7.2 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
During the Nazi occupation, a beautiful actress hides her Jewish husband in the theater they both run.
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Jean Poiret, Paulette Dubost, Jean-Louis RichardDrama | 100% |
Foreign | 83% |
Romance | 27% |
War | 12% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.66:1
French: LPCM 2.0
English
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region B (locked)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Winner of ten Cesar Awards, including Best Film and Best Director, Francois Truffaut's "The Last Metro" a.k.a. "Le dernier métro" arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Artificial Eye. The supplemental features on the disc include an original trailer for the film; audio commentary with Gerard Depardieu and historian Jean-Pierre Azema; deleted scene; and video introduction by Serge Toubiana, president of Cinémathèque française. In French, with optional English subtitles for the main feature. Region-B "locked".
"I just realized something awful. I could kill a man."
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.66:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Francois Truffaut's The Last Metro arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Artificial Eye.
Similar to the rest of the Francois Truffaut films which Artificial Eye have recently released on Blu-ray, The Last Metro appears to have been licensed from MK2 in France. Additionally, I've done some direct comparisons with Criterion's Blu-ray release and can confirm that the Region-A and Region-B releases use different high-definition transfers.
Generally speaking, detail and depth are pleasing throughout the entire film. Despite the fact that light inside the Theatre Montmartre is frequently restricted, clarity is also very good. There are no traces of problematic degraining corrections. However, sharpness levels are slightly elevated -- and most likely this is how they are set on the MK2 master -- and as a result occasionally this high-definition transfer can look slightly harsher when one compares it to Criterion's high-definition transfer (see screencapture #1). Regardless, the difference is quite small and the effect isn't distracting. Brightness levels are also slightly elevated (compare screencapture #2 with screencapture #1 from our review of the Criterion release). Colors are well saturated and stable. Overall image stability is excellent, and here are no large debris, damage marks, stains, or cuts. Lastly, there are no encoding anomalies to report in this review. All in all, even through there is some room for small improvements, this is a good technical presentation of The Last Metro which should please viewers who have previously experienced the film 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 one standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: French LPCM 2.0. For the record, Artificial Eye have provided optional English subtitles for the main feature.
While dynamic intensity will not impress viewers who like aggressive modern lossless tracks, viewers who appreciate nuanced and well balanced sound will be very pleased with the manner in which the LPCM 2.0 track handles Georges Delerue score. Indeed, the music enhances the tense period atmosphere wonderfully well. The dialog is consistently clean, stable, and very easy to follow. Finally, there are no pops, cracks, audio dropouts, or digital distortions to report in this review. The English translation is excellent.
The Last Metro, one of Francois Truffaut's most personal and most successful films, arrives on Blu-ray in the United Kingdom rather later, but fans of the French director's work will be pleased with Artificial Eye's Blu-ray release. The film looks good in high-definition and amongst the supplemental features is MK2's excellent audio commentary with Gerard Depardieu and historian Jean-Pierre Azema. RECOMMENDED.
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