Ugh. Thanks for the warning.nicolas wrote: ↑Tue Dec 19, 2023 9:00 amHorrendous label. They're selling ancient DVD / VHS masters as HD and use DNR to death as soon as a hunch of grain is on their masters. Sound is also never lossless, which is telling. I (unfortunately) fell for a few of their releases some years ago and it was horrible even before I knew what DNR was. I don't know for this film in particular but from past memories, I wouldn't give them a cent.
Abel Ferrara
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hearthesilence
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Re: Abel Ferrara
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Adam X
- Joined: Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:04 am
Re: Abel Ferrara
I could swear I read a negative review of the disc on this very forum, but I can’t find anything. But nicolas’ words sound about right. I really hope someone can see it released in a decent state.
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kubelkind
- Joined: Sun Apr 03, 2011 4:42 pm
Re: Abel Ferrara
I have this disc and it looked OK to me, a vast improvement from the DVD I saw, at least. I need to dig it out for a full appraisal, and I never saw it on a film print (who has?). I can't see this being a film that will ever look pristine. Not only is there a lot of use of low grade video and 90s standard digital, but also digital processing of the sections shot on film to achieve those dissolves, I believe. I assume the masters aren't too high definition. I'd hate to see it upscaled a la Inland Empire. It is what it is, that's the time period and the aesthetic. One of my favourite films ever.
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swo17
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Re: Abel Ferrara
Oh look, Fear City for a reasonable price
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therewillbeblus
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Fear City is the only Ferrara I can think of offhand that I appreciated on a visual level but otherwise got nothing out of. And yet its aesthetic is so attractive that I may pick this up simply to look at it, volume optional.
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sabbath
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Re: Abel Ferrara
Wrong aspect ratio alert from the other site (confirmd by another user):
And suspicious gamma setting as well: Caps-a-holic.comI got the 101 films disc today. Think the movie is likely the same versions Shout put out - however, while the uncut version plays in the correct aspect ratio, on my set up the main theatrical cut plays full 16x9, which is to say the 1.57 ratio is stretched to fill the whole image, so everything looks fat and distorted. The uncut version is my preferred choice so it’s not a big deal to me, but it seems like someone ****ed up somewhere.