(aka 'Second Skin')
directed by Gerardo Vera
Spain 2000
A finely crafted film about the inability of a
middle aged man to come to grips with his own homosexuality. The pressures he feels
are subtle but have a profound effect on his usual untouchable persona. Regardless of his supporting wife and
lover he is torn apart by the eventual disparity of his family life at odds with
that of his sexual liaisons with his Doctor lover. Keen and insightful, director Vera does not overplay his hand
and produced a warm and compassionate story bridged on eventual tragedy.
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DVD Review: New Yorker Region 1 DVD
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| Distribution | New
Yorker Films Region 1 - NTSC ( North America only ) |
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| Runtime | 1:40:06 | |
| Video | 1.78:1.00
Letterboxed WideScreen / anamorphic Average Bitrate: 5.4 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
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| Subtitles | English, none | |
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UPDATE (January 2004): We have been told by Nicholas Gordon (thanks Nick! ) that there is a Spanish DVD of this film available from DVDGO.com in PAL (as Region 0). Most interestingly he says it is in a 2.35:1 aspect ratio making the Ny'er Pan and Scan. It has 5.1 sound and English and Spanish subtitles. The distributor is Manga and it is 16X9 enhanced. A relatively
weak effort by New Yorker, but the marginally poor picture quality in no
way interferes with the films enjoyment. It appears that the PAL to NTSC
problem New Yorker was rumored to have in the past may be prevalent
again. A soft image with a blue haze over it compounds the lack of
substantial Extras features. I enjoyed the film and don't blame the DVD
but not a lot of effort was put into this.
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| DVD Release Date:
April 15, 2003
Keep Case Chapters: 20 |
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