7.4 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
A plain suburban housewife, the past victim of a brutal assault, is still having trouble coping with the incident a year later. After seeing a story on the evening news, however, she mysteriously begins to assemble an alternate identity, unknown to her family or friends.
Starring: John S. Davies, Lauren Lane, Gail Cronauer, Steve Garrett (I), Tamara JohnsonThriller | Insignificant |
Crime | Insignificant |
Drama | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 16-bit)
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A, C (B untested)
Movie | 3.0 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Andy Anderson's "Positive I.D." (1986) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. The supplemental features on the disc include exclusive new audio commentary by journalist and author Bryan Reesman and vintage trailer. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
Do you like what you see?
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.66:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Positive I.D. arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber.
The film was obviously shot with a very modest budget and on 16mm stock, which was then reportedly moved to 35mm stock. This is one reason why there is plenty of looser than usual grain. However, this release is also sourced from an older master, which is the other reason why in some areas the grain appears even looser. This isn't a serious issue, but you will notice density fluctuations that are slightly exacerbated are not actually part of the original cinematography. Delineation and depth are still quite good, especially in areas where light is managed well. Colors are stable, but it is easy to tell that they can be fresher and better balanced. Image stability is good. Minor flecks and blemishes can be spotted, but there are no large distracting debris, cuts, marks, warped or torn frames to report. So, even though the film can look a bit rough at times, what you have on this release is a mostly decent technical presentation. (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 2.0. Optional English SDH subtitles are provided for the main feature.
There are no technical or encoding anomalies to report. However, the audio does feel slightly dated at times -- it can get rather 'thin' and even a bit uneven, though I have to remind you that the film was shot with a very modest budget, which would mean that there may not be a lot of room for meaningful improvements. So, the overall quality of the lossless track is still quite nice.
The emotional ups and downs of Stephanie Rascoe Myers's characters bothered me because there is a lot of footage where they appear overdone. I wanted Myers to look more naturally insecure before the camera, which should not have been difficult to do because she was not an established professional actress. This film needs an easily detectable sense of spontaneity to appear authentic, but even before Myers becomes a chameleon it already looks a bit too good for an independent low-budget project from the '80s. I did not mind spending time with it because it is rather different, but I really wanted to like it and couldn't. Kino Lorber's release is sourced from an older but decent master that was supplied by Universal Pictures. You can consider picking it up when it goes on sale. RECOMMENDED.
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