Alain.Resnais.Last.Year.At.Marienbad.1961.BluRay.BD50.1080p.AVC.LPCM.1.0.CC-478.nfo
L'ANNEE DERNIERE A MARIENBAD (1961)
AKAs:
Last Year at Marienbad (USA)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054632/
User Rating: 7.9/10 4,752 votes
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http://www.dvdbeaver.com/FILM/last-year-at-marienbad.htm
This may be the most dramatic difference from a simultaneously released Criterion DVD to it's Blu-ray counterpart that I've seen. Every visual facet seems superior. The Criterion DVD does indeed have some green seeping in and is somewhat darker at times (both easier to note in side-by-side comparison). The precise framing and beauty of the film looks just magnificent on this Blu-ray. The improvement was readily noticeable on my system. I felt like I was watching the film in a theater. Some repaired damage marks still exist but they are significantly lighter. Grain is more apparent but blacks may not be quite as pitch in certain scenes. The SD-transfer looks glossier and the Blu-ray far more textured.
Criterion Collection # 478
BluRay Release Date: June 23, 2009
http://www.criterion.com/films/1517
Director: Alain Resnais
Description
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READ:
Last Year at Marienbad:
Which Year at Where?
by Mark Polizzotti
http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/1177
Format: BluRay 1080p Dual-Layered
Disc Size: 45.8 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy
Runtime (main feature): 94 minutes
Type: Black and White
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound (main feature): French (LPCM)
Subtitles: optional English
DISC FEATURES:
# New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Alain Resnais.
# New audio interview with Resnais (33:03).
# New documentary on the making of Last Year at Marienbad, featuring interviews with many of Resnais' collaborators (32:37 in HD).
# New video interview with film scholar Ginette Vincendeau on the history of the film and its many mysteries (23:02 in HD).
# Two short documentaries by Resnais: 'Toute La Memoire Du Monde' (1956, 20:57 in HD) and 'Le Chant Du Styrene' (1958, 13:40 in HD).
# Theatrical trailers (3:33 in HD).
# Optional original, unrestored French soundtrack.
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