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Immortality
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The Movie:
One of the many Miramax titles that has been sitting on the shelf, "Immortality" was originally titled "the Wisdom of Crocodiles" for its very quick theatrical release, then re-named for home-video to try and seek out a new audience around the popularity of lead actor Jude Law("Talented Mr. Ripley").
Law plays Steven Grlscz, apparently a vampire, that needs the blood of a woman to survive. Not only the blood of a woman, but the blood of a woman who is in love with him. He meets an engineer (Elina Lowensöhn) and falls in love - wondering if he should die to let her live or the other way around. Meanwhile, a police inspector (Timothy Spall) is on his trail.
"Immortality" is a stylish effort, with a cold, crisp look to the London settings. Unfortunately, the characters also adopt that tone, and there's a flat, distant feeling to nearly all of the performances, with the exception as Spall, who plays the detective. Law isn't bad either - it's certainly nowhere near his best performance (1997's "Gattaca"), but he plays subtle well. It makes it hard to care about any of the characters, and makes the movie a slow journey. There's a great deal of atmosphere, but I really didn't find anything of great interest in the story or performances.
The DVD
VIDEO: I wasn't stunned, but I was fairly impressed with how good the anamorphic transfer of "Immortality" looked. Presented in the film's original 1.85:1 aspect ratio, sharpness and detail were often very good, if not excellent.
Although the film hasn't gotten much of a release, there were still a few print flaws that I noticed throughout the film - some little speckles that appeared infrequently, not causing much of a distraction, but somewhat noticable. Minor pixelation also was visible, but only in trace amounts. No shimmering appeared, and the majority of the picture appeared clean and clear.
Colors appeared natural and accurate - the majority of the film has a rather bleak color palette, but there was nothing problematic to their look. Not without some minor problems, but otherwise nice work from Miramax.
SOUND: Although "Immortality" is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1, the presentation remains a "just-the-basics" offering. Some scenes offer slight surround effects and subtle touches, but mainly, we're left with the score and the dialogue. Dialogue sounded clear and easily understood, and overall, I thought the audio was passable.
MENUS:: Menus are non-animated, with very basic images serving as backgrounds.
EXTRAS: A 7 minute featurette and the trailer.
Final Thoughts: "Immortality" wasn't a complete loss, but I just wasn't very engaged by it. At $32.99 it's certainly hard to recommend this DVD, but I'm not sure I'd recommend it for even a rental, either, with so much else coming out each week.
One of the many Miramax titles that has been sitting on the shelf, "Immortality" was originally titled "the Wisdom of Crocodiles" for its very quick theatrical release, then re-named for home-video to try and seek out a new audience around the popularity of lead actor Jude Law("Talented Mr. Ripley").
Law plays Steven Grlscz, apparently a vampire, that needs the blood of a woman to survive. Not only the blood of a woman, but the blood of a woman who is in love with him. He meets an engineer (Elina Lowensöhn) and falls in love - wondering if he should die to let her live or the other way around. Meanwhile, a police inspector (Timothy Spall) is on his trail.
"Immortality" is a stylish effort, with a cold, crisp look to the London settings. Unfortunately, the characters also adopt that tone, and there's a flat, distant feeling to nearly all of the performances, with the exception as Spall, who plays the detective. Law isn't bad either - it's certainly nowhere near his best performance (1997's "Gattaca"), but he plays subtle well. It makes it hard to care about any of the characters, and makes the movie a slow journey. There's a great deal of atmosphere, but I really didn't find anything of great interest in the story or performances.
The DVD
VIDEO: I wasn't stunned, but I was fairly impressed with how good the anamorphic transfer of "Immortality" looked. Presented in the film's original 1.85:1 aspect ratio, sharpness and detail were often very good, if not excellent.
Although the film hasn't gotten much of a release, there were still a few print flaws that I noticed throughout the film - some little speckles that appeared infrequently, not causing much of a distraction, but somewhat noticable. Minor pixelation also was visible, but only in trace amounts. No shimmering appeared, and the majority of the picture appeared clean and clear.
Colors appeared natural and accurate - the majority of the film has a rather bleak color palette, but there was nothing problematic to their look. Not without some minor problems, but otherwise nice work from Miramax.
SOUND: Although "Immortality" is presented in Dolby Digital 5.1, the presentation remains a "just-the-basics" offering. Some scenes offer slight surround effects and subtle touches, but mainly, we're left with the score and the dialogue. Dialogue sounded clear and easily understood, and overall, I thought the audio was passable.
MENUS:: Menus are non-animated, with very basic images serving as backgrounds.
EXTRAS: A 7 minute featurette and the trailer.
Final Thoughts: "Immortality" wasn't a complete loss, but I just wasn't very engaged by it. At $32.99 it's certainly hard to recommend this DVD, but I'm not sure I'd recommend it for even a rental, either, with so much else coming out each week.
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