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Directed by
Frank Perry
USA 19
David (Keir Dullea), a young man suffering from an overwhelming fear of being
touched, is admitted to a home for disturbed teenagers run by Dr. Alan Swinford
(Howard Da Silva). Though at first resistant to interacting with the other
patients, David finds himself drawn to Lisa, a schizophrenic girl who speaks
only in rhymes. Their relationship, which grows from antagonism to one of trust,
gives them both the strength to confront their inner demons and hope for the
future. Excerpt from Turner Classic Films located HERE
Probably not everything it was cracked up to be in 1963, this independent, low-budget first feature by Frank Perry, about two emotionally disturbed teenagers (Keir Dullea and Janet Margolin) who fall in love, was sufficiently sensitive to elicit the admiration of Jean Renoir at the time. I suspect he dream sequences haven't stood up very well, but Howard da Silva does a good job as a sympathetic doctor. Excerpt from Jonathan Rosenbaum's review at The Chicago Reader located HERE |
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Theatrical Release: December 26th, 1962
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Distribution | Homevision - Region 1 - NTSC |
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Runtime | 1:33:00 | 1:32:58.573 |
Video | 1.33:1
Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 5.8 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
Disc Size: 14,976,716,438 bytes Feature Size: 11,650,320,384 bytes Total Bitrate: 13.99 MbpsSingle-layered Blu-ray MPEG4 - AVC |
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Audio | English (Dolby Digital 1.0) | DTS-HD Master Audio English 1715 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1715 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) |
Subtitles | English, None | None |
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Release Information: Studio: Scorpion Releasing
Disc Size: 14,976,716,438 bytes Feature Size: 11,650,320,384 bytes Total Bitrate: 13.99 MbpsSingle-layered Blu-ray MPEG4 - AVC
Edition Details: Blu-ray Release Date: March 31st, 201 5Standard Blu-ray case Chapters 12 |
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Bruce tells us in email "I saw this film about 100 times during its very long run in LA and followed it from theater to theater. The aspect ratio was absolutely 100% 1.85 - framed that way, shown that way, and you can see it clearly in several of your photos with unruly and ridiculous headroom. The close-ups in the film were ALL framed tightly like that. No one can use as the excuse that in Academy you can see the tops of heads because they're cut off there, too." (Thanks Bruce) The Home-Vision DVD is out-of-print and fetching some high $s via third party sellers. Scorpion's new 1080P isn't very robust (sharing a similarity with the 2007 DVD) at less than 15 Gig for the entire disc (with a 40-minute supplement) and an extremely low bitrate for the feature. Hence there are a few artifacts and the source has some minor scratches and speckles. So, the transfer is far from perfect but I do kinda like this odd film. The DTS-HD Master 2.0 channel mono at 1715 kbps is also at the mercy of the source limitations sounding a bit scratchy in the beginning. The score is by Mark Lawrence - his only film composure credit. There are no subtitles but the extra included is a decent one - 40-minutes with a candid Keir Dullea sharing recollections of the production. A less-than-stellar release from our friend at Scorpion - and the Region FREE Blu-ray disc is advertised as a 'Limited Edition', yet I'm unsure of how many that might include in the production run. However, because of the film's less-mainstream appeal it seems destined to reach the 'hard to obtain' status yet again. So even after some complaints, I would still say those keen on seeing this unusual and clandestine work - this HD presentation, flawed as it is, is certainly watchable and we can encourage those interested to seek it out, while they still can. *** ON THE DVD: So after Image Entertainment swallowed up Homevision, consequently putting many out of work, they continue to infrequently release under this label. And this is their product. A single-layered disc (3.75 Gig) with a marginal image transfer - no extras and at an exorbitant price. Actually the only other DVD of this film is a Fox/Lorber release from 5 years ago - and it is even weaker. This at least has optional subtitles and contrast is acceptable. I think the film has some merit and I was very interested to watch it as one of the first efforts to openly deal with the emotional problems of teenagers - but I am sickened by how Image Entertainment attempts to rape their customers. I suspect that as the market for this film is so small - to make it cost effective the price had to be excessive. This is not a healthy situation for consumers. So, unless you are very keen, we certainly don't recommend based on the DVD production quality proportional to the price. This independent film is a bit dated but very much worth seeing if you ever get the chance, however we don't encourage purchasing this DVD at full price. |
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