6.8 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
A girl causes chaos on the streets of Paris after she runs away from her transvestite uncle.
Starring: Catherine Demongeot, Philippe Noiret, Hubert Deschamps, Carla Marlier, Annie FratelliniForeign | 100% |
Comedy | Insignificant |
Fantasy | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.37:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1
French: LPCM Mono
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Region B (locked)
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 4.5 | |
Extras | 0.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Louis Malle's "Zazie dans le metro" a.k.a. "Zazie in the Subway" (1960) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Curzon/Artificial Eye. There are no special features on the disc. In French, with optional English subtitles for the main feature. Region-B "locked".
Zazie
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.37:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Louis Malle's Zazie dans le Métro arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Curzon/Artificial Eye.
This new release of Zazie dans le Métro is sourced from Gaumont's recent restored master that was also used when the French release was prepared in 2015. This master is not identical to the one that Criterion worked with in 2011 to produce the North American release of the film. Here are the main differences between the two masters: The new master clearly has better density and during large parts of the film also produces better fluidity. I believe that the basic primary colors are also superior. Unfortunately, there are traces of filtering adjustments, and the overall color balance is problematic. To be perfectly clear, there are primaries that are better, but there are entire ranges of nuances that have been destabilized. As a result, the film's dynamic range is also affected and in select areas there are purely digital anomalies (you can see examples in screencaptures #12 and 17 where there obvious flatness that has a digital origin). In fact, despite having superior native characteristics the new master frequently has less actual detail than the older master. On the new master image stability is also outstanding. There are no distracting large debris, cuts, damage marks, stains, or other annoying age-related imperfections. To sum it all up, even though the older master has a dated appearance I think that overall it offers a more convincing presentation of the film. My score is 3.25/5.00. (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).
There is only one standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: French LPCM 1.0. Optional English subtitles are provided for the main feature.
The lossless track is very good, but the film has plenty of the type of native limitations that exist on footage that was shot in 'live' conditions during the 1960s. So occasionally organic sounds and noises can affect overall balance, even depth and clarity. The dialog is clean and very easy to follow. There are no audio dropouts, distracting background hiss, or digital distortions to report.
There are no special features on this Blu-ray release.
Curzon/Artificial Eye's Blu-ray release of Louis Malle's Zazie dans le Métro is sourced from Gaumont's recent restored master that was also used to produce the French Blu-ray release in 2015. Even though it has strong native characteristics, there are traces of some digital work on it and it is graded in a way that I think ultimately makes it quite inconsistent.
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