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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
Like my review of Blue Undergrounds Inferno, this also is the one to go for. Like the other reviewer said, this is Deep Red like you've really never seen before. Transfer-10/10. Audio- 10/10. Extras- 7/10. Highly recommended release, Blue Underground really do surpass Arrow video with their top notch transfers of original prints. They seem more natural, and less compressed. Arrow have the potential, but seem to be drawing consumers in with pointless extras, reversible sleeves, nice white and big packaging, but to be honest, it's all getting rather old now and what we really want is a great transfer from the original print in the right aspect ratio (which Arrow messed up on with Bird with a Crystal Plummage, which was the fault of the cinematographer) with sufficient extras.
Blue Underground seem to go for quality over quantity, If Arrow did both, on this side of the pond we would be lucky to outdo releases in the U.S. Sadly, that's not the case.
Buy this version, even if you already have the Arrow version (depending on how much you like the film, I happen to have both), you won't be disappointed.
Blue Underground seem to go for quality over quantity, If Arrow did both, on this side of the pond we would be lucky to outdo releases in the U.S. Sadly, that's not the case.
Buy this version, even if you already have the Arrow version (depending on how much you like the film, I happen to have both), you won't be disappointed.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
finally deep red like you've never seen .. excellent version of BLUE UNDERGROUND, clearly superior to the ARROW ... the masterpiece of DARIO ARGENTO finally available in HD ... I recommend the purchase to anyone who loves the cinema at 360 ° .. ... absolute masterpiece ......
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36 of 42 people found the following review helpful
Ignore "Satisfied Reader"
10 May 2011
Format:DVD
This is not, as "Satisfied Reader" claims, a censored version of Argento's masterwork "Deep Reed". It is the uncensored "long" English language version of the film, cut by Argento himself for the film's American release. Gone are all the hideously draggy comedy scenes between David Hemmings and Daria Nicolodi that bog down the 126 minute Italian version, still present is all the lovely viscera that made the rosso so profondo to begin with. This is the definitive version of the film, perfectly paced, no fat. It is not "censored", and for what it's worth, Argento has stated that this is his preferred cut of the film.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Another great Blue Underground Bluray
26 May 2011
Format:Blu-ray|Amazon Verified Purchase
After reading a few negative reviews of this release, I'm just throwing my two cents in. I should point out that I'm a huge Argento fan (one of my all time favorite directors) and that unlike some people I've been very pleased with every single Argento-Blue Underground release.
First off, I've watched both versions of the film on this bluray disk, the picture quality is very good. I was slightly disappointed that it didn't make a major leap forward from the old DVDs like I experienced when first watching the blurays of Stendhal Syndrome or Inferno, but I pulled out my old Anchor Bay DVD (the one mentioned by the other reviewer) and watched the first 10 minutes of the DVD vs the Bluray back to back and the bluray is substantially better picture quality wise(don't get me wrong the PQ is very good on this release just with some of the others it felt like I was seeing the film for the first time).
Next since I've seen the uncut Italian version countless times, I was looking forward to finally seeing a quality release of the Uncut English version. I can confirm that as best as I can tell all the gore in intact. The things which seem to be cut are some of the Hemmings pianist scenes. I can see how people feel either way on this, it does make the pacing of the film slightly faster, but I think it you lose some character development. After seeing this, personally I still prefer the 126 minute version.
As for the dvd having only the uncut english version, as someone else pointed out Blue Underground a couple of years ago released the Uncut Italian version already on DVD. Just get the other edition, or move up to the bluray.
Having seen the Italian version many times, I was pretty excited to get to watch it with full Italian audio and English subs. I may be mistaken but I don't remember this being present on the Anchor Bay DVD, if memory serves me correctly only a few parts in old Italian version had subs. Watching the entire film in Italian did give a slightly different feel to it, which I quite liked (I realize that Hemmings was speaking English and was dubbed into Italian).
The most disappointing part to me (as another reviewer mentioned) are the extras, the two Goblin videos weren't very interesting and I've already seen the very short Argento interview. I'm not too disappointed though, because I'd gladly take two versions of the film over any sort of extras. Overall I'm very pleased with this version from Blue Underground and look forward to more of their Argento releases.
First off, I've watched both versions of the film on this bluray disk, the picture quality is very good. I was slightly disappointed that it didn't make a major leap forward from the old DVDs like I experienced when first watching the blurays of Stendhal Syndrome or Inferno, but I pulled out my old Anchor Bay DVD (the one mentioned by the other reviewer) and watched the first 10 minutes of the DVD vs the Bluray back to back and the bluray is substantially better picture quality wise(don't get me wrong the PQ is very good on this release just with some of the others it felt like I was seeing the film for the first time).
Next since I've seen the uncut Italian version countless times, I was looking forward to finally seeing a quality release of the Uncut English version. I can confirm that as best as I can tell all the gore in intact. The things which seem to be cut are some of the Hemmings pianist scenes. I can see how people feel either way on this, it does make the pacing of the film slightly faster, but I think it you lose some character development. After seeing this, personally I still prefer the 126 minute version.
