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(aka "Story of My Death" )
directed by Albert Serra
Spain/France 2013
Having
languished in solitude in a Swiss girls'
school trying to pen unsentimental memoirs -
but mainly spending much time dispensing his
philosophy to a captive audience in the form
of gambling debt-ridden valet Pompeau (Lluís
Serrat) - Casanova (Vicenç Altaió) decides
he must start traveling again. Stopping in
the Carpathians in the house of a deeply
religious landowner fallen on hard times
(Xavier Pau), Casanova spends less time
writing and sets about debauching the help,
starting with Delfina (Noelia Rodenas) while
Clara (Clara Visa) seeks the protection of
Pompeau. The landowner's daughter Carmen (Montse
Triola), meanwhile, has a secret suitor in
Count Dracula (Eliseu Huertas) who visits
her in the fields and promises her a more
fulfilling life at his castle (where they go
"beyond Christianity") if he will allow her
to cross the threshold into her father's
home. |
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Theatrical Release: 23 October 2013 (France)
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DVD Review: Second Run DVD - Region 0 - PAL
Big thanks to Eric Cotenas for the Review!
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Runtime | 2:24:10 (4% PAL speedup) | |
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2.35:1 Original Aspect Ratio
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Audio | Catalan Dolby Digital 5.1; Catalan Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo | |
Subtitles | English, none | |
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Information: Studio: Second Run DVD
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Details: Chapters 12 |
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Although it
almost looks like a circa-2000 noisy digital
master, THE STORY OF MY DEATH looks
gorgeous within the director's own imposed
limitations - shot on digital video and then
scanned to film by video-to-film stalwarts
Swiss Effects - on Second Run's dual-layer,
anamorphic transfer. There is no setup menu,
but the DVD defaults to Dolby Digital 2.0
stereo while the original 5.1 mix is
selectable using your remote. The stereo
track at first seems to perfectly suit the
film, but it is really just a serviceable
downmix of a film that is generally
front-oriented but plays with the surrounds
more and more as the film progresses (the
sometimes maddening sound design may create
an aversion to pomegranates for some
viewers). The optional English subtitles
only sport one spelling error. |
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