{"id":15395,"date":"2017-06-11T19:12:01","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T02:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=15395"},"modified":"2017-06-11T19:12:24","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T02:12:24","slug":"review-spotlightonamurderer-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2017\/06\/review-spotlightonamurderer-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Spotlight on a Murderer BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This two-disc release from Arrow Films\u2019 \u201cArrow Academy\u201d line, Spotlight on a Murderer<\/em><\/strong> offers great video and audio transfers but falters a bit in the features department with only an older featurette, though the accompanied booklet is worth a read.<\/p>\n

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Spotlight on a Murderer
\n(Pleins feaux sur l’assassin)<\/span><\/span>
\n(1961)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama, Mystery
\nArrow Films | NR \u2013 92 min. \u2013 $39.95 | May 30, 2017<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 06\/11\/2017 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n

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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Georges Franju
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac (original scenario), Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac and Georges Franju (adaptation), Pierre Boileau, Thomas Narcejac and Robert Thomas (dialogue)
\nCast: <\/strong>Pierre Brasseur, Pascale Auoret, Marianne Koch, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Dany Saval, Jean Babilee, Georges Rollin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Featurette, Trailer
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray, DVD
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>French (PCM 1.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Full Frame 1.37
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>23.7 GB
\nCodec: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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PLOT SYNOPSIS
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An old count hides just before he dies to annoy his heirs. The heirs search a manor for the count’s body and are killed off one by one. Jean-Marie, his fianc\u00e9e Micheline and Edwige investigate the deaths and search for the count’s body.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes with a 40-page booklet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Le Courrier du Cinema (27:14; SD)<\/u><\/strong> is a 1960 on-location featurette with interviews by director Georges Franju and actors Pascale Audret, Pierre Brasseur, Marianne Koch, Dany Saval and Jean-Louis Trintgnant.<\/p>\n

Trailer (3:33; HD)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.75\/5, AUDIO \u2013 4.5\/5
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Arrow Films places Spotlight on a Murderer<\/em><\/strong> onto Blu-ray presented with a 1080p high-definition transfer digitally restored by Gaumont and looks pretty darn good with nice, stark black levels while still maintaining sharp detail throughout.<\/p>\n

The disc comes with a French language PCM Mono track. For a movie that really is mostly music or dialogue, it\u2019s a perfectly satisfying lossless audio option and I noticed no discernible pops or hisses.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 3.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Overall, this two-disc release from Arrow Films\u2019 \u201cArrow Academy\u201d line, Spotlight on a Murderer<\/em><\/strong> offers great video and audio transfers but falters a bit in the features department with only an older featurette, though the accompanied booklet is worth a read. The movie itself was a decent enough drama-mystery.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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This two-disc release from Arrow Films\u2019 \u201cArrow Academy\u201d line, Spotlight on a Murderer offers great video and audio transfers but falters a bit in the features department with only an older featurette, though the accompanied booklet is worth a read.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,970],"tags":[3920],"class_list":["post-15395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-arrow-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15395"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15398,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15395\/revisions\/15398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}