7.7 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
A slice of street life in Little Italy among lower echelon Mafiosos, unbalanced punks, and petty criminals.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Harvey Keitel, David Proval, Amy Robinson, Richard RomanusDrama | 100% |
Crime | 44% |
Dark humor | 26% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.77:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: LPCM 2.0 (48kHz, 16-bit)
English SDH
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region B (locked)
Movie | 5.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Martin Scorsese's "Mean Streets" (1973) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Icon Home Distribution. The supplemental features on the disc include an original trailer for the film, audio commentary with the American director and actress Amy Robinson, and an archival featurette. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-B "locked".
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Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.77:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Icon Home Distribution.
The release appears to have been sourced from the same master French label Carlotta Films accessed back in 2011 (you can see our review of the French release here). However, the two releases are not identical. The main discrepancies are in the area of color reproduction. The French release appears ever so slightly warmer and favoring marginally warmer yellows, while this release has slightly more prominent reds. The color schemes of the two releases, however, are still quite similar. Depth and clarity are virtually identical. The daylight footage in particular can look quite nice, but even some of the close-ups from the bar boast decent depth (see screencaptures #3 and 4). There are no traces of sharpening adjustments. However, the film can also look somewhat soft. Fluidity and shadow definition could be more convincing and grain better exposed and resolved. The encoding can also be optimized. Ultimately, the Blu-ray release represents a good upgrade in quality over the existing R1 DVD release, but the definitive technical presentation of the film will likely emerge after it is fully restored in 4K. My score is 3.75/5.00. (Note: This is a Region-B "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-B or Region-Free Blu-ray player in order to access its content).
There is only one standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: English LPCM 2.0. Optional English SDH subtitles are provided for the main feature.
The lossless tracks allows the film to breathe quite well, but you should not expect a wide range of nuanced dynamics. In fact, you could notice some mild unevenness during select sequences. The dialog is stable and easy to follow, but if one day the audio is remastered I think it will be slightly better rounded. There are no pops, cracks, audio dropouts, or digital distortions to report in this review.
Icon Home Distribution's Blu-ray release has been sourced from the same master French label Carlotta Films accessed in 2011. While this isn't the definitive presentation of the film, I think that it is a very nice one. Currently, the French release has the best selection of supplemental features, but it does not have the very informative audio commentary with Martin Scorsese and actress Amy Robinson that is included on this release. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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