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Tiny Furniture [Blu-ray]
(Lena Dunham, 2010)
Review by Gary Tooze
Production: Theatrical: Tiny Ponies Video: Criterion Collection - Spine # 597
Disc: Region: 'A'-locked (as verified by the Momitsu region FREE Blu-ray player) Runtime: 1:39:31.590 Disc Size: 45,910,341,444 bytes Feature Size: 27,222,097,920 bytes Video Bitrate: 31.99 Mbps Chapters: 18 Case: Standard Blu-ray case Release date: February 14th, 2012
Video: Aspect ratio: 2.35:1 Resolution: 1080p / 23.976 fps Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio English 2583 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 2583 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Subtitles: English (SDH), none
Extras:
• Director Lena Dunham talks about filmmaking and
autobiography in a new interview with writer and filmmaker
Nora Ephron (30:26 in 1080P)
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Description: Lena Dunham got her start making YouTube videos, but she emerged as a major talent thanks to the breakthrough success of this exceptionally sharp comedy, which garnered the twenty-four-year-old writer-director-actor comparisons to the likes of Woody Allen. Dunham plays Aura, a recent college graduate who returns to New York and moves back in with her mother and sister (played by the filmmaker’s real-life mother and sister). Though Aura is gripped by stasis and confusion about her future, Dunham locates endless sources of refreshing humor in her plight. As painfully confessional as it is amusing, Tiny Furniture is an authentic, incisive portrait of a young woman at a crossroads.
The Film:
There is a strange space between when you leave school and when you
begin work. You are idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean. You
grow restless. You cannot go back and are uncertain how to proceed. "Tiny
Furniture" is about Aura, who is becalmed on that sea.
Lena Dunham, the 24-year-old director of "Tiny Furniture," admits
a fondness for Woody Allen movies. That fact helps explain why her
hot-buzz indie comedy has the same energy as Allen's early work, in
particular "Annie Hall." Image : NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc. Shot in HD Tiny Furniture looks very impressive on Blu-ray from Criterion. The weaknesses that we sometimes associate with this production format (flaring, waxiness etc.) are barely present at all. Detail is exquisite and there is frequent depth exported on the dual-layered transfer. Contrast is at Criterion's usual high levels and this Blu-ray has consistent image for the spotless visuals. There is no noise or other deficiencies to complain about and colors seem authentic without artificial boosting. This Blu-ray probably looks exactly like the film Tiny Furniture and provides an excellent 1080P presentation.
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Audio :Criterion provide a DTS-HD Master 5.1 track at 2583 kpbs. It is clean but in keeping with the film is without an abundance of range or depth. This isn't about effects for the 50K budget. There is some original music by Teddy Blanks that also sounds very buoyant. We can only believe the flawless, uncompressed, track is, like the video, a strong representation of the original. There are optional English subtitles and m y Momitsu has identified it as being a region 'A'-locked Blu-ray disc.
Extras : Director Lena Dunham talks about filmmaking, autobiography, Woody Allen etc. in a new interview with writer and filmmaker Nora Ephron recorded by Criterion in October 2011. It nice to get to know the artist running 1/2 an hour and is transferred in 1080P. There is also a new 7.5 minute interview with writer-director Paul Schrader sharing his positive impressions of Tiny Furniture. It was recorded by Criterion in September 2011. Creative Nonfiction, is Dunham’s first feature film (just shy of 1 hour). It is from 2009 and includes an introduction by the director. Criterion supply four short films by Lena Dunham - all in 1080i. They are Pressures from 2006 running 4:00, Open the Door, 2007 - 4:54, Hooker on Campus, 2007 - 4:47 and The Fountain, 2007 - 6:01. All very creative and cool. There is also a trailer and liner notes booklet with an essay by critic Phillip Lopate.
BOTTOM LINE: Gary Tooze January 15th, 2011
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