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| Porcile |
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Genre:Drama
Reviewed In Issue 11 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Pierre Clementi, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Alberto Lionello, Ugo Tognazzi. |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Image Entertainment |
| (Catalog Number): |
ID2819Wb |
| (MPAA Rating): |
Not Rated |
| (Retail Price): |
$$49.99 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
99 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
No |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1969 |
| (LD Release Date): |
8/1/94 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Benedetto Ghiglia |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
NA |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Nino Baragli |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
NA |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Gian Vittorio Baldi |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.75:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.75:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Mono Sound |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Optical Mono |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
| (Additional Languages): |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Porcile (Pigsty) is presented as a cultural initiative for the recovery, restoration and multimedia dissemination of the complete cinema works of Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Cinema Of Poetry. A surreal abstract and bizarre symbolic critical attack on the middle classes of the 20th century, Porcile de-picts scenes of a cannibal in a medieval wasteland interwoven with images of modern-day Germany and the son of an ex-Nazi industrialist who, rather than attracted to his fiancée, has a loathing attraction to pigs. Both characters became suffocating victims of their own demeaning societies—a fascinating yet revolting satire, an exquisite cult phenomena and a twisted turn into the talents of cinema conceived and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture quality is extremely poor, marred by noise and artifacts, color distortion, unnatural fleshtones and a lack of de-tail. The element appears to be a poor, severely damaged print. The aspect ratio continuously jumps from 1.75:1 to 1.63:1 creating an annoying weave effect throughout.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The monaural soundtrack is inflicted with hum, noise, and scratches and thus, is just presentable for historical value.
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
No |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
| (Aggressive 0.1 LFE): |
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| (Holosonic Soundfield): |
No |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
No |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality: |
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Superb Music Score Recording Quality: |
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Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
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Superb Color Fidelity: |
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Superb Cinematography: |
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Reference LaserDisc: |
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