6.8 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 2.5 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
At a college in Rome, a professor, nicknamed "Dodo" is in a deep depression. His stunningly beautiful wife has just left him for another man. Dodo wants her back very badly and has erotic daydreams about her. A beautiful young student in his class asks him for a ride home and seduces the lucky man, but still he wonders about his wife and her lover...
Starring: Katarina Vasilissa, Francesco Casale, Cristina Garavaglia, Raffaella Offidani, Antonio SalinesErotic | 100% |
Foreign | 86% |
Romance | 26% |
Drama | 4% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: Dolby Digital 2.0
Italian: Dolby Digital 2.0
English
25GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region free
Movie | 3.5 | |
Video | 2.0 | |
Audio | 3.5 | |
Extras | 2.0 | |
Overall | 2.5 |
Tinto Brass' "The Voyeur" a.k.a. "L'uomo che guarda" (1994) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of independent U.S. distributors Cult Epics. The supplemental features on the disc include original trailers; archival interview with director Tinto Brass; and gallery of stills from the film. In English or Italian, with optional English subtitles. Region-Free.
The professor
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.78:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Tinto Brass' The Voyeur arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Cult Epics.
It has become quite obvious now that there are not a lot of good masters for Tinto Brass' older films. It is even clearer that distributors are not willing to remaster these films. This is very unfortunate because not only are they quite beautiful, but typically have soundtracks that were created by some of the greatest European composers.
This release of The Voyeur is also sourced from an old master. The bulk of the film looks very soft and depth and clarity typically range from average to problematic. The darker footage, in particular, looks very weak -- shadow definition is poor and there is plenty of crushing. Colors are anemic and there are some stability issues. Plenty of important nuances are missing as well. There are no traces of recent degraining corrections, but plenty of filtering must have been applied earlier. (I don't know when the master was prepared, but it must have been a long time ago). The framing is also unconvincing. It appears that the film has been zoomed in and as a result there is important information that is missing from the top of the frame. Finally, overall image stability is good, but there are a few shaky transitions. (Note: This is a Region-Free Blu-ray release. Therefore, you will be able to play it on your player regardless of your geographical location).
There are two standard audio tracks on this Blu-ray release: English Dolby Digital 2.0 and Italian Dolby Digital 2.0. Optional English subtitles are provided for the Italian track.
I viewed the film with the English track. Depth and clarity are not disappointing, but it is obvious that there is plenty of room for improvement. The music score -- from the great genre composer Riz Ortolani -- feels a bit flat and there are even some balance fluctuations. The dialog is easy to follow, but from time to time it sounds thin. There are no audio dropouts or digital distortions to report in our review.
It is great to see that one by one Tinto Brass' films are transitioning to Blu-ray, but it is unfortunate that so many of these releases are sourced from very old masters. To be fair, they still look a lot better than previous DVD releases, but I personally wanted to see them fully remastered. Cult Epics and Nico B. deserve a lot of credit for making Brass' films available on Blu-ray in the U.S., but The Voyeur is difficult to recommend -- it looks quite weak in high-definition. I really hope that Paprika, which is arguably Brass' best film, will get a different treatment.
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