6.2 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Two children go behind the scenes of a small circus.
Starring: Jacques Tati, Karl Kossmayer, Pierre Bramma, Michèle Brabo, Pia ColomboForeign | 100% |
Comedy | 6% |
Family | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.37:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1
French: LPCM Mono
English
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 4.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Jacques Tati's final film, "Parade" (1974), arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion. The supplemental features on the disc include a new visual essay created by scholar Stephane Goudet; an episode of the French television show Magazine; and "In the Footsteps of Monsieur Hulot", a two-part documentary film created by Jacques Tati's daughter, Sophie Tatischeff. In French, with optional English subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
One final performance
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Jacques Tati's Parade arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion.
The following text appears inside the booklet provided with this Blu-ray release:
"This new digital transfer was created in 2K resolution on an ARRISCAN film scanner from the 35mm internegative at Eclair in Epinay-sur-Seine, France, where the film was also restored. The 2012 restoration was undertaken by Les Films de Mon Oncle with the support of the Centre national du cinema et de l'iamge animee and BNP Paribas. The original monaural soundtrack was remastered at 24-bit at L.E. Diapason in Epinay-ser-Seine from the original magnetic track.
Restoration supervisors: Jerome Deschamps and Macha Makeieff, Philippe Gigot.
Image restoration: Eclair Group, Epinay-sur-Seine, France.
Sound restoration: L.E. Diapason, Epinay-sur-Seine."
Jacques Tati shot portions of Parade on video, 16mm and 35mm. Unsurprisingly, there are native fluctuations in terms of clarity, definition and density. Some of the panoramic shots, in particular, immediately reveal all sorts of different format limitations (see screencapture #7). Elsewhere, however, definition and even image depth are far better (see screencapture #15). As it is the case with the rest of the color films in The Complete Jacques Tati box set, yellows and greens are elevated, giving the entire film a distinctively warm appearance (see screencapture #3, 5, and 11). Overall image stability is very good. Finally, there are no encoring or other transfer-specific anomalies to report in this review. (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: French LPCM 1.0. For the record, Criterion have provided optional English subtitles for the main feature.
Rather predictably, dynamic intensity is limited, but such is the original sound design of the live footage. There are, however, various sounds and noises that are well defined. (See the episode with the mule and Jacques Tati's tennis player). The dialog is clean, stable, and easy to follow, and there are no pops, audio dropouts, or distortions to report in this review. The English translation is very good.
I think that Parade works well only if one is already familiar with Jacques Tati's legacy. Produced by Swedish Television, the film's hybrid quality is quite unusual, but its atmosphere and charm are not. It offers one final glimpse at just about everything Tati loved and incorporated in his films with Monsieur Hulot. Criterion's release of Parade also includes an outstanding documentary film directed by Tati's daughter, Sophie Tatischeff. RECOMMENDED.
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