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Directed by Shawn Christensen
USA
2017
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A precocious novelist (Logan Lerman) finds success at a young age, but painful secrets and the pressures of fame cause him to retreat from the limelight. Years later, a detective (Kyle Chandler) attempts to track him down. Elle Fanning and Michelle Monaghan co-star. *** Logan Lerman, Elle Fanning, and Kyle Chandler star in the suspenseful thriller about a young writer who finds accidental fame, then disappears without a trace. *** An enigmatic detective embarks on a cross-country search for a once-prominent author who's mysteriously disappeared after a string of dangerous arsons have targeted his celebrated but controversial first novel. |
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Release: January 25th, 2017 (Sundance Film Festival)
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Lionsgate - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
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| Runtime | 2:01:32.326 | |
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Disc Size: 24,609,652,543 bytes Feature Size: 20,261,277,696 bytes Average Bitrate: 17.88 Mbps1080P Single-layered Blu-ray MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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| Audio | DTS-HD Master Audio English 3030 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3030 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) | |
| Subtitles | English (SDH), Spanish, None | |
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Information: Studio: Lionsgate
Disc Size: 24,609,652,543 bytes Feature Size: 20,261,277,696 bytes Average Bitrate: 17.88 Mbps1080P Single-layered Blu-ray MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: Chapters: 16 |
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NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc. Lionsgate's Blu-ray transfer is single-layered for the 2-hour feature and the bitrate is modest. The 1080P presentation doesn't loom stellar but is consistent in supporting the film. It has about a 2.39:1 aspect ratio and the image is probably not far from its Arri Alexa roots. Colors are bright, detail in close-ups is pleasing if there is softness. The film is more about the content than the visuals but there are some striking desert sequences and I enjoyed the film although the transfer is certainly not dynamic by any stretch.
The audio transfer is in a DTS-HD Master 5.1 track (24-bit) in the original English language. There are a couple of demonstrative effects with depth but the dialogue drives the film with a hallucination sequence that has weird noises associated with it. The score is by Darren Morze who has done a lot of short film work. There is a Dylan-esque song near the end. It all sounds excellent. Lionsgate add optional English (SDH) and Spanish subtitles on their Region 'A' Blu-ray disc
Only extras aside from previews is a standard 14-minute 'Making of' with cast and crew discussing the production.
I liked The Vanishing of Sidney Hall... certainly not your usual Hollywood film. It dealt with themes of creativity, suffering, authorship, influence, love, self-delusion, guilt... and I enjoyed the performances. I was attentive and, at times, fascinated with the story and it's unpredictable direction. The complaint is pretentiousness (as they said of PTA's Magnolia) - which I don't buy into. Many critics panned it. Definitely worth a spin, imo. Gary Tooze |
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