7.1 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Suffering from acute kidney failure, Uncle Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days with his loved ones in the countryside. During this time, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. In order to understand the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave which he comes to understand is the birthplace of his first life.
Starring: Thanapat Saisaymar, Jenjira Pongpas, Sakda KaewbuadeeForeign | 100% |
Drama | 90% |
Fantasy | Insignificant |
Comedy | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-2
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Thai: Dolby Digital 5.1
Thai: Dolby Digital 2.0
English
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region free
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Winner of the prestigious Palme d'Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival, Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" (2010) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Strand Releasing. The supplemental features on the disc include the film's original theatrical trailer; deleted scenes; interview with director Apichatpong Weerasethakul; and the short film "A Letter to Uncle Boonmee". In Thai, with imposed English subtitles for the main feature. Region-Free.
A lonely Thai ghost
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1, encoded with MPEG-2 and granted a 1080p transfer, Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Strand Releasing.
The high-definition transfer Strand Releasing have used for their Blu-ray release of Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives is practically identical to the one used by British distributors New Wave Films for their local Blu-ray release. Fine object detail, clarity, and contrast levels share similar characteristics -- the same overall softness is present during the exact same sequences and clarity again fluctuates depending on how natural light is used. The color-scheme is also practically identical to that of the UK release, though saturation is slightly stronger and color complexion darker (see screencapture #12 and screencapture #5 from our review for the UK release). Edge-enhancement is never a serious issues of concern. There are absolutely no traces of macroblocking patterns either. Finally, there are no purely transfer specific anomalies to report in this review. (Note: This is a Region-Free Blu-ray disc. Therefore, you will be able to play it on your PS3 or SA regardless of your geographical location).
There are two audio tracks on this Blu-ray disc: Thai Dolby Digital 5.1 and Thai Dolby Digital 2.0. For the record, Strand Releasing have provided imposed English subtitles for the main feature (the subtitles cannot be turned off).
As I mentioned in our review for the UK Blu-ray release, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives does not have the potential to test one's audio system. However, there are a few sequences in it with important ambient sounds. The Thai Dolby Digital 5.1 track handles them surprisingly well, though it does not open up the film quite like the Thai DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track from the UK Blu-ray release does. The waterfall sequence, in particular, is where the gap in quality is most obvious. Still, even though a loseless track is preferable, for this specific film the lossy track is more than appropriate. For the record, the dialog is crisp, clean, stable, and easy to follow.
I liked Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives a lot. It is a unique and truly mesmerizing film. Strand Releasing's Blu-ray presentation of the film is good. My only criticism is that the distributors did not port the strong loseless audio track from the UK Blu-ray release. With this film the lossy track is more than appropriate, but future Blu-ray releases must have loseless audio. RECOMMENDED.
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