7 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Jackie works as a CCTV operator for Glasgow council. Daily she watches over a small part of the world, takes seriously her duties to protect the people moving about in her monitors. Jackie steers clear of involvements with anyone, has life sorted in a way that suits her. Her life has an order, a calm, she has orchestrated it to be this way because in the past Jackie has known the greatest pain a human can know. Then one day a man appears in her monitors, a man she thought she would never see again or wants to see again. Now the opportunity presents itself, she is compelled to confront him.
Starring: Kate Dickie, Tony Curran, Martin Compston, Natalie PressDrama | 100% |
Psychological thriller | 21% |
Mystery | 15% |
Crime | Insignificant |
Thriller | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080/50i
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
English: LPCM 2.0
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25GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region B (locked)
Movie | 5.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Winner of the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and winner of BAFTA's Carl Foreman Award for Most Promising Newcomer, Andrea Arnold's "Red Road" (2006) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Verve Pictures. The supplemental features on the disc include interviews with Andrea Arnold and cast members; behind the scenes featurette; and trailers. Not subtitled in English. Region-B "locked".
Playing God
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, encoded with MPEG-4 and granted a 1080i50 transfer, Andrea Arnold's Red Road arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Verve Pictures.
Considering the fact that Red Road was shot on digital video, it is rather difficult to critique the high-definition transfer provided by Verve Pictures. Still, I think that the basic elements here are very much intact, and more importantly, there aren't any purely technical flaws with the presentation.
Throughout the film contrast varies dramatically. For example, many of the outdoor scenes look natural, at times even surprisingly crisp. The indoor scenes, however, tend to look soft and warm. The film's color-scheme is also rather wild, with yellows, greens and blues being used in some truly unique ways.
Edge-enhancement and macroblocking are not a serious issue of concern. There is some mild natural noise that you would notice during some of the indoor scenes, but my impression is that the transfer is not to be blamed for it. Furthermore, even though this is an interlaced transfer, encoded in 1080i50, I did not detect any patterns of heavy motion-judder to report in this review (I had a similar experience with Lars Von Trier's Antichrist). All in all, I think that, as presented by Verve Pictures, Red Road looks very much as intended by its creator, director Andrea Arnold. (Note: This Blu-ray disc is encoded in 1080i50, a standard not supported by the overwhelming majority of Blu-ray players and TV sets in the U.S. Therefore, you must have a Region-Free player capable of converting 1080i50 to 1080i60, or a native Region-B player and a TV set capable of displaying 1080i50 data, in order to access the disc's content in the U.S.)
There are two audio tracks on this Blu-ray disc: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and English LPCM 2.0. For the record, Verve Pictures have not provided optional English subtitles for the main feature.
Red Road is primarily a dialog-driven feature, lacking a strong music score. Unsurprisingly, the English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track does offer any notable surround effects. On the other hand, the dialog is crisp and clean. I did, however, find the Scottish accents to be quite thick at times, and on more than a few occasions had trouble understanding what was being said.
The English LPCM 2.0 track is quite similar to the English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track. In fact, aside from one specific scene - the fight in the bar between Clyde's friend and his father - I really could not notice much of a difference between the two.
Theatrical trailer - the original theatrical trailer for the film. Not subtitled. (2 min).
Interviews - a collage of interviews with director Andrea Arnold and cast members where they discuss the the complex nature of the film, the controversial script, the main characters, etc. Not subtitled. (13 min).
Behind the scenes - raw footage from the shooting of the film. Not subtitled. (2 min).
Fish Tank trailer - the original theatrical trailer for director Andrea Arnold's second feature film. Not subtitled. (2 min).
Raw, remarkably bold and explicit, British director Andrea Arnold's debut feature film, Red Road, is not to be missed. The film is the first installment in a trilogy inspired by Lars Von Trier's "Advance Party" concept. The Blu-ray disc herein reviewed, courtesy of British distributors Verve Pictures, looks and sounds very good. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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