Nicolas Roeg - Insignificance

(aka "She's the Bomb" )

UK 1985

1954. As Monroe, Einstein, DiMaggio and McCarthy, Roeg assembles an excellent cast of non-stars, confines them in anonymous hotel rooms, and lets them rip on all his favourite topics: life, love, fame, hate, jealousy, atomic firestorm and the whole damn thing. As usual with Roeg, the firmament is streaming with large ideas and awkward emotions, which grow larger and larger in significance, and most of which come together in a delightful scene when Marilyn (Russell) explains relativity to Einstein (Emil) with the aid of clockwork trains and balloons. Curtis is Senator McCarthy, still witch-hunting phantoms of his mind; Busey is the washed-up ballplayer, aching for Marilyn's return. It may be a chamber piece, but its circumference is vast.

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Theatrical Release: USA 2 August 1985

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DVD Review: Future Film - Region 2 - PAL

Big thanks to Per-Olof Strandberg for the Review!

DVD Box Cover		CLICK to order from:
Distribution	Future Film Region 2 - PAL
Runtime	1:44:08 (4% PAL speedup)
Video	1:1.85 Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 4.87 mb/s PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
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Audio	English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Subtitles	Finnish, Swedish, Norweigan, Danish, None
Features	Release Information: Studio: Future Film Aspect Ratio: Widescreen letterboxed - 1:1.85 Edition Details: • Trailer • DVD-5 (SS-SL) DVD Release Date: 6 September 2006 Keep Case Chapters 12

Comments

These is a Nordic budget release, so I didn't expect too much. We get a DVD-5 (3.89 GB) in a 4:3 letterbox image. The film is in the correct aspect ratio, and it's reasonable sharp. Some soft scenes of Theresa Russel seems intended. The film is based on a stage play, so much is focused in one room. Maybe because of the lightning used, the picture looks a little muddy, has low level noise, and the details aren't the best. Also the red skin tones don't seem correct. But overall a DVD from the better side.

The audio is flawless and very strong. The extra material is a trailer in 4:3. The Nordic subtitles are removable.

As the R1 DVD is OOP, these disc seems, for the moment, a very adequate substitute. There's also a Spanish edition of these title, but we understand it is fairly poor.

The Finnish DVD is distributed by Future Film and the Swedish by Atlantic Film.

- Per-Olof Strandberg

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