directed by Olivier Assayas
France 2002
Demonlover" begins in the
cutthroat world of big business, and descends as quickly as it can to just plain
cutting throats. It's a high-gloss corporate thriller that watches a group of
vicious women executives as they battle for control of lucrative new 3-D
Internet porn technology. One of the sites in question offers real-time torture
and death, leading us to wonder: (1) Can such a dangerously illegal site
actually generate the fortune that seems to be involved? and (2) Are any of
these women queasy about selling human suffering at retail? The movie's answers
are apparently yes and no.
Excerpt from Roger Ebert's review HERE
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Theatrical Release: 19 May 2002 (Cannes Film Festival) (premiere)
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DVD Review: Lion's Gate Home Entertainment (Canadian version) - Region 1 - NTSC
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| Distribution | Lion's gate Home Entertainment | |
| Runtime | 2:00:01 | |
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2.30:1
Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 4.34 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
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NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes. |
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| Audio | English, French, Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Dolby) | |
| Subtitles | Partial English subtitles (not removable on the fly once English is chosen) | |
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Release Information: Edition Details: • None |
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I know there is a US "unrated" and "R" rated DVD available. This Lion's Gate version was purchased in Canada. This DVD
is horrendous! It fails in almost every known category of Digital
Versatile Disc acceptance - non-removable subtitles, non-anamorphic
image (for a 2002 film?), this version appears cut (censored) by 9
minutes as well as appearing to be taken from a PAL source (lot of
"ghosting"), no Extras, large intrusive bright colored, non 16X9 friendly
subtitles - okay lets get to the picture quality -
Demonlover was shot on 35mm,
16 mm and video. I couldn't find an acceptable still among them. Only
proving this is a pitifully low bitrate. I have tried below to include
screen captures of example of the three cinematography systems. Our
investigations show that the print wasn't that bad, so my question is
"Who authored this DVD?". This is the worst DVD of a new release I can
remember ever seeing. Ever!
Lion's gate should recall this immediately. |
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