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Bonnie and Clyde Blu-ray
Warner Bros. | 1967 | 111 mins | Rated R | Feb 02, 2010
Bonnie and Clyde(1967)Biography | Crime | Drama | Romance     Based on the true-life exploits of notorious Depression-era bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, Bonnie and Clyde is recognized as one of the most violent films to come out of mainstream Hollywood. Bonnie is bored with life and wants a change. She gets her chance when she meets a charming young drifter by the name of Clyde Barrow. Clyde has dreams of a life of crime that will free him from the hardships of the Depression. The two fall in love and begin a crime spree that extends from Oklahoma to Texas. They rob small banks with skill and panache, soon becoming minor celebrities known across the country. People are proud to have been held up by Bonnie and Clyde; to their victims, the duo is doing what nobody else has the guts to do. To the law, the two are evil bank robbers who deserve to be gunned down where they stand. For more details about Bonnie and Clyde on Blu-ray, see the Bonnie and Clyde Blu-ray Review Starring: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons Director: Arthur Penn Bonnie and Clyde Blu-ray, Video Quality  This is the same disc that Warner Bros released back in March of 2008, with the same 1080p/VC- 1 encode, but since the studio did such an excellent job the first time around, no remastering is required. Bonnie and Clyde has been lovingly restored with minimal tweaking and filtering, and brought to Blu-ray with excellent-for-its-age clarity. Sure, when compared to more modern productions, the image is softer and less resolute, but this high-definition transfer presents a tremendous upgrade from previous DVD releases of the film, with finer detail and better definition throughout. The film’s dusty, southwestern Technicolor palette benefits as well, with warm and sumptuous skin tones, rich browns, weathered greens, soft blue skies, and Bonnie’s luscious red lips. Black levels plumb the depths, shadow delineation is trouble-free, and contrast is tight but natural, giving the image a strong sense of presence. You may wonder why the picnic scene with Bonnie’s mother looks so hazy and indistinct compared to the rest of the film, but this is because cinematographer Burnett Guffrey placed a mesh screen over the lens after director Arthur Penn requested he make the sequence look dreamy and diffused. Purists will happy to note that the film’s grain structure is intact, and the print has been cleaned up wonderfully, with only the occasional white speck, and no tears, stains, or hairs. Likewise, the transfer is technically sound, and free of any over compression-related foul-ups. Bonnie and Clyde Blu-ray, Audio Quality  While the film’s transfer is solid, I do wish that Warner had re-pressed this disc with a lossless audio track. Just because the film was originally mixed in mono doesn’t mean it wouldn’t benefit from high definition audio. I am glad, however, that the studio didn’t feel obliged to somehow separate the monaural audio elements into a forced 5.1 mix. So, I’m definitely somewhat ambivalent about the film’s Dolby Digital 1.0 track. On one hand, it sounds true to source—dialogue is crisp and free of muffling or dropouts, the sound effects are expectedly dated but completely suitable, and the twangy banjo music, while a little brash and treble-heavy at times, has more than amble presence. On the other hand, I would love to hear what the film would sound like if Warner paid just as much attention to the audio as they did to the visuals. Still, even though it’s lossy, this Dolby Digital track shouldn’t detract from anyone’s enjoyment of the film. Bonnie and Clyde Blu-ray, News and Updates• Bonnie and Clyde Get Non-Digibook Release - November 6, 2009 Warner Home Video has announced that they will re-release 'Bonnie and Clyde' for Blu-ray on February 2nd in standard Blu-ray packaging. The original release was the first Warner title to be released in DigiBook packaging, though not the first Digibook title to ... Bonnie and Clyde Blu-ray, Forum Discussions
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