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Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom comparison *PIX*
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Holeee craaap!
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Who is the f****** r***** that approved this? Anyone?
Come on there has got to be a rational, logical explanation to this umm, errr, hmmm I don't really know how to describe this transfer.
Ok so we have DNR or a mutant version of it. We have EE or halos or ringing or edging or "Wonder Twin powers activate! Form force fields!" We still have that oh so annoying dust and hair that pops out once in a while in the bottom of the frame. The Criterion DVD has it. This blu-ray still has it. Funny how they manage not to DNR that
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Let's get serious here. There are a lot of classic cinema - Translation: movies only A/V people or filmlovers have heard about - out there that will eventually get remastered for high definition release. Its very important that these companies must take the priority of preserving the look and style of the film. Even Criterion is not immune to this (see other *PIX* threads. Not DNR but EE and questionable AR). DNR must be used only when its absolutely necessary and when you do for f*** sake don't dial it to 11!
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Who is the f****** r***** that approved this? Anyone?
Come on there has got to be a rational, logical explanation to this umm, errr, hmmm I don't really know how to describe this transfer.
Ok so we have DNR or a mutant version of it. We have EE or halos or ringing or edging or "Wonder Twin powers activate! Form force fields!" We still have that oh so annoying dust and hair that pops out once in a while in the bottom of the frame. The Criterion DVD has it. This blu-ray still has it. Funny how they manage not to DNR that
Let's get serious here. There are a lot of classic cinema - Translation: movies only A/V people or filmlovers have heard about - out there that will eventually get remastered for high definition release. Its very important that these companies must take the priority of preserving the look and style of the film. Even Criterion is not immune to this (see other *PIX* threads. Not DNR but EE and questionable AR). DNR must be used only when its absolutely necessary and when you do for f*** sake don't dial it to 11!
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DVD Criterion Collection
Blu-ray File size: 19.50 GB
Bitrate: 20.22 mbps
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Blu-ray File size: 19.50 GB
Bitrate: 20.22 mbps
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I know this is off topic, so mods delete if you wish...
but, I bought this film on DVD during dvdplanets 25 percent sale...
it was the only dvd I've ever sold.
I became a first time craigslist seller.
Thankfully I was able to get as much for it as I paid.
It was wrong.
Perhaps you need to be a scholar to find the joy of watching children sodomized and forced to eat crap...
but, I bought this film on DVD during dvdplanets 25 percent sale...
it was the only dvd I've ever sold.
I became a first time craigslist seller.
Thankfully I was able to get as much for it as I paid.
It was wrong.
Perhaps you need to be a scholar to find the joy of watching children sodomized and forced to eat crap...
You might have gotten "screwed," depending on when you sold it. If ti was the criterion version, a few years ago, during the several years when this had been discontinued and extremely rare, you could have easily gotten some 100 bucks for it.
as for the film; it is not that one expects to find joy in the imagery. quite the opposite.
art seeks to extract emotional responses from the viewer. One would hope that there is not one single repeated response that all art attempts to achieve
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You might have gotten "screwed," depending on when you sold it. If ti was the criterion version, a few years ago, during the several years when this had been discontinued and extremely rare, you could have easily gotten some 100 bucks for it.
as for the film; it is not that one expects to find joy in the imagery. quite the opposite.
art seeks to extract emotional responses from the viewer. One would hope that there is not one single repeated response that all art attempts to achieve
Personally, I don't think that the film managed to convey the true reality of its subject. All of the victims seemed over willing, the acting was poor. I would like to see a remake, but with acceptable boundaries, however focusing on the actual torment, and breaking of the victims. Hopefully with some sort of objective, where perhaps a strong person cannot be broken, and gains revenge on the participants. Sort of Salo, combined with Hard Candy.
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You might have gotten "screwed," depending on when you sold it. If ti was the criterion version, a few years ago, during the several years when this had been discontinued and extremely rare, you could have easily gotten some 100 bucks for it.
as for the film; it is not that one expects to find joy in the imagery. quite the opposite.
art seeks to extract emotional responses from the viewer. One would hope that there is not one single repeated response that all art attempts to achieve![]()
Personally, I don't think that the film managed to convey the true reality of its subject. All of the victims seemed over willing, the acting was poor. I would like to see a remake, but with acceptable boundaries, however focusing on the actual torment, and breaking of the victims. Hopefully with some sort of objective, where perhaps a strong person cannot be broken, and gains revenge on the participants. Sort of Salo, combined with Hard Candy.
Have to strongly disagree.
Salo was not made for the torture porn and revenge flick crowd. It's a deep misunderstanding if you think the film needs improvement in that direction. And that's why the film is after 30 years still as disturbing and powerful as ever, although it was made before all the 'progress' in splatter sfx and dehumanisation of the audience happened.
Have to strongly disagree.
Salo was not made for the torture porn and revenge flick crowd. It's a deep misunderstanding if you think the film needs improvement in that direction. And that's why the film is after 30 years still as disturbing and powerful as ever, although it was made before all the 'progress' in splatter sfx and dehumanisation of the audience happened.
Actually, it looks the opposite to me, it looks too porn, and not disturbing enough. People just do as they are told, and most of it is just silly. It makes it look like anyone could just do these things, and not have a struggle on their hands, which is scary if anyone did think it was this easy.
Actually, it looks the opposite to me, it looks too porn, and not disturbing enough. People just do as they are told, and most of it is just silly. It makes it look like anyone could just do these things, and not have a struggle on their hands, which is scary if anyone did think it was this easy.
The film was an allegory for fascism and the abuse of absolute power, so the victims being "unable" to defend themselves served a purpose. It's also strenuously accurate to the lengthy writings of de Sade, in which he often didn't write characters so much as he did these personifications of vice and the victims that satisfied them. (There's some neat psychology hiding in that pretensions wank material, though.)
Looking forward to these getting updated. I know the Blu-ray is crap already, but I'm curious if the Criterion DVD is much worse...
Edit: Nobody else is seeing screencaps yet, right...?
Looking forward to these getting updated. I know the Blu-ray is crap already, but I'm curious if the Criterion DVD is much worse...
Edit: Nobody else is seeing screencaps yet, right...?
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For those wondering just what the hell what happened here, it's worth reading the Blu-ray.com thread on the subject, which has some good info amongst the disgusting apologetics for what might go down in history as the Worst HD Transfer Ever. Of particular note is Torsten Kaiser's post, which details the provenance of the master and specific mistakes made along the way -- apparently they didn't even have the telecine equipment configured correctly!
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Um, wow, can't believe I am going to say this, but going by those screenshots I think I actually like the look of the DVD better.
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