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Bernardo Bertolucci's 1970 The Conformist is a gorgeous political drama that played art houses. After all, it's in Italian, with sub-titles.
As shot by the great Vittorio Storaro, it's also one of the most beautiful films you'll see.
Home video releases have generally been sub-par, but it's now being offered by Kino via Rare Video, which is not always a great label.
In this case - I've been looking forward to this - these've done well.
Colors and densities mimic the appearance of dye transfer Technicolor prints, which was how the film was released originally. And to the best of my memory, all looks (generally) well.
But something in this "restoration" is a bit disturbing in that the opening discussion of said restoration makes note of the 2009 print used as reference. Where was the original 1970 reference? Were the filmmakers uninvolved in the original release?
Absolute modern classic cinema, and should be in every serious collection. Disc 2, which is the 2011 "restoration," has a 57 minute doc.
One of the great films.
Image – 9
Audio – 10 (DTS-HD MA 2.0 - (the packaging notes stereo, but the film was mono)
Pass / Fail – Pass
Plays nicely with projectors - Yes
Worth your attention - 10
Slipcover rating - 3 (It's pretty and different from what's found within)
Very Highly Recommended
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As shot by the great Vittorio Storaro, it's also one of the most beautiful films you'll see.
Home video releases have generally been sub-par, but it's now being offered by Kino via Rare Video, which is not always a great label.
In this case - I've been looking forward to this - these've done well.
Colors and densities mimic the appearance of dye transfer Technicolor prints, which was how the film was released originally. And to the best of my memory, all looks (generally) well.
But something in this "restoration" is a bit disturbing in that the opening discussion of said restoration makes note of the 2009 print used as reference. Where was the original 1970 reference? Were the filmmakers uninvolved in the original release?
Absolute modern classic cinema, and should be in every serious collection. Disc 2, which is the 2011 "restoration," has a 57 minute doc.
One of the great films.
Image – 9
Audio – 10 (DTS-HD MA 2.0 - (the packaging notes stereo, but the film was mono)
Pass / Fail – Pass
Plays nicely with projectors - Yes
Worth your attention - 10
Slipcover rating - 3 (It's pretty and different from what's found within)
Very Highly Recommended
Thank you for supporting HTF when you preorder using the link below. As an Amazon Associate HTF earns from qualifying purchases. If you are using an adblocker you will not see link.
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