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S E A R C H D V D B e a v e r |
(aka 'The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant')
directed
by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
West Germany 1972
The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant: Petra
Von Kant is a successful fashion designer of moderate wealth. Petra has a
silent servant, Marlene, who she badly mistreats and is constantly ordering
her to do the most menial tasks. Petra was once married and has a daughter
at boarding school, but now has no use for men. After a long conversation
with her friend, the Baroness Sidonie, concerning their views on men and the
impact of male-female relationships on their independence, Sidonie
introduces Petra to Karin. Petra is instantly smitten by Karin and their
relationship, and the effect it has on Petra, is the basis for the rest of
the film. |
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Comparison:
Wellspring Media Inc. - Region 1 - NTSC vs. E-M-S (2 Disc set) - Region 2 - PAL vs. Criterion - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
Big thanks to Andrey Diment for the Region 2 - PAL screen captures!
1) Wellspring - Region 1 - NTSC LEFT 2) E-M-S - Region 2 - PAL - MIDDLE3) Criterion Collection - Region 'A' - Blu-ray - RIGHT
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Wellspring Media Inc Region 1 - NTSC |
E-M-S Region 2 - PAL |
Criterion Collection, spine #740 - Region 'A' - Blu-ray |
Runtime | 2:04:04 | 1:59:04 (4% PAL speedup) | 2:04:45.728 |
Video |
1.33 Original Aspect Ratio |
1.33:1
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Disc Size: 47,624,779,913 bytes Feature Size: 30,227,736,576 bytes Average Bitrate: 28.49 MbpsDual-layered Blu-ray MPEG-4 AVC Video 1080P |
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Audio | German (Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround) , German (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) |
German (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) |
LPCM Audio German 1152 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1152 kbps / 24-bit |
Subtitles | (Yellow) English or None | English, and none | English, and none |
Features |
Release Information: Studio: Wellspring Media, Inc. Aspect Ratio:
Chapters 28 |
Release Information: Studio: E-M-S Aspect Ratio: 2-DVD edition (both are DVD-9)
Edition Details:
EXTRAS NOT SUBTITLED IN ENGLISH DVD
Release Date: September 4th, 2002 Chapters 5 |
Release Information: Aspect Ratio: Disc Size: 47,624,779,913 bytes Feature Size: 30,227,736,576 bytes Average Bitrate: 28.49 MbpsDual-layered Blu-ray MPEG-4 AVC Video 1080P Edition Details:
• New interviews with Ballhaus (7:04) and
actors Margit Carstensen, Eva Mattes, Katrin Schaake, and Hanna
Schygulla (30:16)
Blu-ray
Release Date:
January 13th,
2015
Chapters 5 |
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NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc. ADDITION: Criterion - Region 'A' - Blu-ray (January 15'): There is quite a significant difference in the new Criterion 1080P transfer as compared to the old SDs. The video image is darker, has warmer flesh-tones and exhibits a fair amount of grain texture and depth. It looks very rich in-motion. I can't speak to how it looked theatrically but it shows itself with an even consitency and is very film-like. Criterion transfer the film's audio via a linear PCM in original German mono at 1152 kbps. It sounds flat and the music (The Platters' The Great Pretender and Smoke Gets Into Your Eyes, as well as Verdi's 'Un dě felice' from 'La Traviata') has some depth and clarity that is pleasing to the ear. There are optional English subtitles on the region 'A'-locked Blu-ray disc. Criterion add some great extras. We get a new, 2014, 1/2 documentary entitled Outsiders featuring actors Margit Carstensen, Eva Mattes, Katrin Schaake, and Hanna Schygulla discussing the production of The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant and their experiences working with director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. There is also a new, Criterion produced, 7-minute interviews with cinematographer Michael Ballhaus and another new, 23-minute, interview with film scholar Jane Shattuc (professor of visual media arts at Emerson College and author of Television, Tabloids, and Tears: Fassbinder and Popular Culture) about director Rainer Werner Fassbinder and the film, The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant. Role Play: Women on Fassbinder, is a 1992 German television documentary by Thomas Honickel featuring interviews with Carstensen, Schygulla, and actors Irm Hermann and Rosel Zech. It runs just shy of an hour. There is also a liner note booklet with an essay by critic Peter Matthews. Excellent Blu-ray package that fans of Fassbinder should be extremely pleased to own. Our highest recommendation! *** ON THE DVDs: The E-M-S PAL whites are truer than the Wellspring which has a shade too much green in their image. The Wellspring is sharper and they have the option of 5.1 audio. The E-M-S has some bountiful Extras on their 2nd disc and we will go for them in the Extras dept. I suppose true fans of the film may want both version - superior image quality in the Wellspring and better extras on the E-M-S although they are NOT subtitled in English if that is a requirement for you . No reason to change if you just want the film and own the Region 1 or are not conversant in German..- Gary W. Tooze |
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