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Snowpiercer (2 disc Special Edition) [Blu-ray]
(Joon-ho Bong, 2013)
Review by Gary Tooze
Production: Theatrical: CJ Entertainment Video: Koch Media (Italy)
Disc: Region: 'B'-locked (as verified by the Oppo Blu-ray player) Runtime: 2:06:25.250 Disc Size: 33,612,819,827 bytes Feature Size: 32,839,471,104 bytes Video Bitrate: 23.98 Mbps Chapters: 16 Case: Standard Blu-ray case Release date: September 10th, 2014
Video: Aspect ratio: 1.85:1 Resolution: 1080p / 24 fps Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio English 4321 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4321 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) DUB:
DTS-HD Master Audio Italian 4331 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 4331
kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) Subtitles: Italian, none
Extras: • Italian trailer (1:32) • Promo (1:03) • TV Spot (0:32) Blu-ray 2 • Scenography - the sets (10:27) • Visual Effects (17:50 English - Italian subtitles) • Birth of Snowpiercer - Behind the Scenes (15:09 Korean with Italian subtitles) • Characters (13:08 Korean, some English with Italian subtitles) • Press Conference (1:11:50 - Korean, some English with Italian subtitles) • Photo gallery (5:20) • Comic Art (54:26 - French with Italian subtitles) • Concept Art (2:13) • Prequel Animation (4:42)
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Description: A post-apocalyptic ice age forces humanity's last survivors aboard a globe-spanning super train. One man (Chris Evans) will risk everything to lead a revolt for control of the engine and the future of the world.
The Film: In the mood for allegory? Have a look at Bong Joon-ho’s “Snowpiercer,” which proceeds from a fantastical premise rich with real-world relevance. After a human-engineered planetary catastrophe (trying to arrest the planet’s warming, we accidentally froze it solid), the remaining people are stuck on a train that never stops moving. A few thousand survivors live in railway cars, sorted into a rigid and ruthlessly enforced social order. In the back are huddled masses fed on gelatinous, insect-based black protein bars and kept in line by a combination of propaganda and brute force. Toward the front, the more fortunate enjoy access to schools, nightclubs, fresh food and the reassurance that they deserve everything they have. An unseen, quasi-mythical entrepreneur is in charge, and a group of rebels have decided to challenge his power and the extreme inequality he represents. Excerpt from the NYTimes located HERE
Snowpiercer feels like a response to that oft-repeated,
tricky-to-source leftist refrain that “it is easier to imagine the end
of the world than the end of capitalism.” The film, based on a French
graphic novel and co-written and directed by South Korea’s Bong Joon-ho
(making his English-language debut), imagines an end-of-the-world
scenario where the scaffolding of capitalism remains perfectly intact,
without even actual capitalism bunging up the works.
Image : NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc. Snowpiercer is a very visual film with plenty of effects and the Blu-ray from Koch Media, out of Italy, looks very solid. The image is quite dark and looks very rich with a pleasing thickness and depth and strong detail in the film's few close-ups. This Blu-ray supports the film's hopeless atmosphere and the effects are impressive.
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Audio :Koch Media offer an intense DTS-HD Master 5.1 surround at a whopping 4321 kbps with plenty of depth and there are some floor rattling effects. The original music by Marco Beltrami (The Hurt Locker, 3:10 to Yuma, In the Electric Mist, The Twilight Zone 2019 series, etc.) is solid and I really appreciated how it was used in the film helping to create tension while supporting the action. There is an equally robust optional Italian DUB and optional Italian subtitles and m y Oppo has identified it as being a region 'B'-locked.NOTE: The text screens are in Italian in this edition and brief Korean dialogue is only translated to Italian.
Extras : The feature disc offers an Italian trailer, promo and a TV Spot but there is an entire second Blu-ray of extras. Unfortunately many are not English-friendly. There is a 10-minute piece of the sets used in the film and another focusing on the Visual Effects (17:50 English - Italian subtitles) but Birth of Snowpiercer - a kind of 'behind-the-scenes' has input from the director so it is basically in Korean with Italian subtitles offered. Ditto for Characters but the 1/14 hour Press Conference has some English (again with Italian subtitles.) There is a photo gallery and some other video pieces on visuals - Concept Art and Prequel Animation, but the hour long one is in French (with Italian subtitles.)
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BOTTOM LINE: Gary Tooze October 17th, 2016
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