VIDEO
I am short of superlatives to describe this transfer. Given that the source for this is
more than 60 years old (even as a restored version) this is nothing short of spectacular
and would be unmatched in many transfers of films less than half the age.
It is obvious that a great deal of effort has been put into making this transfer
perfect.
The images are not razor sharp by anymeans but are sharp enough to forgive any loss of
clarity. Shadow detail is not perfect but, is certainly better than a lot of other
transfers I ‘ve seen and i’m willing to overlook this as a fault again.
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The greatest attribute to this transfer is the colour palette. Bright and
realistic colours flood the screen and are a great achievement from technicolour. I
can’t say I’ve ever seen a techn icolour film that looked thid relistic. Skin
tones were warm and rich and the scenery and costuming colours are also spectacular, like
the rich colours in the gowns worn by Scarlett and the bright and warm sunsets.
There was only one instance of MPEG artefacting at 14.30, and there is ailiasing or
shimmering. There were few film artefacts and only one that was very noticeably a black
line at the beginning of the film and also a little wobble in the picture shortly before
that. After the first 5 minutes or so thogh the film transfer is absolutely magnificent!
The flipp off the disc comes at the end of intermission and is very well placed. We had
to expect a flipper for a film this long and of this good a quality.
Taking into consideration the age of this film this would seem like the impossible has
been achieved and I am delighted to have a copy of this on the shelf.
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AUDIO
The remastered Dolby 5.1 audio track was also great given the age of the
source material. Unfortunately the front soundstage wasn’t used as widely as i had
hoped and the film was generally based in the centre channel. Dialogue was generally clear
and easy to understand except for some of those beefy southern accents that were a little
ard to get your ears around at times.
The surround channels aren’y used as much as they
could have been but did give constant feeling to the score and backing up any sound
effects.
The bass channel was used a little more in sound effects and was thumping when it was
required.
The score from ........... is beautiful and a great achievement in any era of film.
Composing a score for 4 hours of film is a huge job and has been pulled of easily here.
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EXTRAS
Sadly not a thing
OVERALL
This is a must have in any home. The quality of the transfer initself is a reason to have
a copy. This is the kind of dvd I expect will become a family heirloom when dvd has become
extinct. I cannot praise this transfer and the film itself enough.
| PICTURE
QUALITY |
9.5/10 simply superb |
SOUND
- Quality
- 5.1 WOW Factor |
7/10 a little flat
6/10 kicks in when required |
| EXTRAS |
0/10 sob sob! |
| OVERALL |
9/10 spectacular! |
Review Equipment
TV: GE 68cm (16:9 selectable)
DVD: Samsung DVD909 (via S-Video)
Receiver: Yamaha DTS RX-V595a (Sweeeeet)
Speakers:-
Fronts: Wharfdale Diamond R6 (on a pair of custom made stands you'd KILL for)
Centre: Venturi
Rears: Sony bookshelf
- Reviewed 13th January 2001
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