6.3 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
A group of teenagers try to sort out their lives and emotions while bizarre experiences happen to each one, including alien abductions, bad acid trips, bisexual experiences, suicides, bizarre deaths, and a rape by a TV star. All of this happens before "the greatest party of the year".
Starring: James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton, Chiara Mastroianni, Debi MazarSurreal | 100% |
Dark humor | 78% |
Teen | 54% |
Sci-Fi | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Gregg Araki's "Nowhere" (1997) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion. The supplemental features on the release include exclusive new audio commentary by Gregg Araki, and actors James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton, Jordan Ladd, Sarah Lassez, Guillermo Diaz, and Jasson Simmons; Q&A session with Gregg Araki; and trailers. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Nowhere arrives on Blu-ray courtesyu of Criterion.
The following text appears inside the booklet provided with this release:
"These new restorations of the Teen Apocalypse Trilogy were supervised and approved by director Gregg Araki. The 4K restoration of Nowhere was created from the 35mm original camera negative, with a 35mm interpositive used for some scenes. The original 5.1 surround soundtracks were remastered from the original magnetic tracks.
Colorist: Gregg Garwin, Roundabout Entertainment, Burbank, CA.
Image restoration: Roundabout Entertainment.
Restoration postproduction supervisor: Beau J. Genot.
Audio restoration: Trip Brock/Monkeyland Audio, Los Angeles."
The 4K restoration is also available on 4K Blu-ray. You can see our listing and review of this release here. I viewed it in its entirety in native 4K, but later spent time with the 1080p presentation.
Nowhere looks very healthy and vibrant now, easily the best it ever has. (In the United States, it never appeared on DVD). The overall quality of the visuals ranges from very good to excellent. In a few areas, there are some small but unmissable fluctuations, which I assume are inherited from the interpositive, but you should not be concerned. There are no traces of problematic digital corrections. Color reproduction is very convincing. Some highlights could have been managed marginally better, but I think that what I saw is a residual effect of very small limitations again retained from the interpositive. The 1080p presentation looks lovely, even on a very large screen, but if I had to choose, I would opt for the native 4K presentation because it produces marginally sharper visuals with superior fluidity. (Note: This is a Region-A "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-A or Region-Free player in order to access its content).
There is only one standard audio track on this release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1. Optional English SDH subtitles are provided for the main feature.
I viewed Nowhere in its entirety on 4K Blu-ray and then spent time with the 1080p presentation on the Blu-ray. The comments below are from our review of the 4K Blu-ray release.
The strength of the lossless track is immediately recognizable. During the shower sequence in the very beginning of the film, the music floods the speakers with a fullness and lushness that are quite impressive. After that, it only gets better, with the most impressive material emerging in the second half of the film. The dialog is always clear and easy to follow. However, during mass scenes, you will notice some unevenness.
Is Nowhere a crazy trash film, or a bold challenger of Naked Lunch? I think that it is a little bit of both, and more. It is obvious to me that it was made by a director in a special state of mind, but its mayhem is a pretty accurate visualization of the glorified self-destruction of America's youth. It is a genuine hard-hitter, so it will resonate differently with different viewers, but I think that it is a very unique, very well-made film. It is included in Gregg Araki's Teen Apocalypse Trilogy, a three-disc box set. An identical 4K Blu-ray/Blu-ray combo pack is available here as well. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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