Film: Near-Perfect Transfer: Excellent Extras: Excellent Label: Twilight Time Region: All Released: October 14, 2014 Genre: War / Drama / Action Synopsis: Three journalists encounter brutality and murder during the Nicaraguan Civil War in 1979. Special Features: Audio Commentary #1: director Roger Spottiswoode, assistant editor Paul Seydor, photo journalist & film consultant Mathew Naythons, and film historian & producer […]
Underrated political thriller set in Cold War Berlin in which Sergeant Gallagher (Gene Hackman) is tasked with bringing a ‘package’ – delinquent soldier Boyette (Tommy Lee Jones) – back to the U.S. for a proper court-martial, only to discover a plot to assassinate the Soviet President…
In Post #2, I look at one of the gizmos designed to ensure maximum viewing pleasure from rented videotapes: the image stabilizer / aka video corrector / aka videotape stabilizer / that secret black box that could do a little bit more than advertised.
Soundtrack reviews of Ceiri Torjussen’s The Canal and Gary Numan’s From Inside (Lakeshore Records) + an Interview with sound engineer Richard Moore on Roy Budd’s Phantom of the Opera score.
It’s been a while since musique concrete has comprised the bulk of a score, but Ceiri Torjussen’s managed to apply the experimental technique of combining raw sounds with assorted instrument scratching, banging, grinding, and knocking to create a bizarre world where there is virtually no warmth, light, or moment of sanity…
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