As for the dvd having only the uncut english version, as someone else pointed out Blue Underground a couple of years ago released the Uncut Italian version already on DVD. Just get the other edition, or move up to the bluray.
Having seen the Italian version many times, I was pretty excited to get to watch it with full Italian audio and English subs. I may be mistaken but I don't remember this being present on the Anchor Bay DVD, if memory serves me correctly only a few parts in old Italian version had subs. Watching the entire film in Italian did give a slightly different feel to it, which I quite liked (I realize that Hemmings was speaking English and was dubbed into Italian).
The most disappointing part to me (as another reviewer mentioned) are the extras, the two Goblin videos weren't very interesting and I've already seen the very short Argento interview. I'm not too disappointed though, because I'd gladly take two versions of the film over any sort of extras. Overall I'm very pleased with this version from Blue Underground and look forward to more of their Argento releases.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Note: "Uncensored" does not mean "uncut." Buy Anchor Bay's instead.
1 Nov 2011
Format:DVD
TO AVOID CONFUSION: This review concerns the 2011 DVD release, not the Blu-Ray.
But confusion is inevitable here: why, in 2011, would a publisher choose to release one of an iconic director's most influential films with twenty minutes missing? Ignore that misleading "Uncensored English version!" tagline; yes, the gore's intact - but the story ain't. Scenes AWOL off the top of my head:
- Marcus's piano classes;
- parts of Marcus's interviews with the police, where he's nervously defending his supposedly effeminate profession;
- Gianna's confession of how her confident exterior hides a nervous loneliness, and much of her screen time in general;
- the explanation as to the presence of the children's song that precedes each murder;
- oh, and you know that message that one of the victims leaves about the killer's identity? Blue Underground's commitment to English or bust meant they decided to leave it untranslated & unsubtitled. Too bad for you if you don't speak Italian!
A watchful eye might note that most of the scenes cut concern the movie's theme of how those who don't fit neatly into their assigned gender roles feel lost and insecure in society. It's almost as if someone were gutting the film's ideas in an attempt to make it just a slick and streamlined thriller, to get an Argento film to make narrative _sense,_ and HA HA HA HA HA good luck with that, buddy. 10,000 suspiciously-similar reviews state that the edit is dandy and that the movie never _needed_ those extra scenes, anyway, but - well, why didn't they just include BOTH versions and let us decide for ourselves?
Now, the transfer of what movie survived _looks_ just great, as is most evident in the lush red of the psychic interview that opens the plot. The DVD contains a few extras, nothing exciting - a couple music videos from Goblin and prog rock group Daemonica (ho-hum, but points to Daemonica for the tribute effort), a short featurette with Argento carping about the usual insults of which artists perceive themselves victims (guess he can add new grievance on the pile).
I dunno; I just thought we were past all this, the idea that releasing movies in chopped-up edits is OK if they're made by foreign people with funny names. My compatriots insist that the gore's all that matters, but if that were true, we'd all just content ourselves with "Faces of Death Part 35," wouldn't we?
To sum up: pretty transfer; stupid editing decisions; not as good as the old Anchor Bay version, which you should buy instead.
But confusion is inevitable here: why, in 2011, would a publisher choose to release one of an iconic director's most influential films with twenty minutes missing? Ignore that misleading "Uncensored English version!" tagline; yes, the gore's intact - but the story ain't. Scenes AWOL off the top of my head:
- Marcus's piano classes;
- parts of Marcus's interviews with the police, where he's nervously defending his supposedly effeminate profession;
- Gianna's confession of how her confident exterior hides a nervous loneliness, and much of her screen time in general;
- the explanation as to the presence of the children's song that precedes each murder;
- oh, and you know that message that one of the victims leaves about the killer's identity? Blue Underground's commitment to English or bust meant they decided to leave it untranslated & unsubtitled. Too bad for you if you don't speak Italian!
A watchful eye might note that most of the scenes cut concern the movie's theme of how those who don't fit neatly into their assigned gender roles feel lost and insecure in society. It's almost as if someone were gutting the film's ideas in an attempt to make it just a slick and streamlined thriller, to get an Argento film to make narrative _sense,_ and HA HA HA HA HA good luck with that, buddy. 10,000 suspiciously-similar reviews state that the edit is dandy and that the movie never _needed_ those extra scenes, anyway, but - well, why didn't they just include BOTH versions and let us decide for ourselves?
Now, the transfer of what movie survived _looks_ just great, as is most evident in the lush red of the psychic interview that opens the plot. The DVD contains a few extras, nothing exciting - a couple music videos from Goblin and prog rock group Daemonica (ho-hum, but points to Daemonica for the tribute effort), a short featurette with Argento carping about the usual insults of which artists perceive themselves victims (guess he can add new grievance on the pile).
I dunno; I just thought we were past all this, the idea that releasing movies in chopped-up edits is OK if they're made by foreign people with funny names. My compatriots insist that the gore's all that matters, but if that were true, we'd all just content ourselves with "Faces of Death Part 35," wouldn't we?
To sum up: pretty transfer; stupid editing decisions; not as good as the old Anchor Bay version, which you should buy instead.
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