While the picture is occasionally a bit soft, this seems to be an artistic decision as detail and
fine film grain are still discernible.
Fine film grain ensures the preservation of detail, and there are no print or digital defects to be found.
There's a bit of softness to the picture and a level of
fine film grain most evident in darker shots.
Fine film grain is present but minimal.
Not exact matches
The main difference between Ultimate and other emulsions is that its silver bromide
grains are extremely
fine — around 10 nanometers across, or 1/10 to 1/100 as big as the
grains in ordinary
film.
It's not as crisp as most new productions, but the
grain actually works for the
film, lending it the abovementioned Omen feel that fits in with the story just
fine.
Disney's approach to restoration was witchcraft in those early days of the format: Regarding celluloid as a transitory delivery system for animation, Disney archivists (somehow) managed to leach the image of
film grain without harming
fine detail.
The 2.35:1, 1080p presentation definitely represents a new transfer, as the
film elements look cleaner than before in addition to more vibrant, but there is something occasionally electronic about the image, with the
fine, Super35
grain turning to noise during a few rogue applications of edge enhancement.
This Blu - Ray Dual Format edition from The Criterion Collection boasts a truly beautiful black and white image, with authentic natural
film grain, surprisingly good
fine object detail, and very little scratches or other anomalies.
It's natural and
film - like with mostly solid
grain and is richly - textured with
fine detail on both background and foreground elements.
It appears organic and
film - like with mostly even
grain levels and a high amount of
fine detail in both close - ups and wide shots.
The image has a crisp,
fine grain structure evident in every scene, and the colour - timing tends towards a cool blue — which is almost certainly intentional, given the
film's title.
My biggest complaint would be regarding an absurdly aggressive
film grain filter, which is
fine most of the time, but in particularly dark scenes it's a vulgar haze across the screen, making the game look honestly worse than it actually does.
While the digital transfer is
fine and mostly free of any obvious artifacts, the original print has issues with
grain and varying
film stocks.
The
film looks great in either condition, with its polished visuals coming across cleanly besides an aptly small amount of
fine grain.
As it stands, the 1080p 1.85 X 1 digital High Definition image looks
fine throughout, shot with remarkable form by Anderson as an uncredited Director of Photography, his use of the
grain in the advanced Kodak Vision 3 35 mm camera negative
film stocks is superior and impresses throughout as it usually does in all of his
films.
Every nuance of the filmic image seems to make its way into the transfer, which gets top marks in every category: natural - looking
film grain, spot - on color and contrast, inky blacks, and
fine detail.
The
film looks quite spectacular on Blu - ray, its dark, moody visuals holding up nicely, with some
fine grain and amazing detail (check out the pores on Cage!).
While the telecine scan appears to be the same as the previous release (which is
fine, as it is excellent, with
film grain happily preserved), the color timing of the new release has swung dramatically back in the direction of the original release prints.
Francis's cinematography appears to have been digitally corrected to compensate for the CinemaScope «mumps,» and displays a seemingly impossible range of deep blacks as well as a
fine patina of
film grain.
Colour is nicely saturated and looks pretty well - balanced, while
fine 35 mm
film grain is visible at tasteful levels, especially in low - light scenes.
Its
fine -
grained structuring that relies on repetitions, doublings, mirroring and minor variations on major motifs — reminiscent of the work of Korean filmmaker Hong Sang - soo — renders the
film very robust.
The image here is sharp, but there is a very
fine sheen of noticeable
grain on the image throughout the
film.