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Directed by Carl Franklin
USA 1995
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), writer-director Carl Franklin’s moody, neo-noir adaptation of Walter Mosley’s acclaimed novel, stars the superb Denzel Washington as Easy Rawlins, a laid-off factory worker-turned-private investigator in post-World War II Los Angeles. Easy finds himself in a world of trouble after accepting an apparently simple assignment: find a missing white woman (Jennifer Beals) apparently hiding out in the black juke joints along L.A.’s Central Avenue. Pretty soon, as Easy uncovers a tar pit of corruption, people are turning up dead. The terrific supporting cast includes Tom Sizemore, Don Cheadle (in a career-making performance), Maury Chaykin, Terry Kinney, and Albert Hall. *** Recently fired and desperate to keep up the payments on his beloved home, WWII veteran Easy Rawlins (Washington) is offered a job by the shady Dewitt Albright (Sizemore): to discover the whereabouts of one Daphne Monet (Beals), a politician's fiancée scandalously rumoured to hang out in black bars. Assured that there's nothing illegal involved, Easy accepts. Pretty soon, however, he finds himself suspected of murdering a friend's girl (Carson) and under threat from both the cops and Albright's thuggish henchmen. Reluctantly, he puts in a call to Mouse (Cheadle), an old friend from his native Texas - reluctantly, because while Mouse has guts and loyalty to spare, he's also a volatile psychopath. Franklin's follow-up to One False Move is an impressively complex, polished and intelligent adaptation of Walter Mosley's thriller. It not only shows us an immaculately recreated world hitherto ignored by the movies (the black neighbourhoods of late '40s LA), but locates race, alongside more familiar elements like money and power, as a central motivating force for the various characters' actions. Mercifully, however, Franklin never preaches but allows the racial theme to emerge naturally from story and situation. Everything - the performances, Tak Fujimoto's elegant camerawork, the jazz and blues soundtrack, the snappy script - slots neatly into his overall design. Sheer pleasure. Excerpt from Timeout located HERE |
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Theatrical Release: September 16th, 1995 (Toronto International Film Festival)
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Distribution | Twilight Time - Region FREE - Blu-ray | Indicator - Region 'B' - Blu-ray |
Runtime | 1:41:17.905 | 1:41:18.197 |
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1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 30,561,451,516 bytesFeature: 28,941,096,960 bytes Video Bitrate: 24.99 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 36,534,755,484 bytesFeature: 34,145,160,768 bytes Video Bitrate: 36.83 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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DTS-HD Master
Audio English 3581 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3581 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 /
48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit) |
DTS-HD Master Audio English 3385 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3385 kbps / 24-bit (DTS
Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 768 kbps / 24-bit) Dolby
Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps |
Subtitles | English (SDH), None | English (SDH), None |
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Release Information: Studio: Twilight Time
1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 30,561,451,516 bytesFeature: 28,941,096,960 bytes Video Bitrate: 24.99 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • Audio Commentary with Writer-Director Carl Franklin • Isolated Score Track • Don Cheadle Screen Test (14:51) • Original Theatrical Trailer (2:30) • Liner notes by Julie Kirgo Limited to 3,000 Copies!
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Release Information: Studio: Indicator
1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 36,534,755,484 bytesFeature: 34,145,160,768 bytes Video Bitrate: 36.83 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • Audio commentary with writer and director Carl Franklin (2005)• Dancing with the Devil (2018): archival interview with Franklin, conducted by the Film Noir Foundation's Eddie Muller at a Noir City screening of Devil in a Blue Dress (22:14) • Don Cheadle Screen Test (1994): videotape footage of the actor auditioning for the role of Mouse, with introduction by Franklin (15:01) • Original theatrical trailer (2:27) • Image gallery: promotional and publicity materials • New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing • Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Keith Harris, an archival interview with Carl Franklin from Positif magazine, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits • UK premiere on Blu-ray • Limited edition of 3,000 copies
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On their
Blu-ray,
Indicator advance with more robust options for a DTS-HD Master 5.1
surround track or a linear PCM 2.0 channel track (24-bit) option in the
original English language. There are aggressive effects including
punctuating gunfire that separate tightly - with a wonderful jazzy score
(listen for T-Bone Walker, Jimmy Witherspoon, Duke Ellington, Pee Wee
Crayton, Bull Moose Jackson, Thelonious Monk and more) by the iconic
Elmer Bernstein's (From
the Terrace, The
Hallelujah Trail,
The
Grifters, Birdman
of Alcatraz,
Love With the Proper Stranger,
The Bride at Remagen,
The Comancheros,
The World of Henry Orient,
Kings of the Sun,
Hud,
To Kill a Mockingbird,
Summer and Smoke)
score gains benefit from the uncompressed transfer and adds
significantly to the film experience. Like Twilight Time, Indicator
offer optional English (SDH) subtitles. There disc, however, is a Region
'B'-locked
Blu-ray.
The Indicator
Blu-ray
Devil in a Blue Dress is a well above
average
neo-noir mystery/thriller. I loved it - such great art-direction
capturing the period and smokey aura. Solid performances and a great
story. I wish there were more modern films like this - the new
Perry Mason series captures the same
L.A. Confidential vibe. The Indicator Blu-ray
nudges ahead with the max'ed out transfer, more robust audio, and
additional extras including the booklet. It's a film experience directly
appealing to those who crave more
Noir in their digital library - strongly recommended! |
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