7.4 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Akiko is a young woman living and studying in Tokyo who is also moonlighting as a prostitute to make ends meet. When she meets her latest client, the shy and timid old man Takashi, the two share a meal and the next morning Takashi takes Akiko to school. A run-in with Akiko's boyfriend, Noriaki, causes Takashi to lie and say he is her grandfather, inaugurating an unexpected relationship.
Starring: Tadashi Okuno, Rin Takanashi, Ryô Kase, Denden, Reiko MoriForeign | 100% |
Drama | 90% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Japanese: DTS-HD Master Audio 3.0
English
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
DVD copy
Region A (locked)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 2.5 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Nominated for the prestigious Palme d'Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami's "Like Someone in Love" (2012) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion. The supplemental features on the disc include an original trailer and a documentary film. The release also arrives with an illustrated booklet featuring an essay by film scholar and critic Nico Baumbach. In Japanese, with optional English subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
Akiko
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.66:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Abbas Kiarostami's Like Someone in Love arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion.
The following text appears inside the booklet provided with this Blu-ray release:
"This film was shot with a RED One MX digital camera, and the entire production was completed in a digital workflow. The final color-corrected DPX files were output in Rec. 709 high-definition color space for Blu-ray and DVD release. The master was approved by director Abbas Kiarostami.
The film features a fully digital soundtrack. The 3.0 surround audio for this release was mastered at 24-bit from the original digital audio master files using Pro Tools HD. Though only three channels of audio are present, the soundtrack was encoded as 5.1 on the disc to maintain compatibility with legacy receivers.
Colorist: Isabelle Laclau/Sylicone, Paris."
The high-definition transfer appears to have been sourced from the same digital master British distributors New Wave Films accessed when they prepared their Blu-ray release of Someone in Love. I did some direct comparisons between the two releases but aside from an extremely small discrepancy in the brightness settings -- and the difference truly is insignificant -- their basics are virtually identical. This should not be too surprising, however, considering the fact that the film was shot digitally, and more than likely there is only one digital master that has been approved by the Iranian director.
Detail and especially clarity are very pleasing. As noted in our review of the British release, even extremely small details are exceptionally easy to see despite the fact that at times light is restricted. Colors are soft but natural. There are absolutely no compression or encoding anomalies to report in this review. Also, overall image stability is outstanding. (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: Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 3.0. For the record, Criterion have provided optional English subtitles for the main feature.
The film does not have a prominent soundtrack. Unsurprisingly, dynamic intensity is rather limited. However, there are various random sounds and noises that are exceptionally easy to identify. (The footage from the busy area of the city is a good example). The dialog is clean, stable, and very easy to follow. Also, there are no audio dropouts or digital distortions to report in this review. The English translation is excellent.
Sometimes less is more. And this is precisely the case with director Abbas Kiarostami's Like Someone in Love, a simple but very elegant and quite exotic film about the games people play while looking for love and other things that matter. Admirers of the Iranian master's work will not be disappointed with it. Criterion's release uses a high-definition transfer that is not identical to the one British distributors New Wave Films used for their release of the film last October, but their basic characteristics are the same. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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