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The Last of England(1988)
A kaleidoscopic view of the culture and history of director Derek Jarman's native England. Filled with rage at Margaret Thatcher's conservative reign and haunted by the continuing scourge of AIDS (with which Jarman was diagnosed), the film is both deeply personal and grimly historical, and is undoubtedly one of the most important British films of all time. For more about The Last of England and The Last of England Blu-ray release, see The Last of England Blu-ray Review Starring: Tilda Swinton Director: Derek Jarman » See full cast & crew The Last of England Blu-ray, Video QualitySet aside, for a moment, any conceptions you may have about "picture quality," as The Last of England was never meant to look conventionally "good." Shot on Super-8, transferred to VHS for editing, and then printed on 35mm, the film's twice-duped post-production process has left it simultaneously smeary and grainy, with occasional home video quirks like ghosting and color bleed. The texture of the picture is unlike anything else I've ever seen and defies critique based on the usual PQ considerations of clarity and color. As expected from Super-8, the footage is decidedly soft, and the transfer to VHS results in an additional loss of sharpness, giving the image a surreal quality, several times removed from reality. Some sections are presented in straight black and white, others tinted a rusty red, and a few in relatively untouched color. There are some specks and scratches on the print, but these are barely noticeably in the surrounding visual barrage. Kino's 1080p/AVC-encoded presentation seems entirely faithful to source—no obvious compression problems or other Blu-ray production issues—and that's really all there is to say here as far as a review goes. High marks for accuracy. The Last of England Blu-ray, Audio QualityKino has reproduced the film's sound mix via a lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo track that—like The Last of England as a whole—assaults and grates and worms its way into your brain. In short, it's effective. The narration is booming, the minimal dialogue is easily understood, and there are no major audio issues to report beyond a mild hissing that occasionally cuts through the chaos. What sound effects we hear were clearly recorded by a foley artist—not on location—and they sound noticeably dubbed-in. This, however, is all part of the grimy no-budget charm. Simon Fisher-Turner turns in an original score that's often jarring but sometimes surprisingly poignant, and the music all sounds fine, if a bit brash in the high end. There's some low-end output that I didn't expect—like the rumble of an approaching aircraft—and an appreciable sense of stereo separation. There was one moment where a particularly immersive phaser effect even made me wonder if I was listening to 5.1 mix. The only real shortcoming here is that the disc doesn't include any subtitle options for those who might need or want them. The Last of England Blu-ray, News and Updates• The Last of England Blu-ray - June 27, 2012 Next month, Kino Lorber will bring The Last of England to Blu-ray. Working from, in part, his old home movies, director Derek Jarman (The Tempest) has crafted a strikingly impressionistic and political portrait of England during Margaret Thatcher's reign as Prime ...
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