Twilight's Last Gleaming Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		4.5
Audio		4.5
Extras		2.5
Overall		4.0

Twilight's Last Gleaming Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Dr. Svet Atanasov December 22, 2016

Robert Aldrich's "Twilight's Last Gleaming" (1977) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Eureka Entertainment. The only bonus feature on the disc is a documentary film produced by Robert Fischer. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-B "locked".

The President

Eureka Entertainment's Blu-ray release of Robert Aldrich's Twilight's Last Gleaming is sourced from a restored master that was prepared by Bavaria Media in cooperation with CinePostproduction in Germany. The same master was accessed by Olive Films in 2012 for the North American release of the film. For a complete analysis of the film, please see Jeffrey Kauffman's review of the first release here.

Twilight's Last Gleaming Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Robert Aldrich's Twilight's Last Gleaming arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Eureka Entertainment.

The release is sourced from the same restored master that was prepared by Bavaria Media in cooperation with CinePostproduction in Germany. In the United States, Olive Films accessed the same master when they prepared their Blu-ray release of Twilight's Last Gleaming in 2012.

The remastering job is quite good. The film looks healthy and very stable, boasting good depth and mostly nice colors. The actual color grading probably could have been more supportive of a stronger range of nuances, but the overall balance is good. Grain is well exposed despite the fact that some careful grain management has been applied. (This was also the case with Bavaria Media's restoration of Fedora, but there were no distracting anomalies). There are no compromising sharpening adjustments. Stabiliy is excellent and there are no age-related imperfections to report. (Note: This is a Region-B "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-B or Region-Free player in order to access its content).

Twilight's Last Gleaming Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

There is only one standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: English LPCM 2.0. Optional English SDH subtitles are provided for the main feature.

The lossless track is very good. As it is the case with many films from the same era, dynamic intensity could be modest, but all of the the limitations that you are may notice are guaranteed to be part of the film's original sound design. Other than that the dialog is always clean, stable, and very easy to follow.

Twilight's Last Gleaming Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

• Aldrich Over Munich - this outstanding documentary film was produced by Robert Fischer and also appeared on the U.S. release of Twilight's Last Gleaming from Olive Films. It focuses on the production history of the film, the socio-political environment in which it emerged, and Robert Aldrich's style. Included in the documentary are interviews with Adell Aldrich (daughter of the late director), Alain Silver (Aldrich biographer), assistant director Wolfgang Glattes, and B camera operator Gerhard Fromm, amongst others. (70 min).

• Booklet - illustrated booklet with writing on the film and technical credits.

Twilight's Last Gleaming Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Eureka Entertainment's Blu-ray release of Robert Aldrich's Twilight's Last Gleaming is a good alternative for people in Region-B territories that missed Olive Films' North American release in 2012. It is sourced from a restored master that was prepared by Bavaria Media in cooperation with CinePostproduction in Germany and it retains the excellent documentary film Aldrich Over Munich which Robert Fischer produced for Fiction Factory. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.