6.6 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Very Kafkaesque and absurdist Russian satire. An engineer arrives at a town to fix their air conditioner, comes up against a wall of beaurocracy and things that don't work and soon finds he cannot leave. Strange things happen, like a nude secretary, and being offered a pastry in the shape of his head by a suicidal chef, and then he somehow gets entangled in a local fight between Soviet traditionalists and people that want rock'n'roll.
Starring: Leonid Filatov, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan, Evgeni Evstigneev, Oleg Basilashvili, Vladimir MenshovForeign | 100% |
Drama | 31% |
Surreal | 6% |
Comedy | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.37:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1
Russian: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (locked)
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 4.5 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
Karen Shakhnazarov's "Zerograd" (1989) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Deaf Crocodile Films. The supplemental features on the release include exclusive new interview with the director and exclusive new audio commentary by critic Samm Deighan. In Russian, with optional English subtitles for the main feature. Region-A "locked".
The outsider
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Zerograd arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Deaf Crocodile Films.
The release is sourced from a recent 2K master that was prepared after the film was fully restored in 2K by Mosfilm in Russia. On my system, the entire film looked lovely. I think that density levels could be just a tad better and some darker nuances slightly better managed, but the overall quality of the visuals already ranges from very very good to excellent. There are no traces of problematic digital corrections. I liked the grading job a lot, too. The primaries look very healthy and there are fine ranges of equally convincing supporting nuances. Image stability is excellent. The entire film looks very healthy. (Note: This is a Region-A "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-A or Region-Free player in order to access its content).
There is only one standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: Russian DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. Optional English subtitles are provided for the main feature.
I did not encounter any anomalies to report in our review. The dialog was very clear, clean, and always easy to follow. The original soundtrack is not going to impress you because the film does not have footage with memorable dynamic contrasts. However, there are plenty of smaller yet effective nuances that I think are wonderfully reproduced.
Before the Iron Curtain collapsed, rational minds in the U.S.S.R. and its satellites had to endure the madness that is revealed in Karen Shakhnazarov's film Zerograd. This madness was everywhere, it was carefully controlled, and anyone that attempted to question its existence and escape it instantly became a target like the main protagonist in Zerograd. While Shakhnazarov's deconstruction of it is a bit unusual, it is entirely accurate. Zerograd is an outstanding acquisition for Deaf Crocodile Films and looks great on Blu-ray. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
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