6.9 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Michel and Guenther, working in dead-end jobs, are obsessed with going to Peru to find buried treasure, using a map of the Rio das Mortes. Michel's girlfriend, Hanna, humors their plan, but really just wants to get married.
Director: Rainer Werner FassbinderVideo codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p (upconverted)
Aspect ratio: 1.36:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1
German: LPCM 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region B (A, C untested)
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 3.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 4.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Note: This film is available on Blu-ray as part of Arrow's The Rainer Werner Fassbinder Collection: Volume 3.
Arrow has been curating interesting collections of Rainer Werner Fassbinder films courtesy of both The Rainer Werner Fassbinder Collection: Volume 1 and The Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Collection: Volume 2, and now with this latest third volume. The first two editions offered some of Fassbinder's better known efforts like The Marriage of Maria Braun and The Merchant of Four
Seasons, and while this third collection offers titles that will no doubt be known by Fassbinder aficionados, it might present more "cult"-ish
productions.
Rio das Mortes is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Arrow Video with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.36:1. Arrow's insert booklet groups the films together in its informational verbiage about the restorations, as follows:
All films are presented in their original aspect ratios of 1.37:1* with mono sound. The restorations for The American Soldier, Gods of the Plague, Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven and Satan's Brew were produced and provided by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation from original 35mm camera negatives scanned on an Arriscan film scanner at Arri Media GmbH in Munich. The Niklahausen Journey, Rio das Mortes and Fear of Fear were originally made for television, with restorations produced and provided by the Rainer Werner Fassbinder Foundation from original 16mm camera negatives, and are presented in standard definition.*See individual reviews, since not all aspect ratios are actually 1.37:1.
Rio das Mortes features an LPCM 2.0 Mono track in the original German. A couple of kind of funny source cues enliven the proceedings, but this is another track that is comprised largely of dialogue and ambient environmental effects, and despite an absence of really artfully layered sound design, everything is presented cleanly and clearly throughout. Optional English subtitles are available.
Arrow has packaged Gods of the Plague and Rio das Mortes together on one disc, with the following supplements:
While this has some of the same lack of consistency and frankly even artistry that also occasionally hobble Gods of the Plague, I actually liked this piece a bit better than its disc mate, due at least in part to some of the almost wacky humor that suffuses the story, despite an overarching feeling of oppression, class based or otherwise. Video is often pretty rough looking, but audio is fine, and the supplements are very enjoyable.
(Still not reliable for this title)
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