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| Let’s Talk About Sex |
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Genre:Comedy
Reviewed In Issue 32 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Troy Beyer, Paget Brewster, Joseph C. Phillips, Randi Ingerman |
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| Supplementals |
| The theatrical trailer is included. |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
New Line Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
ID5112LI |
| (MPAA Rating): |
R |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.99 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
86 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
Yes |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1998 |
| (LD Release Date): |
3/99 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Troy Beyer |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Troy Beyer |
| (Story): |
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| (Music): |
Jon Carpenter |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Joe Warson |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Eric L. Beason & Bill Henry |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Susan Ainsworth |
| (Co-Producers): |
Sara King |
| (Producers): |
Deborah Ridpath |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Academy Standard Flat |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
1.85:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Dolby Surround |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Dolby Stereo SR |
| (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:
Let’s Talk About Sex stars writer-director Troy Beyer as a Miami advice columnist who is caught up in getting a TV talk show idea off the ground, but at the same time, is looking to enhance her love life as well. She enlists the help of her best friends Michelle (Paget Brewster) and Lena (Randi Ingerman) and the three spend a lot of time discussing dating and mating in the ‘90s.
LaserDisc Picture:
Camerawork is jumpy and has an intentional documentary appearance, as does the entire film in terms of color balance and sharpness. Color fidelity is always inconsistent, with a dark character throughout. Contrast and shadow delineation are inconsistent, but often completely lacking detail and definition. The picture, matted at 1.85:1, exhibits sometimes distracting noise, but there are few artifacts.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
This is a low budget soundtrack encoded in Dolby® Surround. Dialogue is mono directed with a documentary style. Music is interspersed, but even then the fidelity sounds muffled and bottled-up. Surround is, at times, aggressive during music sequences. Bass is as well at times, deep and powerful when associated with the techno music score. Overall, this soundtrack is mediocre, but serves the subject.
| (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: |
No |
Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
No |
Superb Color Fidelity: |
No |
Superb Cinematography: |
- |
Reference LaserDisc: |
No |
Collector Edition: |
No |
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