6.4 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
In 1958, two teenagers take their pride and joy, a hopped-up Chevy, and start a cross-country journey to enter it in the National Championship drag races in California. Along the way they hook up with a pretty but dingy waitress who quits her job and hops in their car--and turns out to be more trouble than they thought--drag-race a gang of town punks who lose to to them and then accuse them of cheating, and come up against a local cop who is obsessed with putting these two "juvenile delinquents" in jail.
Starring: Nick Nolte, Don Johnson, Robin Mattson, Robert Viharo, Devon EricsonDrama | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 16-bit)
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 1.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Richard Compton's "Return to Macon County" (1975) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber. The only supplemental features on the disc are a few promotional trailers and TV spots for the film. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
We ain't got nothing to lose but our lives. Let's go.
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Return to Macon County arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber.
The release is sourced from a very healthy new 2K remaster. Excluding a couple of density drops that occur around transitions and a few tiny white flecks that pop up here and there, the rest of the film looks very nice. Indeed, depth and clarity are always very pleasing, and even during the nighttime footage delineation remains convincing. Yes, some nuances can be better and shadow definition can be strengthened, but these would be primarily cosmetic improvements that will not alter dramatically the current quality of the presentation. The color grading is convincing as well. All primaries are solid and healthy, plus all supporting nuances are very nicely balanced. As result, the entire film has a very stable vibrant organic color scheme. There are no traces of problematic digital adjustments, such as sharpening and contrast boosting. (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.
The lossless audio is free of age-related anomalies. Clarity and depth are very good and the racing footage actually surprises with some pretty good dynamic nuances. The dialog is always clean, clear, stable, and very easy to follow. There are no pops, dropouts, or distortions.
If you have recently discovered or revisited Monte Hellman's Two-Lane Blacktop and crave more of the same, Richard Compton's Return to Macon County could be the perfect fix for you. It has a very particular sense of humor, but it comes from the same era and does a lot of the same things that made Hellman's film special. I think that it is a very fine but criminally overlooked piece of Americana. Kino Lorber's release of Return to Macon County is sourced from a solid new 2K remaster but does not have any meaningful bonus features. Nevertheless, it is definitely worth picking up. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. (If looking for yet another dose of the same, consider Mark Lester's Steel Arena, which is one of my favorite releases from 2019).
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