6 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Six female prisoners are given a weekend furlough in preparation for their upcoming parole. While out, the groovy jailbirds have miscellaneous sexual experiences—some good, some bad, some downright shocking!
Starring: Uschi Digard, Candy Samples, Jacqueline Giroux, Annik Borel, Tracy HandfussErotic | 100% |
Crime | Insignificant |
Drama | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 MVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.75:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Blu-ray 3D
Anaglyph 3D
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (locked)
Movie | 2.0 | |
Video | 3.0 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Tom DeSimone's "Prison Girls" (1972) arrives on 3D/2D Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. The supplemental features on the release include exclusive new audio commentary by critics James G. Chandler and Ash Hamilton; deleted content; and vintage trailer. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.85:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Prison Girls arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber.
The film can be viewed in 2D and 3D. If you choose to view it in 3D, you can use the pair of 3D glasses from the Blu-ray case. Obviously, the 2D version can be viewed as it is.
The quality of the presentation is not easy to judge because there are a lot of inherited limitations. For example, technical credits that appear before the film begins clarify that "camera shutters were not interlocked, and the resultant out-of-phase image is baked in and not fixable", but there is plenty more. Density levels can fluctuate quite dramatically, plus there are surface imperfections that impact delineation and depth. Color saturation and balance are not optimal either, which is to be expected given the overall quality of the visuals. The 3D content has its own limitations. I thought that a few bits were decent, but the overall quality of the 3D content is not comparable to that of the recently restored Treasure of the Four Crowns. There are stability issues. However, it appears that they are transferred from the original aged elements that were accessed to prepare the release. (Note: This is a Region-A "locked" 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.
The quality of the lossless track is reflective of the quality of the production. In other words, it is extremely difficult to be impressed by it. The dialog is clear and easy to follow but in some areas it can be quite uneven. Dynamic intensity is average is, well, basic, but this is not surprising either. There are no audio dropouts or distracting distortions.
It is difficult to imagine a scenario where one of Kino Lorber's competitors would have considered investing in a 3D/2D Blu-ray release of Prison Girls. Despite a promising cast that includes the likes of Uschi Digard and Candy Samples, Prison Girls is a mediocre genre project that could be of interest only to diehard collectors of 3D films. I had never seen it before and thought that it might be a decent time capsule like some of Radley Metzger's erotic films, but less than fifteen minutes into it, I knew that neither director Tom DeSimone nor any of the stars had even contemplated collaborating on that kind of an intriguing chameleon. If you must have Prison Girls in your collection, pick it up when it goes on sale.
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