It Happened One Night (1934)

[joie]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Not sure where people are getting "smoother over" from, looks like there is grain aplenty in Blu-ray.com and DVDBeaver screens.

Fake grain? Some euphemisms may be phrases like: managed grain, evenly distributed grain, ... . I don't know.

add: A "layer of grain" can be a euphemistic way of describing fake grain, too. Grain is easily layered onto a digital image. It may even be "real" grain, but not the image's original, real grain.

But it's a good movie.

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by joie

Fake grain? Some euphemisms may be phrases like: managed grain, evenly distributed grain, ... . I don't know.

Well I'm not an uber-videophile so if it's fake grain, I probably would never have known. I will say that for a film from 1934, the screens look quite nice.

[pro-bassoonist]

Originally Posted by joie

Fake grain? Some euphemisms may be phrases like: managed grain, evenly distributed grain, ... . I don't know.

add: A "layer of grain" can be a euphemistic way of describing fake grain, too. Grain is easily layered onto a digital image. It may even be "real" grain, but not the image's original, real grain.

But it's a good movie.

No need to speculate. There are no such digital anomalies on this release. There are some density fluctuations -- and there are examples in the review -- but they are source related. (ON and a print were used).

This is a very fine presentation of the film.

Pro-B

[Akijama]

For what it's worth, Robert Harris also gave the disc high marks.

Quote:

The work is perfect.



One of the greatest romantic comedies in the history of film, finally makes it way to home video on Blu-ray with absolute perfection.



One my very short list for Best Blu-ray Classic release of 2014.

[tylergfoster]

Originally Posted by whiteberry

I love the movie and will buy the blu-ray but the extras are very disappointing especially considering this is coming from Criterion. It seems it won't have any of the extras from the DVD except for the trailer. Most of Criterion's extras are about Frank Capra and not the movie itself. Criterion should have included the Lux Radio Theater radio broadcast of It Happened One Night (with both Gable and Colbert reprising their roles) at a bare minimum.

For those that don't own the DVD, this is what it had for extras:
-Frank Capra, Jr. audio commentary
-Frank Capra, Jr. Remembers..."It Happened One Night" [11:16]
-Vintage Advertising - A gallery of lobby cards and posters.
-Live Radio Broadcast - The March 20, 1939, episode of Lux Radio Theater. Gable and Colbert perform It Happened One Night [59:36]
-Theatrical Trailers - It Happened One Night, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, and Lost Horizon.
-Talent Files - Biographies and filmographies for Capra, Gable, and Colbert.

It does actually have the featurette and the trailer. I agree, I never expect galleries and bios to be preserved. I'm most irritated by the disappearance of the audio commentary.

Originally Posted by toyota884huntn

this transfer does not look very good from the screen captures it looks smoothed over and flat. was the dvd that bad of a transfer?

Originally Posted by pro-bassoonist

No need to speculate. There are no such digital anomalies on this release. There are some density fluctuations -- and there are examples in the review -- but they are source related. (ON and a print were used).

The two separate sources are probably the reason, yes, although neither was actually the OCN. Most of the disc looks great.

[zman73]

Looking forward to getting this at christmas from my wife... she already placed the order last week for it