Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds - Beyond Genres No. 5

[Davidian]

Resurrected after 30 years, restored from the original 16mm negatives and available for rediscovery, Umbrella Entertainment presents Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds, the debut feature from Alex Proyas for the first time on Blu-Ray and DVD. Set against an overwhelming desert landscape, Felix (Michael Lake) and Betty Crabtree (Rhys Davis) are an eccentric brother and sister living together in an isolated homestead in a post-apocalyptic era.

Modern technology is absent, with wheels and gears operating a variety of broken devices to assist their struggle to survive. When they encounter a wandering stranger named Smith (Norman Boyd), their simple lives become tumultuous as the wheelchairbound Felix dreams of flying and Betty believes their new arrival to be a demonic presence - the characters all yearning for escape but seemingly do not know how.

Worldwide Debut.

[badfingerboogie]

Was thinking about picking this one up, looks real cool.

[Davidian]

Just watched this, a little too artsy for my taste but still I can appreciate the ingenuity that went into it, a really well done apocalyptic environment and plenty of christian symbolism (not fully understood I must admit). A great deal of extras and a very impressive detail from a 16mm source but unfortunately some poor compression from Umbrella has let them down once again...

BDinfo:

Disc Title: BD_DAVID3857_SpiritsOfTheAir
Disc Size: 44,824,895,479 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: Yes
Playlist: 00004.MPLS
Size: 27,716,507,712 bytes
Length: 1:36:33.370
Total Bitrate: 38.27 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 30355 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3200 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English / DTS-HD Master Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1772 kbps / 24-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 24-bit)
Audio: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 384 kbps
Audio: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 2.0 / 48 kHz / 384 kbps
Subtitle: English / 9.305 kbps

Region Free

[dawnofthediscs]

Anybody else experience some insane compression glitches with both audio and video around the one hour mark?

[grazina31]

Originally Posted by dawnofthediscs

Anybody else experience some insane compression glitches with both audio and video around the one hour mark?

Got my blu-ray today and watched without any problems whatsoever. Kept an eye out for what you mentioned and saw nothing of a kind. Really liked the movie. Just missing Garage Days and will have the complete works of Alex Proyas on blu-ray.

[DawnShadow]

This seems to be OOP now. The Nile has some copies if anyone needs one:
https://www.thenile.com.au/movies/sp.../9344256017469
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/154512841608

[IlCorvo]

Originally Posted by dawnofthediscs

Anybody else experience some insane compression glitches with both audio and video around the one hour mark?

Yes, around the one-hour-mark the disc freezes on my Panasonic DMP-UB704 and I need to take it out as I cannot go back to the menu.

The same goes for the special feature "Spirits: Making a Post Apocalypse Western". It freezes after a couple of seconds.

Oddly enough, when I put the Disc into my PANASONIC DMP-BDT381 MULTIREGION it works fine.

[russweiss1]

Spirits Of The Air, Gremlins Of The Clouds (Umbrella Entertainment) Blu-ray Review

https://rockshockpop.com/articles/mo...blu-ray-review

[Ruined]

Originally Posted by russweiss1

Spirits Of The Air, Gremlins Of The Clouds (Umbrella Entertainment) Blu-ray Review

https://rockshockpop.com/articles/mo...blu-ray-review

based on the text sounds like the same disc with a new slipcover