7.1 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
A lyrical telling of the coming of age of a 13-year-old boy who learns to cope with his newfound sexuality and his unrequited love for the cool kid in school.
Starring: Fairuza Balk, Kim Dickens, Tom Gilroy, Malcolm Stumpf, Patrick White (VII)Drama | 100% |
Coming of age | 36% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1
English: LPCM 2.0 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English SDH, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
2006’s “Wild Tigers I Have Known” is abstract, interpretive cinema similar to the work found in Gus Van Sant’s forays into art-house flexing and the depths of depression during the time period. Short filmmaker Cam Archer makes his feature-length debut here, and the fingerprint of performance art is pushed deeply into the skin of the picture. “Wild Tigers I Have Known” is difficult to watch, yet undeniably hypnotic.
The AVC encoded image (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation of "Wild Tigers I Have Known" is actually a new edit of the feature prepared for this release. Archer enjoys his color, and hues are bright and intentionally blown out here, creating a candy-colored hellscape for the main character, also dipping into black light imagery with early HD equipment. Greenery is vivid, along with period interior decoration and school tours. Skintones are natural. Detail is excellent, capturing skin surfaces, which are a special obsession for Archer. School areas and domestic spaces are also open for inspection. Delineation is satisfactory. Source is in excellent condition.
The 2.0 LPCM mix offers wider immersion into the dreamy soundscape of the movie, with scoring cues supporting with sharp instrumentation. Dialogue exchanges are crisp and clear, also preserving the distorted presence of Logan's recorded thoughts. Sound effects are crisply represented.
It's an abstract ride of growing pain skeet-shooting, but if you like your cinema to color outside of the lines, "Wild Tigers I Have Known" presents a kaleidoscopic voyage of hazy images and screaming urges.
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