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directed
by Richard Brooks
USA 1967
“How can a perfectly sane man commit an absolutely crazy act?” On the night of November 15th, 1959, Perry Edward Smith and Richard Eugene
Hickock quietly entered the house of Herbert Clutter, with the hope of a little
fortune hidden away in Clutter’s safe. The next morning, the Clutter family,
Richard Clutter, his wife and their two children, were found viciously killed.
So began the case of the Clutter massacre. |
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Theatrical Release: December 14, 1967
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Comparison:
Columbia Tristar - Region 1 - NTSC vs. Sony - Region 'A' - Blu-ray vs. Criterion Collection Region 'A' - Blu-ray
Big thanks to Henrik Sylow for the DVD screen captures!
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Coming to Blu-ray, by Criterion, in April 2022 in the UK: |
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Columbia Tristar Region 1 - NTSC |
Sony - Region 'A' Blu-ray | Criterion Collection - Spine #781 - Region 'A' Blu-ray |
Runtime | 2:14:20 | 2:14:29.061 | 2:14:40.906 |
Video |
2.35:1 Panavision Original Aspect Ratio
16X9 enhanced |
1080P / 23.976 fps Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 38,244,259,524 bytesFeature: 33,480,862,673 bytesVideo Bitrate: 32.79 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
1080P / 23.976 fps Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 47,790,606,280 bytes Feature: 30,126,551,040 bytesVideo Bitrate: 24.50 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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Audio | English Dolby Digital 3.0 |
Dolby TrueHD Audio English 1335
kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1335 kbps / 16-bit (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps) DUB: Dolby TrueHD Audio French 1251 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1251 kbps / 16-bit (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps) |
DTS-HD Master Audio English 3731 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3731 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) |
Subtitles | English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai and None | English, Arabic, Dutch, French, none | English, none |
Features |
Release Information: Studio: Columbia Tristar Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 28 |
Release Information: 1080P / 23.976 fps Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 47,655,552,843 bytesFeature: 32,311,068,672 bytesVideo Bitrate: 24.00 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video Edition Details:
• None Chapters: 16 |
Release Information: 1080P / 23.976 fps Dual-layered Blu-ray Disc Size: 47,790,606,280 bytes Feature: 30,126,551,040 bytesVideo Bitrate: 24.50 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video Edition Details:
• New interview with cinematographer John Bailey
about director of photography Conrad Hall’s work in the film (27:04) Chapters: 15 |
Comments |
NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc. ADDITION: Criterion - Region 'A' - Blu-ray September 15': Firstly, In Cold Blood came out from Sony on Blu-ray in a 2-disc package with the 2005 film Capote and as an individual release (exact same disc.) We compared them HERE. The Criterion is superior - the image is darker and smoother in-motion, the audio is significantly more robust (3731 kbps as opposed to1335 Kbps and 24-bit rather than 16). Criterion also offers optional (English only though) subtitles. There are negligible differences in the framing but I'd suspect that only those who project will base a decision solely on the video and audio. But if they do - they would lean to the Criterion - it has richer black levels as well.But the big 'package' advancement' comes in Criterion's massive supplements (there were none on the lone Sony BD.) There are a couple of hours of extras. Criterion offer many new interviews; a 1/2 hour with cinematographer John Bailey about director of photography Conrad Hall’s work in the film, 1/4 hour with film historian Bobbie O’Steen on the film’s editing, 20-minutes with film critic and jazz historian Gary Giddins about Quincy Jones’s music for the film and 17-minutes with writer Douglass K. Daniel on director Richard Brooks. There is a vintage 20-minute interview with Brooks from a 1988 episode of the French television series Cinéma cinemas and With Love from Truman, a 1/2 hour 1966 documentary featuring novelist Truman Capote, directed by Albert and David Maysles. Also included are two archival NBC interviews with Capote: one following the author on a 1966 visit to Holcomb, Kansas and the other conducted by Barbara Walters, for 10-minutes, in 1967. Lastly, we get a trailer and the package has a liner notes booklet with an essay by critic Chris Fujiwara. The Criterion supplements can give a very important perspective on the production that definitely encourages even further appreciation. A masterful, impacting and unforgettable film experience. The Criterion Blu-ray has our highest recommendation! *** ON THE DVD: This is a great DVD. The picture is crisp in sharpness and contrast, doing Hall's black and white compositions justice, and sound is, even though its forty year old mono, without noise or any other signs of age. Nothing but high marks on the quality. The downside is, that it lacks any additional material. No documentary, no audio commentary. The only extra we get are a bunch of trailers: In Cold Blood, Identity, 8mm and In a Lonely Place. This is certainly a film that deserves additional material offering reference and insight, as few have heard of the film to begin with. |
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Coming to Blu-ray, by Criterion, in April 2022 in the UK: |
Distribution |
Columbia Tristar Region 1 - NTSC |
Sony - Region 'A' Blu-ray | Criterion Collection - Spine #781 - Region 'A' Blu-ray |