All These Women Blu-ray - Bibi Andersson

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S E A R C H D V D B e a v e r

(aka "All These Women" or För att inte tala om alla dessa kvinnor" or "Now About These Women")

Sweden 1964

Conceived as an amusing diversion in the wake of Ingmar Bergman’s despairing trilogy, this comedy is the director’s first film in color, and it is an opulent visual feast. Working from a bawdy screenplay he cowrote with actor Erland Josephson, about a supercilious critic drawn into the dizzying orbit of a famous cellist, Bergman brings together buoyant comic turns by a number of his frequent collaborators, including Jarl Kulle, Eva Dahlbeck, Harriet Andersson, and Bibi Andersson. All These Women, in which Bergman pokes fun at the pretensions of drawing-room art, possesses a distinctly playful atmosphere and carefree cadences.

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Theatrical Release: August 27th, 1964 (Venice Film Festival)

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Review: Criterion (Ingmar Bergman's Cinema) - Region FREE - Blu-ray

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Distribution	Criterion (Ingmar Bergman's Cinema) - Region FREE - Blu-ray
Runtime	1:20:38.250
Video	Disc Size: 49,069,032,924 bytes Feature Size: 23,211,079,680 bytes Average Bitrate: 34.31 Mbps Dual-layered Blu-ray MPEG-4 AVC Video
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
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Audio	LPCM Audio Swedish 1152 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1152 kbps / 24-bit
Subtitles	English (SDH), None
Features	Release Information: Studio: Criterion Disc Size: 49,069,032,924 bytes Feature Size: 23,211,079,680 bytes Average Bitrate: 34.31 Mbps Dual-layered Blu-ray MPEG-4 AVC Video Edition Details: • shares the Blu-ray Disc with The Devil's Eye Blu-ray Release Date: November 20th, 2018 Custom Blu-ray Case Chapters 15

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NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.

The Criterion Blu-ray of All These Women is part of their Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema 100th Anniversary 30 Blu-ray Boxset (reviewed, as a work in-progress, HERE). All These Women shares this Blu-ray with The Devil's Eye. See comparative captures, a listing of technical details, extras etc., on this page.

Criterion present Bergman's 1964 comedy, "All These Women" (a.k.a. "Now About These Women") on a dual-layered Blu-ray. The 1.37:1 image has a maxed out bitrate. The film shares the disc with "The Devil's Eye". The transfer is very impressive, with a strong level of detail and a healthy amount of grain. The contrast levels are decent, with a wide range of blacks. This transfer comes from a 35mm interpositive, leaving one to wonder how the image could possibly look better from the original negative. Well done!

The film is presented in its original Swedish language, on a 1.0 24-bit linear PCM track. Though uncredited, the music here is from Erik Nordgren (The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries). The Bach sounds excellent. Through this 1.0 track the dialogue and music really come through effortlessly crisp. There are optional English subtitles on this Region-Free Blu-ray.

There are no extras on this Blu-ray disc.

Criterion bring Bergman's "All These Women" to Blu-ray (along with "The Devil's Eye") with a wonderful transfer. This collection is absolutely essential to any Bergman fan.