7.2 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer Major Jock Sinclair, a boisterous battalion leader, with the strict, temperamental Lieutenant Colonel Basil Barrow. Resentful toward his replacement, Sinclair undermines Barrow's authority and damages his successor's reputation among the soldiers. Barrow faces an uphill battle in regaining the discipline and respect of his battalion.
Starring: Alec Guinness, John Mills (I), Dennis Price (I), Kay Walsh, John Fraser (I)Drama | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.67:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.66:1
English: LPCM Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region A (locked)
Movie | 5.0 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Ronald Neame's "Tunes of Glory" (1960) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion. The supplemental features on the disc include a vintage trailer for the film and archival interviews with the director, John Mills, John Mills, and Alec Guinness. The release also arrives with an illustrated leaflet featuring an essay by Robert Murphy and technical credits. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.67:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Tunes of Glory arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion.
The following text appears inside the leaflet that is provided with this Blu-ray release:
"This new 4K restoration was undertaken by the Academy Film Archive and The Film Foundation in collaboration with Janus Films and the Museum of Modern Art. Restoration funding was provided by the George Lucas Family Foundation. A new digital transfer was created on a DFT Scanty film scanner from the 35mm original camera negative. The original monaural soundtrack was restored from an optical soundtrack print by John Polito at Audio Mechanics in Burbank, California.
Restoration supervision: Academy Film Archive.
Film scanning: FotoKem, Burbank, CA.
Colorist: David Cole/FotoKem."
A few transitions reveal very light unevenness that introduces small density and color fluctuations, but these are inherited limitations. Also, there are similar fluctuations in terms of depth, but they will most likely remain unnoticed by casual viewers. Grain exposure is very good, with a degree of stability that immediately makes it easy to tell that the film has undergone a proper makeover. I like the color grading job as well. There are a few areas where I think that a few nuances could have been managed slightly better, but the overall temperature of the color scheme I think is very convincing. There are no traces of problematic digital adjustments, such as sharpening or contrast boosting. Lastly, the entire film has been carefully cleaned up. (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 LPCM 1.0. Optional English SDH subtitles are provided for the main feature.
There is a lot of music throughout the film that sounds great. In fact, in the upper register, where usually older films with prominent soundtracks show weaknesses, there are absolutely no traces of age-related anomalies. The dialog is equally clean, very clear, and easy to follow. There are no encoding anomalies to report either.
Tunes of Glory deserves all of the glowing reviews it has received over the years because it really is that brilliant of a film. Yes, it has magnificent stars doing some very special things before the camera, but its large supporting cast is just as impressive. Also, there are plenty of themes in its narrative that can very easily be analyzed through the prism of current socio-cultural events, which I find rather extraordinary. Criterion's release is sourced from a solid recent 4K restoration and features a very nice selection of archival bonus features. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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