6.1 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
A sexual melodrama about a boy and a girl and another girl. It's a love story, which celebrates sex in a joyous way.
Starring: Aomi Muyock, Klara Kristin, Karl Glusman, Benoît Debie, Vincent MaravalDrama | 100% |
Erotic | 80% |
Romance | 31% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 MVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.38:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 16-bit)
None
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Blu-ray 3D
Slipcover in original pressing
Region B (locked)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 0.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Screened at the Cannes Film Festival, Gaspar Noé's "Love" (2015) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Curzon Artificial Eye. The release contains 3D and 2D version of the film, but does not have any supplemental features. In English, without optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-B "locked".
Love or lust?
Presented in an aspect ratio of 2.38:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Gaspar Noe's Love arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Curzon Artificial Eye.
The disc contains 3D and 2D versions of the film. Each version can be accessed via the disc's main menu.
The film was shot with the Red Epic Dragon camera and as expected depth and especially clarity are excellent. In fact, even during the darker indoor footage, where light is exposed and captured in unique ways, the visuals are very impressive. A few of the extreme close-ups reveals some unusual tiny artifact-like color patches, but they appear to be inherited (see screencapture #7). Color balance, saturation, and stability are excellent. There are no stability issues.
On the 3D version the lovemaking scenes have better dimensionality, but I am not convinced that they become more effective because of it. The framing, camera movement and especially the lighting are far more important. (Note: This is a Region-B "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-B or Region-Free player in order to access its content).
There is only one standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1. There are no optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature.
The film has a very diverse soundtrack, featuring music from Johann Sebastian Bach, Brian Eno, Death in Vegas, and Pink Floyd, amongst others. But there is a wide range of organic sounds and noises that seem a lot more important. Dynamic intensity is good, but you should not expect to have your audio system tested. The dialog is crystal clear, clean, and stable throughout the entire film.
Most unfortunately, there are no supplemental features to be found on this release.
Love means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Gaspar Noe's latest film shows how it happens, how it is consumed by young people who are convinced that they are experiencing it, and how easy it is to confuse it with something else. The film is quite explicit, but there is nothing in it that looks or feels degrading. I am not convinced that it is more effective in 3D, but it is easy to see what Noe wanted to accomplish. I liked the film, but it is a difficult one to recommend. Then again, all of Noe's films are. RECOMMENDED.
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