Memoirs of a Geisha - Blu-ray Forum

Konrad · 04-06-2007, 03:08 PM

Memoirs of a Geisha has been released on Blu-ray in Italy ("Memorie di una Geisha"). I just received it and it played fine on my U.S. Samsung, so it is save to assume that it is an all-region release. PQ is decent, audio is DD 5.1 in English and Italian. There are optional Italian subtitles. The disc has 132 minutes of extra featurettes.

Edit: There are no special features on the disc. The featurettes I mentioned are indicated on the back cover ("14 filmati di approfondimento sottotitulati in italiano") but are not on the disc.

WriteSimply · 04-06-2007, 03:44 PM

No 5.1 PCM? Interesting, since this is a SPHE release. Which company released it in Italy?

fuad

Konrad · 04-06-2007, 08:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WriteSimply

No 5.1 PCM? Interesting, since this is a SPHE release. Which company released it in Italy?

A company by the name of "Eagle Pictures". The movie itself is a co-production of Columbia Pictures and Dreamworks SKG. I was also disappointed that there was no PCM 5.1 track on this disc. The featurettes I mentioned in my first post exist only on the back cover. The disc has no extra features. However, having watched it now, I can say that the image quality is solid as a rock, way better than the NTSC DVD I also own. I love this movie very much and I am happy to have it in high definition now. For those who are not that impatient I would honestly recommend to wait for a future (but not yet announced) U.S. SPHE release which will probably better this one at least in the audio department.

Simba1983 · 04-11-2007, 04:03 PM

Does anybody know when this is being ported to Blu-Ray? It's my FAVORITE movie of all time. I'm infatuated with Ziyi Zhang ["Sayuri"]. She's a very gifted and talented actress. I believe she'll look even more exquisite in High Definition.

I'd honestly buy 3 copies: one for decorating my room, one for watching, and one as a replacement.

jermwhl · 04-11-2007, 04:39 PM

I seem to remember seeing this same exact thread somewhere else on here!

Ascended_Saiyan · 04-11-2007, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Simba1983

I'm infatuated with Ziyi Zhang ["Sayuri"].

Who isn't?!

I love ALL her "talents"!

Seriously, she is a very smooth actress with the face of an angel.

WriteSimply · 04-11-2007, 07:27 PM

Off topic but why is she known as Ziyi Zhang? It's Zhang Zi Yi. Agents, I tell you...

Zhang is the family name. But the Chinese always put the family name first.

fuad

Simba1983 · 06-30-2007, 08:40 PM

When's this movie coming out?

......I hope the picture quality is as good as The Messengers [or better]

Josh · 07-02-2007, 03:03 AM

This movie came out. Its region free, but its encoded as 1080i50, so if your player/TV can't handle it, don't even think about buying it.

04-06-2007, 03:08 PM	#1
Konrad Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jul 2006 Location:Vienna, Austria 4K collection:896 Blu-ray collection:3057 DVD collection:15 Blu-ray reviews:10 Trading Score:1	Memoirs of a Geisha - Italian BD Memoirs of a Geisha has been released on Blu-ray in Italy ("Memorie di una Geisha"). I just received it and it played fine on my U.S. Samsung, so it is save to assume that it is an all-region release. PQ is decent, audio is DD 5.1 in English and Italian. There are optional Italian subtitles. The disc has 132 minutes of extra featurettes. Edit: There are no special features on the disc. The featurettes I mentioned are indicated on the back cover ("14 filmati di approfondimento sottotitulati in italiano") but are not on the disc. Last edited by Konrad; 04-06-2007 at 08:56 PM.

04-11-2007, 04:03 PM	#4
Simba1983 Member Member since:Apr 2007	Memoirs of a Geisha Does anybody know when this is being ported to Blu-Ray? It's my FAVORITE movie of all time. I'm infatuated with Ziyi Zhang ["Sayuri"]. She's a very gifted and talented actress. I believe she'll look even more exquisite in High Definition. I'd honestly buy 3 copies: one for decorating my room, one for watching, and one as a replacement.

06-30-2007, 08:40 PM	#8
Simba1983 Member Member since:Apr 2007	Bump When's this movie coming out? ......I hope the picture quality is as good as The Messengers [or better]

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