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New Rose Hotel
List Price: Unknown [Buy now and save at Amazon]
It was the cast of New Rose Hotel that caught my eye. Asia Argento, Christopher Walken, and Willem Dafoe in a William Gibson adaptation for less than $10 made this disc hard to pass up, but if you're expecting a gripping cyberpunk tale, prepare to be disappointed. Though New Rose Hotel is hardly a bad movie, it moves at a lethargic pace and has a tendency to unnecessarily reuse footage. With a tightened script and a shorter running time, this would've been a memorable part of an anthology, perhaps, but as it is, I can't recommend it to anyone but diehard fans of the actors involved.
Video: There appear to be two versions of this film. The one I purchased was full-frame and was $9.99 at Wal-Mart. However, online stores carry it at a significantly higher price, but apparently in a different edition containing a letterboxed (but non-anamorphic) transfer. Though I haven't seen the quality of the "millenium edition" edition, the video on the "bargain edition" (not labeled as such, of course) is about what you'd expect from a discount release. It's clearer than VHS, but the transfer was made from a rather dusty print. Another quibble is the poor lighting in many sections, which may have been intentional on the part of the filmmakers, but it's very distracting in some scenes.
Audio: The audio is unremarkable, but serves its purpose. You'll probably want to have the remote handy to mute out any scenes with Asia Argento singing. They use the same painful singing sequence three times. Ouch.
Extras: Though this edition just has the usual cast bios and a theatrical trailer (also in full-frame), the millenium edition has a commentary track, photo gallery, trivia game, a trailer gallery, and the screenplay on the disc. I'd probably enjoy New Rose Hotel a lot more with a commentary track to learn exactly why scenes were revisited for the last third of the film.
Conclusion: I can't particularly recommend the bargain release of New Rose Hotel to anyone, but fans of William Gibson and Christopher Walken would probably be better off spending a few extra dollars and getting the millenium edition.
Video: There appear to be two versions of this film. The one I purchased was full-frame and was $9.99 at Wal-Mart. However, online stores carry it at a significantly higher price, but apparently in a different edition containing a letterboxed (but non-anamorphic) transfer. Though I haven't seen the quality of the "millenium edition" edition, the video on the "bargain edition" (not labeled as such, of course) is about what you'd expect from a discount release. It's clearer than VHS, but the transfer was made from a rather dusty print. Another quibble is the poor lighting in many sections, which may have been intentional on the part of the filmmakers, but it's very distracting in some scenes.
Audio: The audio is unremarkable, but serves its purpose. You'll probably want to have the remote handy to mute out any scenes with Asia Argento singing. They use the same painful singing sequence three times. Ouch.
Extras: Though this edition just has the usual cast bios and a theatrical trailer (also in full-frame), the millenium edition has a commentary track, photo gallery, trivia game, a trailer gallery, and the screenplay on the disc. I'd probably enjoy New Rose Hotel a lot more with a commentary track to learn exactly why scenes were revisited for the last third of the film.
Conclusion: I can't particularly recommend the bargain release of New Rose Hotel to anyone, but fans of William Gibson and Christopher Walken would probably be better off spending a few extra dollars and getting the millenium edition.
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