6.7 | / 10 |
Users | 4.5 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
An uptight insurance man and his film-censor wife become a kinky couple's landlords.
Starring: Elias Koteas, Arsinée Khanjian, Maury Chaykin, Gabrielle Rose, Jennifer DaleDrama | 100% |
Comedy | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: Dolby Digital 2.0
None
25GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region B (locked)
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 0.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Winner of Best Canadian Feature Film Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, Atom Egoyan's "The Adjuster" (1991) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Artificial Eye. There are no supplemental features on this release. In English, without optional English subtitles for the main feature. Region-B "locked".
The censors
Presented in an aspect ratio of 2.4:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Atom Egoyan's The Adjuster arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Artificial Eye.
There is a sea of difference between the old R1 DVD release of The Adjuster which MGM produced and this new Blu-ray release. Detail and clarity are dramatically improved virtually everywhere. On the DVD release all darker sequences look flat and blocky. On the Blu-ray release there is good shadow definition and plenty of depth. Close-ups also look very pleasing (see screencapture #4). Color reproduction is also a lot more convincing - there is an entirely different range of better saturated and stable colors. This becomes painfully obvious when one projects the film. There are no traces of excessive denoising corrections. There are no traces of sharpening corrections either. There are a few areas that some extremely light artifacts sneak in, but overall compression is also very good. Finally, there are no scratches, flecks, debris, or damage marks to report in this review. To sum it all up, this is a very pleasing organic presentation of The Adjuster that is guaranteed to impress fans of the film that have previously experienced it only on DVD. (Note: This is a Region-B "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-B or Region-Free PS3 or SA in order to access its content).
There is only on standard audio track on this Blu-ray disc: English Dolby Digital 2.0. For the record, Artificial Eye have not provided optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature.
I am somewhat surprised that this film does not come with a lossless track, but the lossy track is in fact very good. There are a couple of sequences where Mychael Danna's gentle soundtrack is felt quite well. The dialog is also consistently crisp, very clean and very easy to follow. Overall dynamic intensity, however, is indeed limited, but this has a lot to do with the film's sound design.
Most unfortunately, there are no supplemental features to be found on this Blu-ray release.
I could not be happier that The Adjuster is now available on Blu-ray. It is one of Canadian director Atom Egoyan's very best films and it really looks quite wonderful in high-definition. I am unsure why a lossless track was not included on this release, but do not hesitate to pick it up. As someone who has viewed The Adjuster on DVD a number of times, I can assure you that it is well worth owning on Blu-ray. RECOMMENDED.
(Still not reliable for this title)
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