Gaumont a decade ago). It is sourced from a new 2K master and offers a new, different presentation of the film.
Last night, I spent quite a bit of time with the release and my final take on it is that it presents the film pretty much as I remember it. My recollection of an old theatrical viewing of the film is that it should look between cold and cool but not desaturated. I think that Gaumont's release wanted to go in this direction, giving the film a colder/cooler appearance, but the overall balance did not turn out perfect. The Criterion release has some of this colder/cooler appearance and it looks very good, but quite a bit of material on it is graded too warm. The grading on this release fits between those of the two previous releases, with an overall superior balance that distributes more of the cold/cool that I remember better. Is it perfect? This is how I remember the film, so I am sharing with you what I thought of the color temperature of the new master and the overall look of the film. There are some darker areas where the dynamic range of the visuals can be improved, but this does not bother me. If there is any room for further adjustments that would affect select primaries and nuances, I would say that they would be cosmetic tweaks. Also, this is an extremely difficult film to present on Blu-ray. Why? Because the fog sequence is essentially impossible to get right in 1080p. I think that there are other areas with restricted light that are very tricky, too. There are no traces of problematic digital corrections. Image stability is excellent. All in all, in my opinion currently this release offers the most convincing presentation of the film. My score is 4.75/5.00. (Note: This is a Region-Free Blu-ray release. Therefore, you will be able to play it on your player regardless of your geographical location).
There is only one standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: Italian LPCM 2.0. Optional English and English SDH subtles are provided for the main feature.
The lossless track is very good. A few exchanges could be a bit thin at times, but this is how they were recorded. The balance is still very good and they are easy to follow. The upper register is healthy. I did not encounter any audio dropouts or distortions to report in our review.
Michelangelo Antonioni's Identification of a Woman is a beautiful and very atmospheric film about a film director looking for inspiration and the ever-evolving relationship between the two sexes. As is the case with practically all of the Italian director's films, Identification of a Woman will appeal primarily to those who do not demand concrete answers at the end of each film they see. This recent release from Cult Films is sourced from an exclusive new 2K master and I think that offers the overall most convincing presentation of the film to date. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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