There are interesting side - by - side storyboard / finished scene comparisons for the film's more visually complex sequences; a selection of rather understandably deleted scenes that can be viewed with commentary by director and producer as well as within the context of the film (albeit in rather cumbersome fashion); a largely useless montage of still photos from the production cut to a cue of John Murphy's score; the usual cast and crew filmographies and production notes; plus a full -
frame version of the film to go with the nicely transferred anamorphic widescreen one.
The DVD is a flipper and it contains both the widescreen and full -
frame versions of the film.
The DVD features both the widsecreen and full -
frame versions of the film (the DVD is a «flipper»).
Munroe's enthusiasm for the property and this particular film comes through in his informative feature commentary, and Warner Home Video has taken similar care in assembling this fully - loaded platter, which includes both the widescreen and full -
frame versions of the film.
The DVD contains both the widescreen and full -
frame versions of the film.
The bulk of the extras are featured on the second disc, which also includes a full -
frame version of the film.
The disc contains both the widescreen and full -
frame versions of the film.
The DVD contains both the widescreen and full -
frame version of the film.
Not exact matches
For an additional preview look at how all the
films have been newly tweaked for this Blu - ray release, including aspect ratio
framing, color corrections, soundtrack enhancement and the replacement
of the «Muppet Yoda» with an all - CGI
version in the Phantom Menace, check out the report from Slash Film.
Presented in widescreen and fullscreen on the same side
of a dual - layer DVD, the
film's image lacks depth here — there's a muted, Seventies quality to Barry Stone's cinematography that no doubt looked smashing on the big screen and probably would've been marginally improved at home by dispensing with the fullscreen
version (thus lessening the compromise
of compression), which lops a significant amount
of visual information from the right side
of the
frame (while restoring a negligible amount to the bottom — in one shot literally a pinkie toe).
As a further lure, Jackson has even fashioned this CG - heavy
film in 3 - D and shot it digitally at 48
frames per second instead
of the usual 24 f.p.s. (A 2 - D, 24 - f.p.s.
version is also being screened.)
Extras include an alternate opening that recaps the events
of The Exorcist through freeze -
frames and Burton voiceover — a 2 - minute prologue whipped up for the TV
version of the
film; teaser and theatrical trailers for Exorcist II: The Heretic; and filmographies for Blair, Burton, Boorman, and screenwriter William Goodhart.
Four
versions of the
film cohabit a dual - layer platter: 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen editions
of the unrated and R - rated Storytelling, plus two full -
frame (unmatted) editions
of the same.
The DVD features both the full -
frame and widescreen
versions of the
film.
Wong's violent interludes are most often brief riots
of slurred or slow - motion action alternating unexpectedly with freeze -
frames; these sequences, delivered so rapidly one can often barely perceive what's happening, are obviously abstract
versions of the action scenes in conventional martial - arts
films (The Eagle Shooting Heroes included).
This Special Edition disc contains both the full -
frame and widescreen
versions of the
film.
Though the 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer
of the
film (full -
frame version sold separately) starts out looking scuffed, the speckles clear up after the opening credits — but then edge - enhancement intrudes, and there's a bizarre lapse in quality during chapter 6, when intermittent shots lose so much definition as to suggest second - generation VHS.
It should thrill cinephiles and tech wonks in equal measure... Pretty much every
frame of the
film is packed with vivid, contrasting colors, and one
of the strengths
of the high - def
version is how fixed and solid the colors are...
Film grain, a bedbug
of certain high - def advocates, is spectacularly intact... Indeed, Chungking Express is one
of those
films that thoroughly vindicates something
film preservationist Robert Harris once said to me: «The grain is the picture.»
The DVD contains both the full -
frame and widescreen
versions of the
film.
Adam Sandler has said that the goal
of «Pixels» was to be a modern - day
version of an early - period Amblin Entertainment
film (think «The Goonies,» «Gremlins» and «Who
Framed Roger Rabbit»), something entertaining but also absolutely bonkers, and plays by its own rules.
This 10th Anniversary Edition disc contains both the full -
frame and widescreen
versions of the
film.
The
film makes good use
of the 2.35:1 widescreen
frame, so if you somehow happen to mistakenly buy the fullscreen
version, swallow your pride and do an exchange.
This box set
version also contains, within its plush exterior, a set
of eight limited edition card prints, an exclusive Senitype still with 35 mm
film frame, a collection
of six black - and - white screen - captures, and a 27» x40» theatrical poster.
That reminds me, when The Hobbit came out Peter Jackson kept making a big deal about how it was one
of the first major
films to be released at twice the speed, 48
frames (though only the 3D
version).
If they were to make a Hollywood
version of a Fatal
Frame film, that'd be interesting.
Michaelangelo Antonioni reappraised the process through his minimalist long shots depicting bodies passing in and out
of the cinematic
frame; while Akira Kurosawa's
film Rushamon portrayed multiple viewpoints
of several false witnesses who recount their perceptions
of a crime, thus showing how evidence is constructed
version by
version rather than something chiseled in stone, or known by all.