A Dirty Carnival (Biyeolhan geori - First Press Limited Edition) (Blu-ray Review)
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Screened at the Chicago International Film Festival, Yu Ha's "A Dirty Carnival" (2006) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Korean distributors CJ Entertainment. The supplemental features on the disc include two audio commentaries; behind the scenes featurette; multiple making of featurettes; deleted and extended scenes with optional commentary by director Yu Ha; interviews; footage from the film's premiere; and theatrical trailers. In Korean, with optional English and Korean subtitles for the main...
Video
Presented in an aspect ratio of 2.29:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Yu Ha's A Dirty Carnival arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Korean distributors CJ Entertainment.
This is a pleasing high-definition transfer with a couple of minor issues. Generally speaking, A Dirty Carnival looks fresh, with most of the daylight scenes being notably sharp. Mild edge-enhancement, however, occasionally pops up here and there, and I also noticed some random contras...
Audio
There is only one audio track on this Blu-ray disc: Korean DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1. For the record, CJ Entertainment have provided optional English and Korean subtitles for the main feature. When turned on, they appear inside the image frame.
When it comes to solid audio treatments, CJ Entertainment may well be one of the most consistent Asian distributors currently releasing on Blu-ray, as I am yet to test a disc they have produced that does not have a top-notch loseless audio track...
Supplements
Note: I would like to apologize to our readers for not being able to comment on the supplemental features included on this Blu-ray disc. Unfortunately, they are all listed in Korean and not subtitled in English. Even the names of the participants in the audio commentaries are listed in Korean only. However, all of them are playable on North American PS3s and SAs. The supplemental features are: two audio commentaries, behind the scenes featurette, multiple making of featurettes, deleted an...
Final Words
Yu Ha's A Dirty Carnival is a moody, very stylish Korean gangster film that should appeal to a wide variety of viewers. If you crave something fresh, not another rehash of overused genre cliches, make sure to see it. The Blu-ray disc herein reviewed, courtesy of Korean distributors CJ Entertainment, looks and sounds good. It is also Region-Free. VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. ......
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A Dirty Carnival (Biyeolhan geori - First Press Limited Edition) (Blu-ray Review)
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