{"id":16369,"date":"2017-09-24T12:44:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T19:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=16369"},"modified":"2017-09-24T12:45:22","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T19:45:22","slug":"review-moderns-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2017\/09\/review-moderns-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"The Moderns: Collector’s Edition BD + Screen Caps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Moderns<\/em><\/strong> is an environmentally rich drama that has shades of Robert Altman which makes sense as director Alan Rudolph was a disciple of his, and even a little Woody Allen in some respects. It\u2019s not the most fascinating tale or anything but the performances by both Keith Carradine and Linda Fiorentino were both top great.<\/p>\n

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The Moderns<\/span>
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\n(1988)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama, Romance
\nShout Factory | R \u2013 126 min. \u2013 $27.99 | September 19, 2017<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 09\/24\/2017 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n

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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Alan Rudolph
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Alan Rudolph & Jon Bradshaw (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino, Genevieve Bujold, Geraldine Chaplin, Wallace Shawn, Kevin J. Connor, John Lone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Featurette, Theatrical Trailer
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>No
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 5.1), English (DTS-HD MA 2.0)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.85
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>45.5 GB
\nCodecs: <\/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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Paris, 1926. A time when anything could happen … and usually did. At the center of his world is Nick Hart (KEITH CARRADINE), a struggling painter who makes a meager living drawing caricatures at his favorite caf\u00e9. Nick longs for success and even agrees to forge masterpieces for a wealthy divorc\u00e9e (GERALDINE CHAPLIN). But what he truly desires is Rachel (LINDA FIORENTINO), the alluring wife of an obsessively jealous and lethally dangerous businessman (JOHN LONE).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 2.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Not much to this release, but there is a very extensive Art and Artifice: The Moderns<\/em> (1:36:35; HD)<\/u><\/strong> which is a collection of new interviews with co-writer\/director Alan Rudolph, producer Carolyn Pfeiffer and actor Keith Carradine and the Theatrical Trailer (2:04; HD)<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

There is also reversible cover artwork.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Shout Factory releases The Moderns<\/em><\/strong> onto Blu-ray presented in its original 1.85 widescreen aspect ratio and a 1080p transfer created from a newly remastered in 2K from the original film elements. This is not what I\u2019d call a fantastic looking transfer, but detail is pretty good and colors do come across exceptionally well. There might be a few specs and dirt here and there but it is mostly a clean picture.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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As with most Shout releases, this comes with a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 tracks, the former being the default option. The former does utilizing each speaker fairly well enough but this is mostly dialogue driven with some 1920s-era music thrown to give it some reserved depth.<\/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, The Moderns<\/em><\/strong> is an environmentally rich drama that has shades of Robert Altman which makes sense as director Alan Rudolph was a disciple of his, and even a little Woody Allen in some respects. It\u2019s not the most fascinating tale or anything but the performances by both Keith Carradine and Linda Fiorentino were both top great. The Collector\u2019s Edition release from Shout includes an excellent, feature-length, featurette while the video and audio transfers were well done.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Check out some more 1080p screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain spoilers<\/strong>.
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