| MOVIE |
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Pulp Fiction is a movie that will still be considered a classic in 20 years
time, that's how much I like it!!! It's not the kind of movie that is made that often in
Hollywood, especially in the 90's.
Written & Directed by Quentin Tarantino, it's a
movie with 3 intermixing stories that make for 3 hours of great viewing. It
centers
around
a group of hoods, a boxer, yokel scum and the bosses wife not to put too fine a point on
it. Although some scenes are graphic, I will admit to that, it only makes the movie more
compelling.
It stars John Travolta in his comeback role along with Samuel L. Jackson, Uma
Thurman, Harvey Kietel, Tim Roth, Amanda Plumber, Ving Rhames, Eric Stoltz, Christopher
Walken & Bruce Willis.
To go into the plot and it's twists would take up way too much
room, besides I don't want to spoil it, but it is great how they have made a movie like
this from 3 separate non-sequential stories, Oh and also look out for one of my
faves,
Steve Bucemi as Buddy Holly the waiter in the Jackrabbit Slims Cafe.
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| VIDEO |
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Now while the picture transfer on this disc seems okay, after all it is framed a
2:35:1 and is supposedly 16x9 enhanced. I did see a few glaring errors and MPEG artifacts
in the transfer, especially in some dark scenes and when things like Venetian
blinds are
in the scene. On the whole it's not bad, but just not overly good either. I still prefer
the Laserdisc edition when it comes the video transfer.
Pulp Fiction is framed at 2:35:1 and is 16:9 enhanced.
This is a single-sided, dual-layer disc.
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| AUDIO |
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Okay the disc itself is encoded in Dolby Digital 5.1 and MPEG Multichannel 5.1,
the default is DD 5.1 and this is what I listened to. The movie's soundstage sounds very
centralized towards the front of the soundstage, but there is still a minimal surround
presence, and if you listen very carefully you can hear some background noise in really
quiet scenes.
I believe the sound may have been sourced from a remastered version of the
movie from the U.S. as you could also hear the same background noise in the remastered
versions released there. They were mastered from a Dolby SR master and converted to DD5.1
then remixed to create a larger soundstage. If anyone has anymore info please let me know.
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| EXTRAS |
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Not a bad set of extra's here, scene selections, sound driven partly animated
menus, Featurette and extra footage feature presented by Quentin Himself. The only
thing that annoyed me was the menu, it's so slow.
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| FINAL THOUGHTS |
| About time a disc like this was released, granted it has a few flaws, but these
aren't enough to put you off. A worthy addition to anyone's DVD collection |
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REVIEW
EQUIPMENT
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Display:
48" Sony RPTV.
DVD Player: Panasonic A350 Player using S-Video Cables.
Receiver: Pioneer VSX-D508
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround.
Speakers: Accusound speaker
system. |
Copyright © 2000 by [Roger
Ward].
Revised: 25 May 2000 21:13:08 +1100
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| Region
Coding: |
Region
4 |
| No of
Discs: |
1 |
| OFLC Rating |
R18+ |
| Running
Time: |
170
Mins |
| Case
Type: |
Keep
Case |
| Release
Date: |
5/10/1999 |
| Catalog
Number: |
1011619 |
| List
Price: |
$34.95 |
| Distributor: |
Village
Roadshow |
| Disc
Format: |
PAL |
| Disc
Type: |
Picture
Disc |
| Disc
Format: |
SS-RSDL |
| Chapters: |
26 |
| Macrovision: |
Yes |
| Manufacturer: |
DVM |
| Aspect
Ratio:
|
2:35:1 |
| Anamorphic: |
Yes |
| Film
Format: |
35mm |
| Dolby
Digital:
|
5.1 Surround |
| DTS: |
None |
| PCM
Stereo: |
None |
| Other: |
MPEG
5.1 |
| Languages:
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English |
| Subtitles: |
None |
| Audio
Commentary: |
None |
| Theatrical
Trailer: |
Yes |
| Teaser
Trailer: |
None |
| TV
Spots: |
None |
| Dolby
Trailer: |
None |
| Documentary: |
Yes |
| Cast
& Crew Bios: |
Yes |
| Deleted
Scenes: |
Yes |
| Music
Videos: |
None |
| DVD Rom
Content: |
None |
| Collectable
Booklet: |
None |
| Scene
Access: |
Yes |
| Animated
Menus: |
None |
| Production
Notes: |
Yes |
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