The Man Who Fell To Earth (Blu-ray Review)
December 1st, 2008 Blu-ray-au Posted in Blu-ray Movie Reviews | Comments Off
The Man Who Fell To Earth (Blu-ray Review)
A complex, stylish, and uncharacteristically beautiful film about a lonely alien roaming the Earth Nicolas Roeg?s ?The Man Who Fell To Earth? launched David Bowie?s acting career. In 1976 it was also nominated for Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. Courtesy of Criterion.
Thomas Newton (David Bowie), an alien from another dimension, has arrived on Earth to seek water supply for his dying planet. Looking and talking like a normal human being, he quickly amasse…
Video
Presented in its original aspect ratio of 2.35:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC, and granted a 1080p transfer Nicolas Roeg?s The Man Who Fell to Earth arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion.
If you love this film, I am certain you must have gone through a fair share of different SDVD editions. The old Anchor Bay disc, the initial Criterion release, the rerelease, perhaps even the UK disc, all of these were considered a good buy at a certain point during DVD?s boom. As one of …
Audio
The Man Who Fell To Earth arrives on Blu-ray with an English uncompressed stereo track. The clarity of sound here is exceptional. The dialog in particular is crystal clear and very easy to follow. One could easily tell that serious restoration work has been done as the audio quality is hardly something I would describe as ?typical? for a 32-year old film. This being said, the lovely music score is also very strong and perfectly blended with the dialog. Those of you who have seen The Ma…
Supplements
Before we get to the extras on the Blu-ray disc, I would like to point your attention to the lovely booklet Criterion have provided for this release. In it you will find an informative essay by Graham Fuller (a New York-based film critic who contributes to Film Comment, Sight & Sound, and Vanity Fair) titled ?Loving The Alien?. The essay offers a lovely analysis of The Man Who Fell To Earth and explains some of the challenges Nicolas Roeg?s work might present to viewe…
Final Words
The Man Who Fell To Earth is another definitive presentation of a cult classic that will surely impress plenty of serious film aficionados. What else could I say, Criterion deliver yet again! At this point, I believe, the only dilemma with the US-based distribs is how often and what titles we will be seeing on Blu-ray. I personally cannot wait to see Antonioni, Fellini, Truffaut, Godard, and Tarkovsky given the type of attention I?ve witnessed with Criterion?s first batch of Blu-ray discs……
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