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(aka "The Bitter Stems")
Directed by Fernando Ayala
Argentina 1956
Alfredo Gasper, a dissatisfied Buenos Aires newspaperman (Carlos Cores),
partners with Paar Liudas, a clever Hungarian refugee (Vassili Lambrinos) who
needs money to bring his family from Argentina. Together they create a bogus
correspondence school, exploiting the hopes of would-be journalists. As their
scheme succeeds beyond their wildest dreams, a mystery woman from Liudas’ past
sparks Gasper’s suspicion: his charming colleague may be playing him for a
sucker. Soon Gasper finds himself plotting the perfect crime – but fate has many
twists in store. *** A washed up reporter teams up with an immigrant from Hungary to start a fake journalism by correspondence school. |
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Theatrical Release: June 21st, 1956
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Runtime | 1:32:58.781 | |
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1. 33:1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 23,833,684,576 bytesFeature: 20,424,653,184 bytes Video Bitrate: 26.99 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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DTS-HD Master
Audio Spanish 614 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 614 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 1.0 / 48
kHz / 192 kbps / 24-bit) Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps |
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Subtitles | English, None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Flicker Alley
1. 33:1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 23,833,684,576 bytesFeature: 20,424,653,184 bytes Video Bitrate: 26.99 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • Audio commentary track by author and film historian Imogen Sara Smith • Introduction by author, film historian, and “noirchaelogist” Eddie Muller (6:39) • A newly recorded conversation with Argentine film archivist and historian Fernando Martín Peña (11:32) • Profile of legendary composer Astor Piazzolla by author and film historian Steven C. Smith (17:19) Souvenir booklet featuring rare photos, posters, etc., with an essay by María Elena de las Carreras Second disc DVD
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On their
Blu-ray,
Flicker Alley use a DTS-HD Master mono track (24-bit) in the
original Spanish language. The Bitter Stems
has some aggression that is mostly cloaked by the wonderful score by
Astor Piazzolla (Happy
Together,
Le pont du Nord), fusing jazz and classical music - sounding
slightly compromised - the soundtrack remained lost so the restoration
utilized the track from the director's 16mm print. Flicker Alley offer
optional English subtitles on their Region FREE
Blu-ray.
The Flicker Alley
Blu-ray
Fernando Ayala's The Bitter Stems
is a brilliant noir. American Cinematographer magazine named it
one of the “50 Best Photographed Films of All-Time” and it was
voted as one of "The 100 Greatest Films of Argentine Cinema". So
a 35mm negative of The Bitter Stems
was rediscovered (it turned up in a private collection in 2014) and a
big thank you to Flicker Alley and the diligent efforts of the Film Noir
Foundation for bringing it to Blu-ray |
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