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Wild Tigers I Have Known Blu-ray delivers stunning video and reference-quality audio in this exceptional Blu-ray release
A lyrical telling of the coming of age of a 13-year-old boy who learns to cope with his newfound sexuality and his unrequited love for the cool kid in school.
For more about Wild Tigers I Have Known and the Wild Tigers I Have Known Blu-ray release, see Wild Tigers I Have Known Blu-ray Review published by Brian Orndorf on October 14, 2021 where this Blu-ray release scored 4.5 out of 5.
2006's "Wild Tigers I Have Known" is abstract, interpretive cinema similar to the work found in Gus Van Sant's forays into art-house flexing and the
depths of
depression during the time period. Short filmmaker Cam Archer makes his feature-length debut here, and the fingerprint of performance art is pushed
deeply into the skin of the picture. "Wild Tigers I Have Known" is difficult to watch, yet undeniably hypnotic.
Tracking the exploits of a junior high student named Logan (Malcolm Stumpf) who's coming to terms with his burgeoning homosexuality, "Wild
Tigers I Have Known"
doesn't follow a clear narrative; instead it shadows Logan around as he develops crushes, lustfully interacts with his daydreams, and deals with the
social burden of fixation. It's fenceless cinema; a wondering journey of acceptance and fear from a filmmaker who would rather bathe his frame in
atmosphere than sharpen his story to an insightful point.
While it lacks the hypnotic effect of a David Lynch film, "Wild Tigers I Have Known" compiles a restless series of interesting artistic choices,
underscored
with an uneasy flow of pre-teen sexuality and humming metallic scoring that keeps the film on edge. The viewer fears for Logan's excruciating
journey
of self-discovery, but remains pulled in by his freewheeling dreamworld. Archer hypothesizes that the junior high boner is the first step toward a
lifetime of heartache and peer humiliation, and his argument is a vivid one.
There's a world for Logan to explore, which is the best effort this film makes at an actual story and rounded performances. Fariuza Balk co-stars as
Logan's frustrated mother and Kim Dickens portrays the boy's knowing school counselor, and their varsity acting presence is welcome, along with
their
star power. After all, as brave as Stumpf is, he's not always the most technical talent around.
The AVC encoded image (1.85:1 aspect ratio) presentation of "Wild Tigers I Have Known" is actually a new edit of the feature prepared for this release.
Archer enjoys his color, and hues are bright and intentionally blown out here, creating a candy-colored hellscape for the main character, also dipping
into black light imagery with early HD equipment. Greenery is vivid, along with period interior decoration and school tours. Skintones are natural. Detail
is excellent, capturing skin surfaces, which are a special obsession for Archer. School areas and domestic spaces are also open for inspection.
Delineation is satisfactory. Source is in excellent condition.
The 2.0 LPCM mix offers wider immersion into the dreamy soundscape of the movie, with scoring cues supporting with sharp instrumentation. Dialogue
exchanges are crisp and clear, also preserving the distorted presence of Logan's recorded thoughts. Sound effects are crisply represented.
Deleted Scenes (18:35, HD) represent scenes that were in the initial cut of "Wild Tigers I Have Known" before it was
screened at the Sundance Film
Festival.
Interview (9:47, HD) catches up with actor Lou (formerly Malcolm) Stumpf.
Audition Tapes (SD) offers casting presentations from Malcolm Stumpf (4:30) and Max Paradise (3:30).
"Logan's Imaginary Brother" (4:45, HD) is more deleted footage from the film.
"Unused Animation Credit Sequence" (5:17, HD) presents wonderful work from Martha Colburn.
Music Videos (HD) showcase Cam Archer's career achievements, including "Our Time" (2:51) by Imperial Teen, "All You've
Left" (5:18) by Six Organs
of Admittance, "Wild Tigers I Have Known" (4:34) and "Dagger" (5:17) by Emily Jane White, "The Fox and the Rabbit" (3:09) by Xiu Xiu, "Throw It All
Away" (4:10), by Zero 7, "Black Ships Ate the Sky" (4:14) and "The Beautiful Dancing Dust" (5:40), by Current 93, "We Love" (3:42) by
Pantaleimon, "Angel No. 1" (4:24) by Mick Turner and Teen Brothers, "Something For You" (2:28) by Sarabeth Tucek, and "Peaking Lights" (4:04), by
Hey Sparrow."
"Bobbycrush"(9:43, HD) is a short film by Cam Archer, with an Extra Scene (1:31, HD).
Interview (6:29, SD) is a 2004 chat with Cam Archer and Aaron Platt, discussing their Sundance experience.
It's an abstract ride of growing pain skeet-shooting, but if you like your cinema to color outside of the lines, "Wild Tigers I Have Known" presents a
kaleidoscopic voyage of hazy images and screaming urges.
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