7.1 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message.
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Anders Danielsen Lie, Nora von WaldstättenDrama | 100% |
Mystery | 6% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Olivier Assayas' "Personal Shopper" (2016) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion. The supplemental features on the disc include an original trailer for the film; new video interview with dierctor Olivier Assayas; and a video presentation of a press conference from the Cannes Film Festival. The release also arrives with an illustrated leaflet featuring critic Glenn Kenny's essay "Freedom 2016" and technical credits. In English and French, with optional English and English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
The shopper
Presented in an aspect ratio of 2.40:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Olivier Assayas' Personal Shopper arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion.
The following text appears inside the leaflet provided with this Blu-ray release:
Supervised by director of photography Yorick Le Saux and approved by dierctor Olivier Assayas, this digital master was created in 2K resolution on a Northlight film scanner from the 35mm original camera negative. The film features a fully digital soundtrack. The 5.1 surround audio for this release was mastered from the original digital audio files using Pro Tools HD.
Color supervisor: Yorick Le Saux.
Colorist: Lionel Kopp/Film Factory, Paris."
The film looks very clean and crisp, and boasts impressive depth. There is plenty of darker footage where light is restricted that is also very nicely balanced, which allows plenty of interesting nuances to be easily identified. Detail is excellent, but this is hardly surprising considering the fact that the entire film was shot with modern equipment that is very sensitive and makes it quite easy to deliver hugely impressive results. Colors appear very healthy and natural, with properly balanced nuances. Image stability is excellent. (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 Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (with portions of French). Optional English and English SDH subtitles are provided for the main feature. When turned on, they appear inside the image frame.
The film features a fully digital soundtrack so the 5.1 lossless track essentially replicates the final mix that was approved by its creators. Depth and especially clarity are fantastic, and there is an excellent range of nuanced dynamics that help really well the intended atmosphere. The footage where Maureen sees the ghosts has some small but quite neat effects. There are no audio dropouts, pops, or digital distortions to report in our review.
When Olivier Assayas' Personal Shopper was screened at Cannes apparently at the end of the film quite a few people booed, and not because they were utterly disappointed with what they had just seen, but because many reportedly felt that too many of its pieces and themes were unceremoniously abandoned. I don't have a problem with the finale. In fact, I think that it is the only part of the film that actually works quite well. The problem with the film is that it mixes a lot of different ideas without having the knowledge and authority to go as far as it wants to go, but it demands to be taken seriously while offering only bits of proper atmosphere. I enjoy Assayas' work, but this is a very uneven film and a rather strange misfire from him. If you like the film and wish to own it on Blu-ray, you will be pleased to know that Criterion's technical presentation is excellent.
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