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S E A R C H D V D B e a v e r |
(aka "Joy House" or "The Love Cage" )
directed by René
Clément
France 1964
The Blu-ray of Joy House (Les Felins) is reviewed HERE
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A small-time con man on the run from the gangster husband of his girlfriend hides out in a strange brooding mansion run by two mysterious women. There he finds himself trapped in deception between the two women. A lush decadent thriller featuring beautiful French Riviera settings. *** |
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Theatrical Release: June 12th, 1964
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DVD Comparison:
Image Entertainment - Region 0 - NTSC vs. Koch Lorber - Region 1 - NTSC
(Image Entertainment - Region 0 - NTSC LEFT vs. Koch Lorber - Region 1 - NTSC RIGHT)
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| Distribution | Image Entertainment - Region 0 - NTSC | Koch Lorber - Region 1 - NTSC |
| Runtime | 1:30:54 | 1:36:54 |
| Video |
2.35:1
Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 5.89 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
2.35:1
Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 5.26 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
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| Audio | English (Dolby Digital 2.0) | English (Dolby Digital 2.0), French (Dolby Digital 2.0) |
| Subtitles | None | English (for French version only), None |
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Release Information:
Edition Details: • none |
Release Information:
Edition Details:
• trailer |
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The Blu-ray of Joy House (Les Felins) is reviewed HERE Wow - what a mess! 8 years ago (almost to the day) Image Entertainment distributed a single-layered unconverted PAL-sourced transfer of René Clément's Joy House (Les Felins). It was bare-bones in a snapper case and was eventually fetching ridiculous prices on auction - including by third party profiteers on Amazon's Marketplace. Koch Lorber now comes to the rescue (or do they) with a dual-layered, bare bones, interlaced, contrast -boosted replacement. It offers the French (with optional subtitles) or English audio (no subtitles) version of the film but the combing is horrendous with lots of artefacts - worse than the improper-standard 'ghosting' on the old Image disc. The Koch transfer is also slightly pictureboxed with a black border circumventing the frame.
Audio on both is fairly weak too - maybe
with the Koch gaining the upper hand.
Gee whiz - couldn't
someone do better? This is awful. I've become quite sensitive to
brightness boosting and I actually think I prefer the Image DVD which
may be stretched a shade horizontally.
I'm very disappointed
that after 8 years - something much better couldn't be produced. The
film is not brilliant but seems to encapsulates that certain time of
quintessential French-ness that we can feel very nostalgic about - Delon,
Fonda and Lola Albright look so good in this. I kinda like Les Felins
but and am now clinging to my Image disc - presumably for a long time to
come (hopefully not another 8 years till a better attempt is made). Koch
dare ask OVER $20 for their DVD. Shameful.
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(Image Entertainment - Region 0 - NTSC LEFT vs. Koch Lorber - Region 1 - NTSC RIGHT)
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NO SUBTITLES ON THE Image Entertainment Disc (and it only has the 'English version')
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| Distribution | Image Entertainment - Region 0 - NTSC | Koch Lorber - Region 1 - NTSC |
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