Scarface (4k+Br)

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Wrapping things up are 22 minutes worth of excellent deleted scenes, a short but sweet clip giving you a taste of how the film was recut and dubbed for its TV debut, and a rather long-winded look at the making of the Scarface video game. Which, um, came out in 2006. There are some absolutely timeless films I grew up with and will always consider "legends" such as Scarface, The Exorcist, GoodFellas, Casino and a plethora of others...still, when I revisit some of them now later in life, I feel like they don't have the same "impact" on me as when I enjoyed them years ago on the VHS format or on broadcast; I can't really explain it, but this just occurred over the past couple of nights when I took the DVDs of GoodFellas and Casino off my shelf to watch (upscaled to 4K via my Cambridge Audio CXUHD UHD Blu-ray player) and I just wasn't mesmerized and "floored" the way I used to be viewing these. Maybe because I've seen them SO many times and can recite the dialogue line-for-line that they've just lost their impact; don't know what it is. NEW! Scarface: 35th Anniversary Reunion (2160p/SDR/27:06): A conversation with Director Brian De Palma and Actors Al Some people claim that the film is too dark and that their equipment is calibrated correctly, well if that WERE the case, then you should see what I and others see in the picture quality!

dense and grungy urban areas or high dollar and high class homes and clubs, the picture reveals every component with incredible sharpness that only I just feel like buying these in the next-generation formats every time they come out wouldn't make sense, financially, for me... This inconsistency extends to the picture’s sharpness and detail, too. For while some sequences look spectacularly crisp and detailed, as noted previously, others - particularly exterior shots with lots of depth to them - can look rather soft. Especially around their edges.Fine film grain is apparent throughout - even when it could appear a bit noisy on the old Blu-ray, it's still apparent but more refined and less chunky looking without any signs of digital tampering. To that side, fine details have never looked better! Facial features, costuming, the Miami architecture - everything is on full display here. Maybe that's why I couldn't take my eyes off it this viewing? I felt like I was truly seeing everything better than before! As I said, there is still some softness here and there, but that's by design. That hotel room with the infamous chainsaw sequence has never looked grimier - and therefor - beautiful! Likewise, when Tony reaches his peak, that mountain of cocaine in front of him even offers up small granular details that I'd never noticed before.

On the UHD, a 27-minute Tribeca conversation with De Palma, Pfeiffer, and Pacino discusses the production. That’s new. Also, the 1932 Scarface finally makes the jump to Blu-ray after years of being included as a DVD only. Note there’s also a collector’s set with a replica statue –“The World is Ours” piece outside Montana’s office – and it’s made of solid plastic. There’s weight to it. language, the picture in retrospect, the film's rating, performances and the physical demands thereof, the film's lasting legacy, Pacino's burn injury

The Rebirth discusses how the film brought to life a lost sub-genre, The Acting continuing although on a more self-explanatory path, and The Creating is the core making-of. Together, those three near the hour mark. A making-of for the video game version is clearly dated, but at least they brought it over. A funny look at the TV edits are here too. For added fun, U-Control offers a body and F-bomb counter, alongside picture-in-picture featurettes culled from the pieces above.

It’s a shame - especially in light of the sometimes odd looking color work - that Universal hasn’t provided a Dolby Vision or HDR10+ master of the film. It’s HDR10 only. the VC-1 and remastered Blu-rays. The picture struggles with no major source of encode flaws, though aThe DTS X sound was harder to hear, and I seem to find that to be a problem with most of these titles, as Dolby Atmos sounds more distinctive in the height channels - or these films right now are not using them to their fullest abilities yet. The only time that I heard them was in the detention camp where a helicopter flew overhead and in a shootout in the club and the finale. Other than that, DTS X was only used as a marketing thing to me. away the best Scarface has ever looked for home consumption and is likely to be the standard-bearer for quite some time. Shot on film, Scarface has clearly also been cleaned up for its 4K bow, and whilst DNR has been implemented, and the grain layer likely therefore artificially replicated, there is a hell of a lot of underlying detail which wows in key scenes. Close-ups revel in the beads of sweat that often drip down the faces of many of the key characters, or lines, hair, wounds and clothing. The lavish sets are immaculately rendered, and there are some very pleasing textures on offer. It's not perfect, with that hazy noise-like grain layer giving a few of the mid-range shots a less than crystal clear impression, but it feels like the best they were going to do with the source material, and clearly a lot of time has been taken making this just right, which shows mostly in the application of HDR and WCG.