Victims of Sin (1951)

[bigshot]

Criterion just announced a blu-ray of Victims of Sin, a 1951 Mexican drama starring Ninon Sevilla. This is exciting news. Victims of Sin is one of the best films from the "Epoca de Oro" and it remains shocking to this day. There is a scene on the train tracks that is as good as any American crime film. I caught this on Spanish language TV back in the 90s and searched out a DVD. Having a really good copy will be a treat.

[Scottie]

[Richard--W]

This is an exciting release. The first cabaretera on blu-ray, and a
great one.

When people see what director Emilio Fernandez and camerman
Figueroa accomplished here, their reputation should skyrocket.
Perhaps Criterion and other labels will then restore their other
masterpieces for blu-ray release. They collaborated on many
films, and yes, they made several masterpieces.

"In México City, a Cuban dancer from "Cabaret Changó" rescues a
baby from a garbage can and decides to raise him, but her pachuco
pimp gets in her way." imdb

[BenOswald]

This looks like an incredible release!

[_Ewan_]

Great news! I saw Enamorada at the BFI a few years back, it's the only Emilio Fernandez film I've seen but I loved it and have wanted to see more ever since.

[javy]

I'm in for this one! 🖤

[silverlakephil]

Looking forward to purchasing this. This was one of the films that was shown during a recent Noir City Film Festival in Oakland, CA. The idea of walking around in Oakland @ night didn't appeal to me.

[MifuneFan]

DVDBeaver review is up. Looks great.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film12/blu-...in_blu-ray.htm

[BobbyMcGee]

Watched this back in 2017, as part of a film festival at UCLA and in Downtown Los Angeles called - Recuerdos de un cine en español: Latin American Cinema in Los Angeles, 1930-1960. It is an excellent film. The film festival also screened some other good films as well.

Program guide to the festival for those interested:

https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/latinamericanfilm

https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/programs...ine-en-espanol

https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/events/2...mas-del-pecado

[BenOswald]

What a great release, great PQ, audio, and special features.

I hope this release finds a big audience.

It's got so much going on, yet not terribly complicated: traditional drama, noir, music, melodrama, dancing, drama.

[secretplace]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

DVDBeaver review is up. Looks great.

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film12/blu-...in_blu-ray.htm

Originally Posted by BenOswald

What a great release, great PQ, audio, and special features.

I hope this release finds a big audience.

It's got so much going on, yet not terribly complicated: traditional drama, noir, music, melodrama, dancing, drama.

While the PQ of the new Criterion Blu-ray is great, the audio is unfortunately very poor. Even without listening to another edition's audio in comparison, the Criterion is clearly muffled and lacking in detail. I made a comparison between the Criterion Blu-ray's audio and the version streaming on Amazon's audio and uploaded it here:

Victims of Sin - Blu-ray vs. Streaming Audio Comparison - YouTube

I'm not sure what happened with Criterion's audio.

[M A]

Originally Posted by secretplace

While the PQ of the new Criterion Blu-ray is great, the audio is unfortunately very poor. Even without listening to another edition's audio in comparison, the Criterion is clearly muffled and lacking in detail. I made a comparison between the Criterion Blu-ray's audio and the version streaming on Amazon's audio and uploaded it here:

[Show spoiler]Victims of Sin - Blu-ray vs. Streaming Audio Comparison - YouTube

I'm not sure what happened with Criterion's audio.

It's just what Criterion does. They love sucking the life out of their audio tracks, even when it's a modern film that doesn't even have any hiss to begin with. Werckmeister Harmonies has a hard cut-off at 14kHz, Bound has one at 15kHz. Why? Who knows.

[bigshot]

I have a DVD of this movie. The sound isn’t very good.