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Southland Tales Blu-ray
Sony Pictures | 2006 | 144 mins | Rated R | Nov 18, 2008
Southland Tales(2006)Comedy | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller     'Southland Tales' is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar), an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner (Seann William Scott), a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. For more details about Southland Tales on Blu-ray, see the Southland Tales Blu-ray Review Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Curtis Armstrong, Joe Campana Director: Richard Kelly Southland Tales Blu-ray, Video Quality  Sony brings Southland Tales to Bluray in a 1080p/AVC encoding in a 2:40:1 aspect ratio which looks pretty good, but not spectacular. First, the print master appears in great shape with only a hint of specks found in darker portions of the picture. The encode is fairly sharp and clean, with well managed fine grain that really only shows itself during darker scenes. I saw some traces of edge enhancement, but you really have to look for it, it’s not that obvious. Colors are vivid and vibrant in some scenes, and subdued in others. Black levels are consistent, deep and inky, with no signs of crushing to be found. Contrast seems a touch hot giving images a slight dream like look, but makes whites seem bleached and over blown. Detail and fine detail is only average, with an emphasis toward the foreground, leaving the background slightly out of focus much of the time. This is not digital video, so you get a softer film like presentation that is not bad, but not the best I have seen on Bluray. Southland Tales Blu-ray, Audio Quality  The soundtrack is presented in Dolby TrueHD, and from the looks of the bit meter looks to be a 24/48 kHz encoding that is quite frankly stunning in its subtlety, and use of the 360 degree sound field surrounding the listener. This is not a soundtrack that hits you over the head with explosions and gunfire. What you get here is a finely crafted soundtrack full of little details, and a sense of transparency that causes you to forget you are listening to speakers, and brings the sound right into the room. The film score by Moby is very well recorded, with vocals that are completely unbound from the center speaker. Surround usage is persistent and consistent throughout the entire movie, constantly filling my room with spacious ambience or effects. Effects’ panning is precise, fluid, and moves smoothly from speaker to speaker with absolutely no holes in the sound field. You will quickly find out how well your speakers are voice matched. The use of the side and rear walls for phantom effects placement is stunning. If I was teaching sound in the classroom, this is one of those sound tracks I would require my students to study closely. I am going to give this soundtrack a perfect five, not because it is loud and bombastic, but because it is well crafted, so well crafted that I forgot I was watching a really bad movie. Southland Tales Blu-ray, News and Updates• Sony Announces Five Catalog Titles for November - September 8, 2008 Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has announced that they will bring five catalog titles to Blu-ray on November 18th. All five films - 'Blue Streak', 'National Security', 'Mirrormask', 'Southland Tales', and 'Revolver' - will feature 1080p AVC video accompanied ... Southland Tales Blu-ray, Forum Discussions
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