Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project, No. 2 Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		4.0
Video		4.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		2.5
Overall		4.0

Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project, No. 2 Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman November 17, 2020

Martin Scorsese has been curating the World Cinema Project for well over a decade, and the result has been a veritable cornucopia of international films that in some cases Scorsese’s efforts have helped save from the ravages of time (and vinegar syndrome). As of the writing of this review, the World Cinema Project is closing in on fifty restorations that they’ve undertaken, allowing fans to view films that, as even Scorsese himself states in some of the introductions included in this set, have been woefully underappreciated and rarely seen. This second volume of films aggregates six interesting offerings that have at least some subtextual cross connections at times, but which serve as yet another example of what an incredible job the World Cinema Project does in bringing films of undeniable merit to a wider audience.

Reviews of the films in this set can be accessed by clicking on the following links:

Insiang Blu-ray review

Mysterious Object at Noon Blu-ray review

Revenge Blu-ray review

Limite Blu-ray review

Law of the Border Blu-ray review

Taipei Story Blu-ray review

Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project, No. 2 Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Video quality of each film is assessed in the above linked reviews.

Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project, No. 2 Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Audio quality of each film is assessed in the above linked reviews.

Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project, No. 2 Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

Supplements for each film are detailed in the above linked reviews. Additionally this comes with Criterion's typically well appointed insert booklet (almost a pamphlet in this case), which contains writing about all the films in this set as well as cast and crew information and technical datapoints.

Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project, No. 2 Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

This second volume of offerings from the World Cinema Project and Martin Scorsese provides another fascinating glimpse into both relatively well remembered fare as well as cult items that my hunch is few will have any prior experience with. While some of the presentations here are reliant upon source material that has not survived the ravages of time particularly well, the restorations are by and large formidable and hugely commendable. Recommended.