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Theatrical Release: 22 May 2002 (Cannes Film Festival)

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DVD Review: Seville Pictures -  Region 1 - NTSC

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Distribution Seville Pictures  Region 1 - NTSC
Runtime 1:39:06
Video 1.78:1.00 Letterboxed WideScreen / 16X9 enhanced
Average Bitrate: 5.74 mb/s
NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s
Bitrate:

Audio Russian (Dolby Digital 5.1), Russian (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
Subtitles English, French and none
Features Release Information:
Studio: Seville Pictures (Canada)

 

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen anamorphic - 1.78:1

DVD Release Date: September 9, 2003
Keep Case
Chapters: 28

Edition Details:
• Commentary by producer Jens Meurer
• Non-anamorphic widescreen theatrical trailer (2:17)
• In Russian with English subtitles
• In One Breath - Making-of (43:24)
• Mon Paradis interviews (47:31)

• Interviews (6:07)
• Widescreen anamorphic format

Comments:
Editor's NOTE: I own the Wellspring "Masterworks Edition" - Trond has the Seville "Signature Series" which is a direct port (when looking at the bitrate and menus). I didn't notice the flaw on my straight Wellspring edition but Trond did notice a flaw in the sound on his Seville Pictures issue ( see below ). I'll wager the same flaw is on my Wellspring but I didn't detect it.

SEVILLE (WELLSPRING) EDITION

I have a major complaint when it comes to the audio portion of the main feature. At frequent intervals throughout the film there is a high-pitched ringing at the video line frequency, approximately 16 kHz (I have heard similar things on only a handful of DVDs the last 5 years). This gave me a pounding headache and took away much of the enjoyment of the film. I am fairly confident that the squeal is found on the U.S. Wellspring disc as well since the Seville disk is a straight port of that disc. Even though only a small fraction of the population can actually hear this frequency range, I consider it a serious flaw. Shame on you, Wellspring/Seville...

Trond Trondsen of Masters of Cinema





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