6 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Intense public fascination and life-changing personal crises ensue after a wealthy French lawyer and politician is charged with sexual assault by a hotel maid in the United States.
Starring: Jacqueline Bisset, Gérard Depardieu, Drena De Niro, Paul Calderon, Shanyn LeighDrama | 100% |
Crime | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1
English: LPCM 2.0 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region B (locked)
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Screened at the Cannes Film Festival, Abel Ferrara's "Welcome to New York" (2014) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Spirit Entertainment. The only supplemental feature on the disc is an original trailer for the film. In English and French, with optional English subtitles for the French dialog. Region-B "locked".
Monster
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.78:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Abel Ferrara's Welcome to New York arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Spirit Entertainment.
Shot digitally, the film has the appropriate clean and very smooth look. Detail and clarity are outstanding, with the daylight footage in particular looking very impressive (see screencaptures #2 and 6). The darker footage from the hotel, the prison and the expensive house also boasts wonderful depth (the framing is also very good). Colors are lush and solid. Image stability is outstanding. Lastly, there are no encoding anomalies to report in this review. All in all, this is a fantastic technical presentation of Welcome to New York which is guaranteed to please fans of the American director and his work. (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 are two standard audio tracks on this Blu-ray release: English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and English LPCM 2.0 (with small portions of French). For the record, Spirit Entertainment have provided optional English subtitles for the main feature. Please note that the English subtitles are only for the French dialog.
The film does not have a prominent music score. There are no sound effects either. Unsurprisingly, there is no elaborate surround movement. The dialog is exceptionally clean, stable, and very easy to follow. Also, there are no audio dropouts or digital distortions to report in this review.
It is very unfortunate that the work of American auteur Abel Ferrara is still largely ignored in his home country. I personally cannot think of a single reason why at least one of his films isn't part of the Criterion Collection. Ferrara's latest film, Welcome to New York, offers a fascinating glimpse into the soul of a very powerful and very sick man played brilliantly by the great Gerard Depardieu. I think that it is the best film Ferrara has done in years, in many ways rivaling the brilliance of his cult film Bad Lieutenant. Do not miss it. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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