Scarface (4k+Br)

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The DTS X sound was harder to hear, and I seem to find that to be a problem with most of these titles, as Dolby Atmos sounds more distinctive in the height channels - or these films right now are not using them to their fullest abilities yet. The only time that I heard them was in the detention camp where a helicopter flew overhead and in a shootout in the club and the finale. Other than that, DTS X was only used as a marketing thing to me.

Shot on film, Scarface has clearly also been cleaned up for its 4K bow, and whilst DNR has been implemented, and the grain layer likely therefore artificially replicated, there is a hell of a lot of underlying detail which wows in key scenes. Close-ups revel in the beads of sweat that often drip down the faces of many of the key characters, or lines, hair, wounds and clothing. The lavish sets are immaculately rendered, and there are some very pleasing textures on offer. It's not perfect, with that hazy noise-like grain layer giving a few of the mid-range shots a less than crystal clear impression, but it feels like the best they were going to do with the source material, and clearly a lot of time has been taken making this just right, which shows mostly in the application of HDR and WCG. NEW! Scarface: 35th Anniversary Reunion (2160p/SDR/27:06): A conversation with Director Brian De Palma and Actors Al during the shoot, Oliver Stone's script, possibilities for a remake, cast takeaways from the experience, and more. Fine film grain is apparent throughout - even when it could appear a bit noisy on the old Blu-ray, it's still apparent but more refined and less chunky looking without any signs of digital tampering. To that side, fine details have never looked better! Facial features, costuming, the Miami architecture - everything is on full display here. Maybe that's why I couldn't take my eyes off it this viewing? I felt like I was truly seeing everything better than before! As I said, there is still some softness here and there, but that's by design. That hotel room with the infamous chainsaw sequence has never looked grimier - and therefor - beautiful! Likewise, when Tony reaches his peak, that mountain of cocaine in front of him even offers up small granular details that I'd never noticed before.

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It was Pacino himself who started the ball rolling on this production, looking to remake the 1932 Chicago gangster thriller of the same name with director Sidney Lumet, who wanted to modernise the setting. Howeverit was only when De Palma came on board as director and hired Oliver Stone to pen the script that things really started heating up, fully realising the basic plot structure - which, in terms of the lead character, his best friend, his boss's girlfriend and his sister, remains intact, along with a variety of assassination attempts and the final siege - into a contemporary piece that seamlessly exchanged Chicago mobsters in the 20s for 80s Cuban refugees, centring on Pacino's immigrant thugTony Montana, who dramaticallyrises through the ranks of the Miami criminal underworld, leaving a bloody bodycount in his wake. After the 2011 Blu-ray release, things could only get better for Tony Montana with a native 4K UHD 2160p 2.35:1 transfer with HDR10 - and they have! Gone is the unsightly edge enhancement. Gone is the needless DNR in random sequences. Yes, some soft shots remain but they're baked in the bread and can't be improved. To that point - this is another gorgeous catalog transfer! While some were more forgiving of the 2011 release's issues, I wasn't a fan so I never pulled the trigger on it since I already had the DVD - which had its own issues. This 4K UHD Blu-ray puts those past releases to shame! On the UHD, a 27-minute Tribeca conversation with De Palma, Pfeiffer, and Pacino discusses the production. That’s new. Also, the 1932 Scarface finally makes the jump to Blu-ray after years of being included as a DVD only. Note there’s also a collector’s set with a replica statue –“The World is Ours” piece outside Montana’s office – and it’s made of solid plastic. There’s weight to it.

I just feel like buying these in the next-generation formats every time they come out wouldn't make sense, financially, for me...Michelle Pfeiffer, and Steven Bauer. From New York City's Beacon Theater, April 19th, 2018. Discussions include project origins, the film's violence and And why? Montana feels owed something, the promised American success he distorts to suit him. When that isn’t offered, when control is torn from Montana, and when violence takes those closest to him, the melee ensues. In that way, Scarface isn’t inherently critical toward immigration, so much as the empty political promises that boast about America’s ideal. The restoration goes a bit heavy on the grain at times, though, pushing it beyond the point where it feels like a completely natural by-product of the 35mm source. Yet at other times scenes look as if they’ve had the grain smoothed away. razor-sharp, naturally filmic, and beautifully colored viewing experience that far exceeds either the previously issued VC-1 Blu-ray or the remastered the VC-1 and remastered Blu-rays. The picture struggles with no major source of encode flaws, though a

disc. The picture maintains an organic grain structure; some may find it slightly dense but it's very handsome and complimentary to this While Universal has managed to inject quite a bit of extra dynamic range into the synth score, there’s seldom much bass to speak of. Except for when Tony gets out his little friend, anyway...

The use of HDR is fairly limited - according to the metadata reader on my Panasonic UB820 4K Blu-ray player, the maximum frame average brightness level is just 155 nits (though somewhere in there is a peak light level of 1000 nits). Some people claim that the film is too dark and that their equipment is calibrated correctly, well if that WERE the case, then you should see what I and others see in the picture quality! The HDR color spectrum is a major add that further enhances one's viewing experience. Colors are deeper and more accurate, more intense but never language, the picture in retrospect, the film's rating, performances and the physical demands thereof, the film's lasting legacy, Pacino's burn injury Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge.