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(aka "Vigilia")
Directed by Vincent Ward
New Zealand 1984
Vincent Ward once described as the Antipodean Werner Herzog made
his feature debut with Vigil, heralding his status as one of New Zealand s most
distinctive filmmaking talents and paving the way for such equally remarkable
and unclassifiable efforts as The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey and
Map of the Human Heart. *** Vincent Ward directed and co-wrote this stately coming-of-age film that features a subtly nuanced performance from twelve-year-old Fiona Kay. Toss (Kay) is a sweet girl on the verge of adolescence, who lives on a sheep farm with her father in the rolling hills of New Zealand. When her father dies in a tragic accident, Toss' mother Elizabeth (Penelope Stewart) puts the farm up for sale. But her grandfather (Bill Kerr) wants to keep the farm in business and enlists the hunter Ethan (Frank Whitten) to help get the farm back into functioning shape. At first Ethan and Elizabeth react to each other's presence with restrained hostility, but their nearness to each other eventually erupts into a passionate love affair. Through all of this, Toss tries to deal with the up-front passions of the two adults as she also adjusts to her coming womanhood. |
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Release: May 1984 (Cannes Film Festival)
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Arrow - Region FREE - Blu-ray
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Released in the UK, on Blu-ray, by Arrow on June 11th, 2018
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Arrow Region FREE Blu-ray |
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Runtime | 1:29:51.511 | |
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Disc Size: 36,494,488,377 bytes Feature Size: 26,232,871,872 bytes Video bitrate: 34.86 Mbps1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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LPCM Audio English 1152 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1152 kbps / 24-bit |
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Subtitles | English, none | |
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Information: Studio: Arrow
Disc Size: 36,494,488,377 bytes Feature Size: 26,232,871,872 bytes Video bitrate: 34.86 Mbps1080P Dual-layered Blu-ray MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: Chapters: 13 |
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NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc.
Arrow Video brings us the 1984 New Zealand classic, "Vigil"
on a dual-layered
Blu-ray.
The transfer has a maxed out bitrate and, generally,
looks decent in-motion, with strong levels of texture.
The lush greens of the farmland (by cinematographer Alun
Bollinger of
Heavenly Creatures) are quite rich. There are
moments of possible edge-enhancement (see sample below)
and certain scenes are more waxy than others - but this
is not too in-your-face and is only noticeable if you
choose to look for it. Colin Zavitz |
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