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Bad Lieutenant(1992)
A nameless New York cop is hopelessly addicted to drugs, gambling and sex. As he makes his way to various crime scenes, he is concerned only with taking bets from his fellow cops on the outcome of the ongoing National League playoffs. As his bad decisions drive him deeper into debt, his life becomes a surreal hell, with a constant intake of crack, coke, heroin and booze eroding what remains of his sanity. An investigation into the rape of a nun leads to his spiritual breakdown at the church crime scene, where he sees Jesus and the road to his salvation. For more about Bad Lieutenant and the Bad Lieutenant Blu-ray release, see the Bad Lieutenant Blu-ray Review published by Jeffrey Kauffman on September 2, 2010 where this Blu-ray release scored 3.5 out of 5. Starring: Harvey Keitel, Frankie Thorn, Zoe Tamerlis, Anthony Ruggiero, Victoria Bastel, Eddie Daniels Director: Abel Ferrara » See full cast & crew Bad Lieutenant Blu-ray, Video QualityBad Lieutenant was made on a relatively paltry budget, and it shows. Though the film here receives a solid enough AVC encoded 1080p transfer (in 1.78:1), there's only so much that can be done with these source elements. There's a soft, grainy quality to a lot of this film, with low contrast in the dimly lit shots which can blanch a lot of color from the image. In fact, while color is at least acceptable, it's nowhere near the saturation levels that a lot of Blu-ray lovers have come, rightly or wrongly, to expect from the bulk of releases. Daytime outdoor shots, or the occasional brightly lit interior scenes, fare best here, especially in close-ups which can reveal a wealth of detail a be acceptably sharp. Overall, though, this film almost has the look of a 1970s indie feature, intentionally fuzzy and grainy in that faux-verité style that was deliberately anti-Hollywood glitz and sheen. Taken on those terms, then, this Blu-ray certainly recreates the original film look quite well. It's just not a polished, pristine look by any means. There's also some pretty jagged telecine wobble throughout the opening credits and even into the first establishing shot outside Keitel's character's home. After that initial wobbliness, things settle down. Bad Lieutenant Blu-ray, Audio QualityThough we get a lossless audio mix here, there's probably rightly no attempt to tart up the original soundtrack with a fake sounding surround option, and so we're instead given a perfectly serviceable DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 track. This is a resolutely front heavy mix in a film that's largely dialogue driven anyway, so there's little if any need for overt directionality. The film probably could have benefited (back in the day of its release) with a little multichannel separation at least in the ambient city scenes, but actually the claustrophobic, closeknit approach of this narrower soundfield helps to support the film's disturbing emotional tone. There's fairly good dynamic range here, especially when violence (as in the nun's attack) erupts unexpectedly from an otherwise quiet moment. Virtually no source music is utilized in Bad Lieutenant, but overall the balance between dialogue and ambient noise is natural sounding and quite effective.
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