Yeah, I think the Cinema du Look is a grand term for a very small stylistic twist. Style as a way of life and an expression of independence is as old as the hills. Sticking it into movies with smart camera work, sharp lighting, and a few cleverly placed arty-objects is a bit thin as a means of creating a whole genre. That said, the film is a pretty good representation of a moment in time, and not bad in its own right.
...also, Bollocks, I won the auction. So now I have 3 versions of Diva.
Get another and you'll have Il Divo.
Oh, Har de har!
Yes, I could buy the blu ray (no English subs) and improve my terrible French so that I don't need subtitles. That would give me something to do while I self-isolate here in leafy Sussex. The world's my oyster.
There's probably some Diva-fanboy site that would appreciate a frame-by-frame analysis of the difference between versions. Make yourself useful while you're spared...
I probably would not read that. Just sayin'
(don't say that too loud. We just want to keep him busy while he's self-isolating. He's got four months to kill)
Yeah right. Not going to do a scene by scene, or frame by frame breakdown, but here's a surprise: the Anchor Bay release that is offered at a sensible bit-rate and hasn't been digitally enhanced, is the winner. Some dark scenes look REALLY grainy. They're still better than the Meridian version with its smoothed over dark scenes.
Still to see the blu ray version.
Jim has this in a couple of places but they're those odd multi-piece downloads where you're invited to download 30 one gig files at a painful rate and then remux them all. Almost worth investing....
I will have to borrow a copy from Jim - .rar hatchet jobs or not - just to see what you & Smiffy have been banging on about.
Plenty of copies with Jim.
Hah!
Acquired a 720P rip of the blu ray from usenet. I mean, Blimey! I'd forgotten all about usenet. I may try to get a 1080P rip but that means a bit more messing around with files.
Yes, the blu ray release is FAR better than any of the DVD versions, even downscaled to 720P. No English subtitles though, so that's my next project.