The black - and - white cinematography looks terrific in HD, with excellent contrast and
natural film grain (there is a hardly noticeable, intermittent, translucent vertical band that occasionally appears on the right side of the frame, but most properly calibrated TVs won't even display it, so no worries).
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.
There is
a natural film grain to keep from the video looking overly clean and digital.
Not exact matches
Julie & Julia's 1.85:1, 1080p (MPEG - 4 / AVC) transfer reproduces a tight,
natural film -
grain structure and renders Stephen Goldblatt's colourful cinematography and production designer Mark Ricker's elaborately - dressed sets cleanly and sharply without apparent noise - reduction, edge - sharpening, or other degradations to the image.
The
film also has an exceptionally organic feel to the image with
natural light elements, diffusion, and stark
film grain.
It's
natural and
film - like with mostly solid
grain and is richly - textured with fine detail on both background and foreground elements.
Skin tones are
natural, blacks are black, and detail is razor - sharp beneath a steely sheen of
film grain.
Film grain is accurate and
natural, colors are uniformly rich but not overly saturated, and the picture has been mostly cleaned of dirt, scratches, and
film damage without glossing over picture detail.
However, while a native
film grain gives the picture a
natural film - like appearance, the
grain is also rather severe at times, especially during the undersea sequences.
Light
film grain is present for a
natural, moderate, theatrical look, and a deep black level and perfectly tuned contrast complete the
film's intended effect, never disrupted by digital artifacting.
The image here mostly just falls down in shadow detail, which is a significant issue for a
film with as many low - light scenes as this one; this is not going to be a disc to show off your home theater, but it's a
natural transfer that looks pretty much as one would remember the
film looking in 1990,
grain and all.
The source is clean, and the
film grain light and
natural.
The movie showed
grain that fit the
film's
natural structure and exhibited occasional examples of specks and grit.
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.
Source flaws were absent, and I didn't sense any intrusive digital noise reduction, as the
film presented a
natural layer of
grain.
It's very
natural - looking with solid
grain levels and a strong encode, revealing an amazing amount detail (I direct you to the
film's sweat - soaked sex scene for further proof).
Ready at Dawn's proprietary RAD 0.1 engine allows for an immense amount of pixels on the face along with authentic
film grain, while
natural light diffusion on skin and lens curvature emulations make themselves apparent across the various scenes in the bulk of the title's exposition.