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| Repulsion |
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Genre:Thriller
Reviewed In Issue 13 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Patrick Wymark & Yvonne Furneaux |
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| Supplementals |
| The Criterion treatment features a fascinating commentary by director Polanski and actress Deneuve on the right analog channel. There is also a video interview with Polanski and three of his short films presented in the supplemental section. |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Criterion Collection |
| (Catalog Number): |
CC1387L-235 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
Not Rated |
| (Retail Price): |
$$99.95 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
104 |
| (Color Type): |
Black & White |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1965 |
| (LD Release Date): |
11/1/94 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Roman Polanski |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Roman Polanski & Gerard Brach |
| (Story): |
David Stone (Adaptation) |
| (Music): |
Chico Hamilton |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Seamus Flannery |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Alastair McIntyre |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
NA |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Gene Gutowski |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.75:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.72:1 |
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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 |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Repulsion is Roman Polanski’s 1965 Hitchcock-like thriller that follows a pretty, young manicurist into the depths of psycho-sexual madness. This beautiful schizophrenic is played by Catherine Deneuve in the best role of her career. Polanski creates an unbelievably high level of tension as we watch this woman, tormented by sensuality and driven to murder, mentally disintegrate before our eyes. This film is visually very powerful but definitely not for the sqeemish.
LaserDisc Picture:
The film was transferred from a 35mm fine-grain master print and the original negative and has been matted at 1.72:1. While artifacts are apparent throughout the black and white picture, images are sharp and detailed with good grayscale contrast and shadow detail.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The soundtrack was mastered from a three-track magnetic mono master.
| (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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