Icy Breasts, a terrible and inaccurate title, is a decent mystery-drama featuring from what I can tell for a foreign film, solid performances from Alain Delon, Mireille Darc and Claude Brasseur.
Icy Breasts
(1974)
Genre(s): Drama, Suspense/Thriller
Kino Lorber| NR – 105 min. – $24.95 | July 6, 2021
Date Published: 07/07/2021 | Author: The Movieman
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Kino Lorber provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
The opinions I share are my own.
THE MOVIE — 3½/5 |
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Plot Synopsis: Seeking inspiration on a beach in Nice, writer Francois (CLAUDE BRASSEUR) meets the mysterious young widow Peggy (MIREILLE DARC) and falls in love with her. Stalking her to her villa, he finds lawyer Marc Rilson (ALAIN DELON), who warns him that Peggy has a dark and violent past. Bodies pile up in this Euro-chiller based on the novel “Someone is Bleeding” by Richard Matheson. Quick Hit Review: A bit uneven in the pacing and never quite bought why Mireille Darc was so darn magnetic to these two guys, although she is lovely, but still found this to be an fairly engaging part mystery, part melodrama with a well done finale that did make one feel for these characters. Not sure if this is one I’ll revisit all that soon, however it is worth at least one viewing. |
SPECIAL FEATURES – 2/5 |
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The only bonuses are an Audio Commentary by Film Historians Howard S. Berger, Steve Mitchell and Nathaniel Thompson and the Theatrical Trailer. |
VIDEO – 4¼/5 |
| Kino Lorber releases Icy Breasts onto Blu-ray, presented in the film’s original 1.66 widescreen aspect ratio and given a new 1080p high-definition transfer taken from a 4K restoration from the original camera negative. While not a perfect transfer, still found this to be a fine picture, detail is relatively sharp and colors well balanced. |
AUDIO – 4/5 |
| The disc comes with a standard DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 track which was perfectly serviceable outputting clear dialogue and there is some adequate depth for the kind of movie this is, which is filled with quieter scenes than anything approaching action-packed. |
OVERALL – 3/5 |
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Icy Breasts, a terrible and inaccurate title, is a decent mystery-drama featuring from what I can tell for a foreign film, solid performances from Alain Delon, Mireille Darc and Claude Brasseur. The Blu-ray release offers up good video and audio transfers. |
Check out some more 1080p screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers.