{"id":10674,"date":"2015-11-17T18:31:57","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T02:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=10674"},"modified":"2015-11-18T18:41:53","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T02:41:53","slug":"review-fatherland-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2015\/11\/review-fatherland-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Fatherland BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Fatherland<\/em><\/strong> isn\u2019t great but the performance from lead actor Gerulf Griffiths wasn\u2019t bad and the story at least held some interest. That said, this really isn\u2019t my cup of tea but might be worth checking out at some point. The Blu-ray released by Twilight Time offers so-so video\/audio transfers and sadly no bonus material to peruse.<\/p>\n

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Fatherland<\/span>
\n(1986)<\/strong><\/p>\n


\nREVIEW NAVIGATION<\/strong><\/span>
\nThe Movie<\/a> | Special Features<\/a> | Video Quality<\/a> | Audio Quality<\/a> | Overall<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama
\nScreen Archives | NR \u2013 111 min. \u2013 $24.95 | November 10, 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Ken Loach
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Trevor Griffiths (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Gerulf Pannach, Fanienne Babe, Cristine Rose, Sigfrit Steiner, Robert Dietz<\/p>\n

DISC INFO:
\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>None
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/p>\n

Audio: <\/strong>German and English (DTS-HD MA 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.78
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH, Spanish
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>27.5 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A, B, C<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


\n** Click Here to Purchase Fatherland<\/em> on Blu-ray from Amazon.com<\/a><\/strong> **<\/p>\n

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PLOT SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Fatherland<\/em><\/strong> (aka Singing the Blues in Red<\/em>) is singular director Ken Loach\u2019s excursion into the world of European cinema \u2014 written by Trevor Griffiths (Reds<\/em>) \u2014 about an East German singer-songwriter (GERULF PANNACH) who exchanges the political repression of his home country for the new pressures of capitalism in the West. The search for his lost father and a skittish relationship with journalist (FABIENNE BABE) only add to the young artist\u2019s turmoil.<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This release, like others comes with a 6-page essay booklet<\/strong>. Unfortunately no other features were included.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Twilight Time releases Fatherland<\/em><\/strong> onto Blu-ray shown in its original 1.78 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p high-definition transfer. It\u2019s not the prettiest looking film and there didn\u2019t seem to be a lot of restoration done as there were the occasional scratch marks, detail isn\u2019t very sharp and colors are a tad drab though that could\u2019ve been the director\u2019s intent.
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AUDIO \u2013 3.25\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The included German and English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 track is serviceable but nothing special. Dialogue levels aren\u2019t bad and the soundtrack\/score make use of the limited lossless track yet it\u2019s not quite dynamic nor provides much depth. However, there weren\u2019t any apparent hisses so it\u2019s clean enough.<\/p>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Overall, Fatherland<\/em><\/strong> isn\u2019t great but the performance from lead actor Gerulf Griffiths wasn\u2019t bad and the story at least held some interest. That said, this really isn\u2019t my cup of tea but might be worth checking out at some point. The Blu-ray released by Twilight Time offers so-so video\/audio transfers and sadly no bonus material to peruse.<\/p>\n

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Published: <\/strong>11\/17\/2015<\/p>\n

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Check out some more screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers<\/strong>.
\nThese are only here to give an idea of the movie\u2019s video quality and may not be truly representative of it.<\/p>\n