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This BBC/A&E production is one of the most well made films my wife and I have ever seen – trustworthy acting, costumes, sets and residence, music, directing, editing!! Like others here, we have watched the A&E VHS edition over and over. (It is a ‘chick flick’, but I like romantic movies, too.)
Our excitement over getting the DVD former upon loading both the VHS tape and DVD and comparing the images and sound. The widescreen image on the DVD is definitely more distinct on our 50″ high res mask, and it is a pleasure to discover the fleshy images framed as the Director intended.
HOWEVER, the colors are not fair washed out. The digital remastering has changed the color tone of the film as if someone dilapidated a Photoshop/Premier digital filter without incandescent what they were doing. The VHS and modern not only had rich color saturation, but also had a warm tone that felt ‘right’ with the period film. The DVD is not only washed out, but has a strong blue-white tone to it that gives a frigid novel feel to the scenes.
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To accumulate the image to witness finish to decent on our TV, I had to turn the color saturation up as far as it would go, bring the inequity down and the brightness up. It then almost matched the VHS images except for the blue-ish rather than warm overall cast.
The sound is tinny, remarkable of the lower frequencies that are on the VHS sound track being chopped off.
There are no subtitles at all (we frequently turn them on for other DVDs when we cannot quite invent out the dialog) – remarkable less alternative language tracks.
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So, why is this edition ‘Special’? The only additions, other than the abysmal digital remastering (digital destruction) are:
(1) an 8-page booklet (that mentions only 3 of the actors)
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(2) some text-only biography screens, that mention only 2 of the actors
(3) a 20-some puny ‘making of’ feature that gives the producer most of the credit (and she did of course attach the team together, but the director/editor/actors/choreographer/costumers/etc produced the art) – and which calm only visits with 4 of the actors – out of this tremendously talented cast.
What was supposed to be a ‘special’ Christmas gift, ended up being a sizable disappointment. We can only hope that A&E and BBC will beget an ‘Extra Special’ edition that gets the color and sound support to the director’s device (did he even gain to review this DVD? ) . That, and a rebate for all of us who bought this heinous edition, would execute us ecstatic enough. Adding subtitles, profiles of everyone else eager in the production, and stills of the various homes, heritage buildings and towns worn would be (delightful, but optional) gravy.
“Pride and Prejudice” is one of the top 10 novels ever written. The BBC miniseries with Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle is the finest adaptation to date. The actors are wonderful. The cover play is fair, comprehensive, parsimonious, and enchanting. The dialogue is radiant and preserves noteworthy of Jane Austin’s witty and wry commentary. The cinematography is obedient. The film was shot in authentic locations all over Britain.
I opinion the film adaptation by the BBC and A&E was so exquisite, I bought the VCR tapes when they were released, then I bought the lazer disk version, and then I bought the DVD version. The DVD version is a great plump disappointment. The quality of the DVD transfer is NOT excellent.
First, the colors appear frail and with the Regency English palette of beige-greens, browns, ambers, and taupes, this is a serious defect. It makes the clothing observe weak, the grass and trees witness sunburned, and some places, the complexions inspect downright washed out. The film appears to have been shot in Arizona at high noon instead of England.
Second, for some bizarre reason, the DVD processors nipped and tucked some of the unusual material. The clipped portions might not bother one who has never seen the original–but I noticed. There was no need to edit this film. Four of the 50-minute sections are crammed on disk 1 (where the editing takes residence) and the other two were recorded on disk 2. I guess it would have made too powerful sense to characterize three episodes on each disk? Seems like abominable planning to me.
For the notice of this 2-disk DVD package, more care should have been taken with the transfer process. My lazer disk version cost less, holds more, and has glorious resolution.
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