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Lady Chatterley's Lover [Blu-ray]
(Just Jaeckin, 1981)
Review by Gary Tooze
Production: Theatrical: Cine Artist Film GmbH Video: Olive Films
Disc: Region: 'A' (as verified by the Oppo Blu-ray player) Runtime: 1:44:18.293 Disc Size: 23,095,452,072 bytes Feature Size: 23,000,801,280 bytes Video Bitrate: 26.00 Mbps Chapters: 8 Case: Standard Blu-ray case Release date: February 17th, 2015
Video: Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Resolution: 1080p / 23.976 fps Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio English 1848 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1848 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Subtitles: • None
Extras: • None
Bitrate:
Description: This adaptation of D. H. Lawrence's novel Lady Chatterley's Lover stars Sylvia Kristel as Constance Chatterley, the young wife of an emotionally distant aristocrat in 1910's England, who becomes only less accessible to his spouse when he loses the use of his legs in World War I. He gives her leave to take up a lover, but when Constance turns to the bed of the low-born groundskeeper, Mellors Nicholas Clay, she not only discovers what passionate lovemaking is really like, but also experiences actual intimacy and love for the first time, leading to a dramatic love triangle, and a bevy of subtext about classism and emotional freedom.
The Film: A vapid adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's scorching novel that fizzles into nothingness on the screen. The director and star of the adult classic EMMANUELLE, Jaeckin and Kristel, combine their debatable talents, with the latter playing the role of Lady Chatterley. Stuck with a husband who's paralyzed from the waist down, Kristel is encouraged to socialize. She vents her energies with gamekeeper Clay, and together they display their prowess like peacocks their feathers. The kindest thing to say is that the production is attractive. Also released at 141 minutes. (In English.) Excerpt from TV Guide located HERE
Image : NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc. Lady Chatterley's Lover gets the standard Olive Films Blu-ray transfer. This is 1080P, only single-layered but actually looks quite competent. The film has a substantial amount of soft-focus sequences but also some tight close-ups. The HD exports them well with reasonable contrast. The Blu-ray improved the presentation over an SD rendering and looks about as good as it ever will on digital.
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Audio :Olive's DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel track at 1848 kbps seems to do its job well. The score is by the team of Richard Harvey (Chatterley his first - and he is still working today!) and Stanley Myers who has Cimino's The Deer Hunter and Nicolas Roeg's amusing Insignificance on his resume as well as Pete Walker film's House of Mortal Sin and Frightmare, among others. The music works well with film's 'classic' aura. There are no subtitles and m y Oppo has identified it as being a region 'A'-locked.
Extras : No supplements - not even a trailer although I suppose someone could have referenced the classic novel or something... or maybe interviews with the principals would suffice some unusual curiosity.
BOTTOM LINE: Gary Tooze February 8th, 2015 |
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