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| Live Flesh |
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Genre:Drama
Reviewed In Issue 31 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Javier Bardem, Francesca Neri, Liberto Rabal, Angela Molina & Jose Sancho |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
Orion Home Video |
| (Catalog Number): |
ID45820R |
| (MPAA Rating): |
R |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
101 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1997 |
| (LD Release Date): |
8/98 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Pedro Almodovar |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Pedro Almodovar |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Alberto Iglesias |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Antxon Gomez |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Jose Salcedo |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
Agustin Almodovar |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Esther Garcia |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Panavision |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
2.40:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
2.30:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Dolby Surround |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Dolby Digital |
| (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:
Live Flesh is a steamy, seductive tale of guilt and revenge based on the novel by Ruth Rendell. Through an unfortunate chain of events, Victor (Liberto Rabal) serves six years in prison for shooting a police officer (Javier Bardem). During his incarceration, he concocts an involved plan to exact revenge on the woman who rejected him and the police officer who hid the truth about the shooting. Includes theatrical trailer.
LaserDisc Picture:
The picture, framed at 2.30:1, is slightly oversaturated and plugged up with unnaturally yellowish-orange hues and deep undefined blacks. Images are generally sharp, but are often hazy and lack fine detail and definition. Contrast and shadow delineation are mediocre and wanting in greater resolution in the darkest scenes. Noise and minor artifacts are apparent throughout. Subtitles cannot be read on widescreen displays.
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The Dolby® Surround matrix soundtrack is satisfying. The music is at times superb and very well recorded. The soundstage image is wide and deep and wraps into the surround channel. Dialogue generally sounds natural, though often wanting in spatial integration. Surround envelopment is at times aggressive but mostly effectively subtle.
| (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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