Review: Nineteen Eighty-Four BD + Screen Caps

1984 is a prolific adaptation based on an equally prolific novel that features some fine performances highlighted by John Hurt and amazing cinematography by the legendary Roger Deakins.

 

 

Nineteen Eighty-Four
(1984)

REVIEW NAVIGATION
The Movie | Special Features | Video Quality | Audio Quality | Overall

Genre(s): Drama
Twilight Time | R – 111 min. – $29.95 | December 8, 2015

Date Published: 12/19/2015 | Author: The Movieman

MOVIE INFO: Directed by: Michael Radford Writer(s): George Orwell (novel); Michael Radford (written by) Cast: John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack DISC INFO: Features: Theatrical Trailer Digital Copy: No Formats Included: Blu-ray Number of Discs: 1 Audio: English (DTS-HD MA 1.0) Video: 1080p/Widescreen 1.85 Subtitles: English SDH Disc Size: 27.8 GB Codec: MPEG-4 AVC Region(s): A, B, C

THE MOVIE

Nineteen Eighty-Four, adapted from George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel by writer-director Michael Radford, centers on Winston Smith (JOHN HURT), a drone in a totalitarian state dominated by the supreme figurehead, Big Brother. Attempting to break out, he has an affair with Julia (SUZANNA HAMILTON), a rebellious sensualist, but then has to deal with O’Brien (RICHARD BURTON in his final screen role), a powerful tool of the state.

 

SPECIAL FEATURES – 0.5/5

Unfortunately this release is rather light. Along with the standard 6-page essay booklet, the film’s Theatrical Trailer (2:21; HD) is included.

 

VIDEO – 4.0/5

Twilight Time releases 1984 onto Blu-ray shown with a 1.85 widescreen aspect ratio and in keeping with the dystopian future, colors are almost void making way for darker tones which isn’t bad with a nice starkness in the darker scenes and decent detail in the lighter ones. There’s some obvious film grain and noise but considering the film’s age, it doesn’t look half bad.

 

AUDIO – 4.0/5

The movie was given a 1.0 DTS-HD Master Audio track which provides for crisp and clean dialogue levels and the audio effects, as well as the music from the Eurythmics and Dominic Muldowney (which is presented here as an isolated track), comes through the center channel fairly well.

 

OVERALL – 3.0/5

Overall, 1984 is a prolific adaptation based on an equally prolific novel that features some fine performances highlighted by John Hurt and amazing cinematography by the legendary Roger Deakins. The Blu-ray released through Twilight Time is light on features unfortunately but the video and audio transfers are both well done.

 

 

 

 

Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers.