Claire's Camera Blu-ray delivers stunning video and audio in this enjoyable Blu-ray release
The story of female friendship as Frenchwoman Claire helps the subject of her photograph, Min-Hee, discover why she was fired without apparent cause.
For more about Claire's Camera and the Claire's Camera Blu-ray release, see Claire's Camera Blu-ray Review published by Brian Orndorf on December 30, 2018 where this Blu-ray release scored 3.5 out of 5.
Hong Sang-soo is a prolific director, and not one to spend too much time refining his cinematic poetry. In "Claire's Camera," there's not much more
than a central crisis between three people and a woman who studies the unrest with aid from her titular device, with the action basically regulated to
conversations in cafes, apartments, and on French beaches, with the tale taking place around the time of the Cannes Film Festival. "Claire's Camera"
is simple work, offering those who typically enjoy these minor forays into ennui a chance to embrace the helmer's special way with sparseness,
humor, and repetitive anxiety.
Performances carry "Claire's Camera" with ease, bringing life to an otherwise flat-looking picture, with cinematography uneventful to secure low-
budget needs. The cast is tasked with managing scripted forays into psychological gamesmanship and passive deception, while Claire is the
philosopher, using her camera as a way to explore the human experience, freezing lives with every click of her device. Potent questions about
personal conduct and trust are raised, and there's some travelogue aspects of the film to give it visual variation, with the director making use of
Cannes to the best of his ability, seemingly creating the movie on the go.
The AVC encoded image (1.89:1 aspect ratio) presentation delivers a sharp and defined viewing event for "Claire's Camera." The HD-shot feature
handles distances superbly, offering a dimensional look at the French locations, while detail is great overall, securing a look at facial surfaces and
textured clothing, while shops and apartments are open for study. Colors are excellent, with bright primaries adding to the European mood, and beach
interactions deliver blue skies and water. Delineation isn't challenged, remaining communicative.
The 5.1 DTS-HD MA mix accurately captures the sound design of "Claire's Camera," but true dimension isn't inherent to the listening experience. The
production doesn't pay the closest attention to the nuances of room audio, creating echoed interiors and busy exteriors, with buses and rushing waters
often intruding on dialogue exchanges. All of this is intentional, with the track sustaining the helmer's vision, which is to shoot a movie as fast as
possible. Surrounds aren't explored in full, but scoring efforts deliver a wider presence, and some beach atmospherics are circular. Low-end isn't
utilized.
"Claire's Camera" doesn't seep into the senses, trading emotional firepower for a more deadpan delivery, also engaging in maddening repetition, with
questions posed from one character to another met with an echo response. This happens far more than it should, hinting that the picture was largely
made up on the spot. "Claire's Camera" is specialized storytelling from a practiced filmmaker, and there are charms to be found and human evolution
to follow, it's just not in any hurry to share its pleasures.
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The Cinema Guild has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray director Hong Sang-soo's Claire's Camera (2017), starring Isabelle Huppert, Kim Min-hee, and Chang Mi-hee. The release will be available for purchase on October 23.
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