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(aka "La Chiave" or "Le Clef" or "Le Cle")
directed by Tinto Brass
Italy 1983
After
twenty years of marriage, art professor Nino (Frank
Finlay, LIFEFORCE) decides to manipulate his modest
Teresa (Stefania Sandrelli,
THE CONFORMIST) into an
affair with their daughter's fiancée Laszlo (Brass
regular Franco Branciaroli) by piquing her interest in
his private diary. Onto the game, she in turn
manipulates him into discovering her own diary to read
of the affair. While Nino finds himself aroused by his
own jealousy (which will come as no surprise to any one
who has ever seen a Tinto Brass film), his fascist
daughter Lisa (Barbara Cupisti, THE CHURCH) reactions
are equally unconventional. |
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Theatrical Release: 19 October 1983
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Comparison:
Raro (2009 subtitled reissue) - Region 2 - PAL vs. Cult Epics (2004 anamorphic reissue) - Region 0 - NTSC vs. Arrow - Region 'B' - Blu-ray
Big thanks to Eric Cotenas for all the DVD Screen Caps!
1) Raro (2009 subtitled reissue) - Region 2 - PAL - LEFT2) Cult Epics (2004 anamorphic reissue) - Region 0 - NTSC - MIDDLE3) Arrow - Region 'B' - Blu-ray - RIGHT
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Raro Region 2 - PAL |
Cult Epics Region 0 - NTSC |
Arrow Video Region 'B' - Blu-ray |
Runtime | 1:50:32 (4% PAL speedup) | 1:45:15 (4% PAL speedup) | 1:50:44.596 |
Video |
1.66:1 Original Aspect Ratio
16X9 enhanced |
1.69:1 Original Aspect Ratio
16X9 enhanced |
1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size : 25,644,574,076 bytesFeature: 24,843,132,864 bytes Codec: MPEG-4 AVC VideoTotal Average Bitrate: 25.00 Mbps |
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Audio | Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0 mono) |
English/Italian (Dolby Digital 1.0 mono) |
LPCM Audio
English 1536 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit LPCM Audio Italian 1536 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit |
Subtitles | English, none | English (for Italian dialogue) | English, none |
Features |
Release Information: Studio: Raro Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details:
Chapters 12 |
Release Information: Studio: Cult Epics Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details:
DVD Release Date: August
31, 2004 Chapters 13 |
Release Information: Studio: Arrow Video Aspect Ratio: 1.78:11080P Single-layered Blu-ray Disc Size : 24,281,587,410 bytesFeature: 23,189,508,096 bytesCodec: MPEG-4 AVC VideoTotal Average Bitrate: 26.99 Mbps
Edition Details: • Optional English and Italian audioNewly translated English subtitles for the Italian audio • Original Trailer • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly illustrated artwork by The Red Dress • Collector s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Tinto Brass scholar Alexander Tuschinski, illustrated with rare production stills
Blu-ray
Release Date: May 20th, 2013 |
Comments |
NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were obtained directly from the Blu-ray disc.
ADDITION: Arrow - Region 'B' Blu-ray - May 2013': Like licensor Filmexport’s other 16:9 SD - with one of the rare exceptions being the PAL master of THE KEY - and HD masters thus far of 1.66:1 films, they have cropped the image to 1.78:1 (the reframing is rarely ruinous here but headroom is often cramped). The running time suggests that Arrow master comes from the export version (the Australian and Greek tape releases were in English but also featured the Italian-only dialogue sequences, the former with optically printed English subtitles) - passed without cuts for the first time in the UK - which lacks some explicit shots featured in Brass’ director’s cut as seen on Raro’s DVD including additional shots of male and female frontal nudity (as well as views of rubber phalluses that would become more prevalent in Brass’ later films) and a three minute sequence in which Finlay examines a piece of artwork and becomes dizzy followed by a short sequence where Sandrelli purchases a diary from a local shop. These bits are not essential (the film has been regarded as one of Brass’ best long before they were revealed) but the artwork scene gives more shadings to Finlay’s character and is an early indication of his declining health, and the more explicit inserts tip the film into Brassian territory and farther away from the drearier attempts at artsy Italian erotica from the same period.*** ON THE DVDS: Raro's DVD is an English subtitled reissue of a disc they released just the year before without any English options. It runs 5 minutes longer than the PAL-converted Cult Epics edition (which itself ran 5 minutes longer than an even earlier Italian DVD release which had a hidden English track). Among the restored scenes is a lengthy sequence at the Academy in which Nino keeps to himself the discovery that the Klimt drawings on display are forgeries as well as a shot featuring a possibly faked erection during Teresa and Laszlo's first encounter. Digitally mastered from a positive copy, the anamorphic 1.66:1 image is contrastier than the Cult Epics edition and lacks that transfer's pleasing warm tone (on the other hand, the saturated reds and blues stand out more in the Italian transfer which also reveals more picture info on three sides of the frame). While it is nice to have the complete Italian track with English subtitles (though the English subtitles are not as detailed as on the Cult Epics disc during the opening scene - the gossip assuming that Teresa must be unfaithful to Nino is relevant), the Italian version loses the voice of Frank Finlay who dubbed his own performance (Stefania Sandrelli dubbed herself on both tracks). Besides the Italian trailer, the Raro disc also includes an exclusive interview with Tinto Brass with English subtitles.
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