'Love and Pop' DVD REVIEW

Love and Pop

directed by Hideaki Anno
Japan 1998

"As for the film, I'm sure Shunji Iwai must like it a lot, as I can see it being an inspiration for LILY CHOU-CHOU NO SUBETE, in particular the Tsuda Shiori story. He even used the exact same Debussy piece twice! And of course he later went on to work with Hideaki Anno on SHIKI-JITSU, which is finally coming out on DVD in 2003. Unfortunately there are no English subtitles."

Jeroen

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DVD REVIEW: KING Records Region 2 - NTSC

DVD Box Cover Misc. Film Details	Click to enlarge	Click to enlarge	Cast and Crew Directed by Hideaki Anno Writing credits : Hideaki Anno Akio Satsukawa Produced by Toshimichi Otsuki Original Music by Shinkichi Mitsumune Cinematography by Takahide Shibanushi Tadanobu Asano .... Captain XX Megumi Hayashibara .... Voice Akira Ishida (I) .... Voice Kirari .... Chisa Noda Hirono Kudo .... Nao Yokoi
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DVD Bitrate: NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
Features	Released by King Records Region 2, Japan NTSC, color 110 min 16 seconds Release Date: 2000/01/01 Original Aspect Ratio 1.85:1 and 1.33:1, always 16:9 enhanced Film-sourced Average bit rate: 6.53 mbps Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 (192 kbps) No subtitles extras: - 11 trailers/tv-spots - 2 making-of documentaries (17 and 28 minutes)		Click the logo to order from:
Comments:	Visually the film is maximum eye candy, with every shot being highly original and beautiful and real. Shot on camcorders, switching between 16:9 and 4:3 all the time. Sometimes even the 4:3 picture switches between left and right side of the 16:9 frame, or the picture is squeezed, distorted etc. Picture of the DVD is really wonderful. Transferred from film with proper flags so it plays perfectly in weave mode on your htpc. Looking past the camcorder source material the picture is very natural and clear with very good detail and colors and not a trace of edge enhancement or excessive filtering. Perfect 0 ire black level with excellent shadow detail like the best Japanese DVD's. A king records release, but the extremely high picture quality is reminiscent of a Norman's Nose release. Note: Filmed using miniature digital cameras. . out of *Jeroen*