6ixtynin9

(aka "Ruang talok 69" or "A Funny Story About 6 and 9" or "6ixtynin9")

directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
Thailand 1999

Another glib, Tarantinoesque take on violence and coincidence. It's stylish, very well photographed, and has a few moments that are almost funny, but you've seen this done many time before over the last decade. It's not very entertaining from Tarantino himself, and this imitator fares no better.

Donald Brown

Theatrical Release: January 30, 2000 - International Film Festival Rotterdam

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DVD Review: Palm Pictures - Region 1 - NTSC

Big thanks to Donald Brown for the Review!

DVD Box Cover		CLICK to order from:
Distribution	Palm Pictures Region 1 - NTSC
Runtime	1:50:45
Video	1.71:1 Original Aspect Ratio 16X9 enhanced Average Bitrate: 4.75 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
Bitrate
Audio	Thai - Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles	English, none
Features	Release Information: Studio: Palm Pictures Aspect Ratio: Widescreen anamorphic - 1.71:1 Edition Details: • Original Thai Trailer DVD Release Date: January 11, 2005 Keepcase Chapters 18

Comments

There are alternating light and dark vertical bands that plague the image throughout the film, most noticeably against a solid background, as in the fourth screenshot. Edge enhancement is quite prominent and serves to soften the image. The picture also suffers a hint of chroma and looks altogether too digital. It certainly isn't horrible, but a transfer of such a recent film should look better than this.

The English subtitles are legible, but contain frequent typographical errors.

- Donald Brown

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