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S E A R C H D V D B e a v e r |
(aka "First Name: Carmen" )
"I'm the girl who shouldn't be
called Carmen," says the voice of Maruschka Detmers following the
title card. Godard's modern variation on Prosper Merimee's CARMEN
(also done by Otto Preminger with
CARMEN JONES [1954] and Radley
Metzger with CARMEN, BABY [1967]) begins with Carmen asking her
voluntarily institutionalized eccentric filmmaker uncle (Godard
himself in a funny performance) for the use of his house by the
beach to make a film (actually she plans to use it as a hideout
after a heist). The ensuing heist leads to the meeting of Carmen and
security guard Joseph (Jacques Bonnaffe) who fall in love. Joseph
joins the gang in plans to abduct an industrialist and hold him for
ransom but its Joseph's obsession and Carmen's faithlessness (here
more of an alienated response) that brings about the tragic ending
more so than the kidnapping - which Godard's character turns up to
direct - gone wrong. |
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Theatrical Release: January 11th, 1984
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Comparison:
Lionsgate (from Jean-Luc Godard Box Set) - Region 1 - NTSC vs. Raro Video (Eccentriche Visioni) - Region 0 - PAL vs. Warner Bros. (3 Films by Jean-Luc Godard Vol. 2) - Region 2 - PAL vs. Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray |
Big thanks to Eric Cotenas for all the DVD Screen Caps!
1) Lionsgate - Region 1 - NTSC LEFT 2) Raro Video (Eccentriche Visioni) - Region 0 - PAL - SERCOND 3) Warner Bros. (3 Films by Jean-Luc Godard Vol. 2) - Region 2 - PAL - THIRD 4) Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray- RIGHT
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Runtime | 1:24:33 | 1:20:45 (4% PAL speedup) | 1:20:48 (4% PAL speedup) | 1:24:46.247 |
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1.33:1
Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 5.65 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
1.33:1 Original Aspect Ratio |
1.66:1 Aspect Ratio |
1. 33:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 31,346,890,566 bytesFeature: 26,266,220,544 bytesVideo Bitrate: 34.9 9 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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Audio | French Dolby Digital 2.0 mono | French Dolby Digital 2.0 mono; Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 mono |
French Dolby Digital 2.0 mono |
DTS-HD Master
Audio French 2018 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2018 kbps / 24-bit
(DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) DTS-HD Master Audio English 2016 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2016 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) |
Subtitles | English, Spanish, none | English, Italian, none | English (burned in) | English, none |
Features |
Release Information: Studio: Lionsgate Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 20 |
Release Information: Studio: Raro Video Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 10 |
Release Information: Studio: Warner Bros. Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details:
DVD Release Date: 4 April
2005 Chapters 20 |
Release Information: Studio: Kino
1. 33:1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 31,346,890,566 bytesFeature: 26,266,220,544 bytesVideo Bitrate: 34.9 9 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details:
• Le changement à plus d’un titre: Changer d’image (a short film by
Jean-Luc Godard, © INA 1982) (10:33)
Standard Blu-ray Case Chapters 11 |
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HERE. Colin Zavitz *** ADDITION: Lionsgate - February 08': Wow! What an improvement. This new Lionsgate package is the DVD of the Year for Godard fans. It is vastly improved in the areas of color and detail. It is dual-layered (sharing), and progressive. I suspect a shade of black boosting manipulation but it's nothing I could clearly define (even with extensive zooming-in). There is some noise that looks very much like good grain. It maintains the 1.33 aspect ratio and has removable subtitles - the monaural audio is clear and consistent. No extras but it does share the disc with Godard's Passion (1982) - it may be it's DVD debut for English-language audiences. It is included in the ubiquitously titled Jean-Luc Godard Box Set which also has Detective from 85' (compared soon!) and Oh, Woe is Me (1993) - both making their digital debut for NTSC. Fabulous news - these Lionsgate packages are a very welcome addition to my collection - and the price is sure right for 4 smartly transferred Godard films (about $8 each). SOLD! **** ON THE RARO VS. THE WARNER: The Raro presentation is unmatted fullscreen whereas the Warner Bros. disc (part of the 3 FILMS BY JEAN-LUC GODARD VOL. 2 set) is letterboxed at 1.66:1 (without 16:9 enhancement). The Warner disc has a higher bitrate but some of the encoding efficiency is sacrificed to the black borders on all four sides (the forced subtitles also look a tad noisy) compared to the nicer fullscreen image on the Italian disc at a slightly lesser average bitrate. Raro has optional English subtitles while Warner Bros. has permanent English subtitles superimposed on transparent gray bars. Although the Warner Bros. 3 disc set is out of print (new copies can still be found on eBay), the reason a visual comparison is included is for people interested in that set as well as to show what Studio Canal will likely supply to another company that licenses the title (Optimum have already released two 5-film sets of Godard so this may be a future Optimum release).
There are also an R4 Australian
release (HERE)
with French and German audio and English, Swedish, Spanish, and
Norwegian subtitles (suggesting its a port of another R2 release)
bearing the Studio Canal logo and listing its specs as "1.33:1
letterbox." The sometimes erratic IMDB database lists the aspect ratio
for this film as "1.37:1" and I'm inclined to think they may be right
about this one. The 1.66:1 matting does not crop vital information but
the 1.33:1 transfer comes off as better composed (striking compositions
can usually be accomplished with 1.66:1 but here it seems more like the
image was "protected" for theatrical matting). |
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