Though film grain is present, dust - busting / noise - reduction efforts have left the picture a mite soft overall, and I'd love to see what it looked like before the processing.
No matter, the bulk has a daisy - freshness,
though the film grain's appearance is a bit too scrubbed at times; dynamic range is ideal — the narrow, painterly contrasts are chemical in nature, not a digital artifact.
Not exact matches
The
film's 1080p transfer is stunning, with the actors» skin tones, tanned or not, rendered accurately, and the bright colors of the Spanish - set scenes countering the dark grading of the England sequences with exceptional clarity,
though the level of
grain is sometimes excessive, and as such distracting.
There's an element of
grain in the image,
though it's appealing to the eye and truthful to the nature of the
film, which, like many gialli, derives its beauty in part from the opposition between lighting that appears to be found and that which is clearly and expressionistically contrived.
Mills are featured as locations in two other Hitchcock
films, Young and Innocent and The Manxman,
though these are
grain mills with turning water - wheels rather than rotating blades.
The 1.33:1, 1080p transfer of this black - and - white
film boasts a highly cinematic appearance,
though the
grain tends to go slightly clumpy on out - of - focus backgrounds.
Mild, welcome
grain helps maintain the persuasion of celluloid,
though, while saturation is strong and hues seem much more accurate than the pink tones of the
film's VHS and LaserDisc incarnations.
The image, transferred at the 1.78:1 HDTV aspect ratio, has a layer of soft, era - appropriate
film grain throughout and is remarkably clean,
though it occasionally exhibits a mild degree of gate weave.
The remaining extras previously appeared on DVD,
though the platter represents a significant upgrade in the video department: the 2.35:1, 1080p transfer is entirely absent of the DNR that plagued the
film in standard - def and incredible besides, boasting stable and aesthetically - pleasing
grain, superfine detail, and a broad, deep greyscale.
We seek to celebrate the independent ethos of artists in music and
film whose creations push against the
grain of corporate - subsidized popular culture, even
though interaction with the corporate world of art has grown more and more inevitable in this day and age.
Though Was's
film looks better, it's also a decade newer — incidents of
grain remind that probably little effort was afforded its move to DVD.
The attention to detail even included the avatars themselves;
though all the actors were
filmed using performance capture, just like the rest of the movie, for The Shining scenes, the final renders were sent through a «
grainer lens.»
The crisp image has just a touch of
grain, even
though the entire
film was shot digitally.
Menu backgrounds are minimalist with a
film grain effect while occasionally losing focus as
though it was being projected onto a surface.
Even
though the TV signal has been captured as cleanly as possible, there will still be some flaws in the image such as snow or noise (think
film grain).