7.1 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Renato and Albin—a middle-aged gay couple who are the manager and star performer at a glitzy drag club in Saint-Tropez—agree to hide their sexual identities, along with their flamboyant personalities and home decor, when the ultraconservative parents of Renato's son's fiancée come for a visit.
Starring: Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier, Rémi Laurent, Carmen ScarpittaForeign | 100% |
Comedy | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.67:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.66:1
French: LPCM Mono
English
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Nominated for three Oscar Awards, including Best Director and Best Costume Design, Edouard Molinaro's "La Cage aux Folles" a.k.a. "Birds of a Feather" (1978) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion. The supplemental features on the disc include original trailers for the the film; exclusive new video interview with director Edouard Molinaro; archival television footage from three plays featuring Jean Poiret and Michel Serrault; and an exclusive new video interview with professor Laurence Senelick. The release also arrives with an illustrated booklet featuring an essay by critic David Ehrenstein. In French, with optional English subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
"His father is a diplomat"
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.67:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Edouard Molinaro's La Cage aux Folles arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion.
The following text appears inside the booklet provided with this Blu-ray release:
"This new digital transfer was created in 2K resolution on a Spirit 4K film scanner from a 35mm interpositive. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, and warps were manually removed using MTI's DRS, while Image Systems' Phoenix was used for small dirt, grain, noise management, jitter, and flicker.
Transfer supervisor: Maria Palazzola.
Colorist: Gregg Garvin/Modern VideoFilm, Burbank, CA."
The Blu-ray release represents a massive upgrade in quality over the old R1 non-anamorphic DVD release which MGM produced many years ago. The film has the intended by director Molinaro soft and warm look with a wide range of natural colors. The footage from inside the club, in particular, is quite subdued. Image depth and clarity, however, are consistently pleasing. Contrast levels are also stable. Sharpness does fluctuate, but the fluctuations are directly linked to the original photography (compare screencaptures #3 and 5). There are no traces of problematic filtering corrections. Compromising sharpening adjustments have not been performed either. Predictably, from start to finish the film has a solid organic look. Lastly, it is obvious that debris, scratches, cuts, and damage marks have been removed as best as possible. All in all, excluding a few scattered light compression artifacts, this is indeed a fabulous presentation of La Cage aux Folles which is guaranteed to please fans of the film. (Note: This is a Region-A "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-A or Region-Free PS3 or SA in order to access its content).
There is only one standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: French LPCM 1.0. For the record, Criterion have provided optional English subtitles for the main feature.
The lossless track has a good range of nuanced dynamics. In sequences where Ennio Morricone's score becomes prominent, depth is especially good. The dialog is clean, stable, dynamically well-balanced, and easy to follow. For the record, there are no pops, cracks, problematic background hiss, or audio distortions to report in this review. The English translation is excellent.
Edouard Molinaro's charming and very important comedy "La Cage aux Folles" has never looked this good before. Criterion's Blu-ray release truly allows one to experience the film in an entirely new way. Also included on the Blu-ray are two outstanding new video interviews, one with director Molinaro, and another with professor Laurence Senelick. Buy with confidence, folks. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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