{"id":18640,"date":"2018-04-30T14:50:06","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T21:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=18640"},"modified":"2022-07-05T22:37:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T05:37:00","slug":"review-virgin-suicides-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2018\/04\/review-virgin-suicides-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"The Virgin Suicides: The Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Virgin Suicides
\n<\/span>\u2014 The Criterion Collection \u2014<\/span>
\n(1999)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama
\nCriterion Collection | R \u2013 97 min. \u2013 $39.99 | April 24, 2018<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 04\/30\/2018 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Directed by: <\/strong>Sofia Coppola
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Jeffrey Eugendes (novel); Sofia Coppola (written by)
\nCast: <\/strong>James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, Scott Glenn, Michael Par?, Danny DeVito, A.J. Cook, Jonathan Tucker, Hayden Christensen, Giovanni Ribisi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DISC INFO:
\n<\/u><\/strong>Features: <\/strong>Featurettes, Trailers, Short Film
\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)
\nVideo: <\/strong>1080p\/Widescreen 1.66
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nDisc Size: <\/strong>44.5 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

The Criterion Collection provided me with a free copy of the Blu-ray I reviewed in this Blog Post.
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THE MOVIE \u2014 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Plot Synopsis: <\/strong>In an ordinary suburban house, on a lovely tree-lined street, in the middle of 1970s America, lived the five beautiful, dreamy Lisbon sisters (KIRSTEN DUNST, A.J. COOK, HANNA HALL, LESLIE HAYMAN, CHELSE SWAIN), whose doomed fates indelibly marked the neighborhood boys who to this day continue to obsess over them. A story of love and repression, fantasy and terror, sex and death, memory and longing. It is at its core a mystery story: a heart-rending investigation into the impenetrable, life-altering secrets of American adolescence.<\/p>\n

Quick Hit Review: <\/strong>It\u2019s been many years since I last watched The Virgin Suicides<\/em>, Sofia Coppola\u2019s feature film debut. The film never really made a big impact on me either way, in spite of some nuanced and quiet performances from the likes of Kirsten Dunst, Kathleen Turner and Josh Hartnett, and this second viewing… I pretty much felt the same way: pretty good but a hair under being great, mainly since I didn\u2019t feel very much, more cold than sorrowful, whereas Coppola\u2019s follow-up, Lost in Translation<\/em>, certainly felt the latter.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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This release comes in your standard clear Criterion Blu-ray keep case and inside is an essay booklet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Revisiting The Virgin Suicides<\/em> (26:12; HD)<\/u><\/strong> is a retrospective featurette with new interviews by Writer\/Director Sofia Coppola, Actors Kirsten Dunst and Josh Hartnett and Cinematographer Ed Lachman.<\/p>\n

Interview (15:31; HD)<\/u><\/strong> with Author Jeffrey Eugenides, talking about the inspiration for the book and recollects his time on set as the film was being made.<\/p>\n

Strange Magic (13:13; HD)<\/u><\/strong> \u2013 Writer and Rookie<\/em> Editor-in-Chief Tavi Gevinson explores the film through the lens of an adolescent, suicide and memory. It features her own writing and imagery she made from a fanzine she made about Coppola\u2019s movie in 2012.<\/p>\n

Making of The Virgin Suicides<\/em> (23:04; HD)<\/u><\/strong> is an older featurette going behind-the-scenes and features interviews with Coppola, Dunst, Hartnett, Scott Glenn, Kathleen Turner and James Woods as well as Author Eugenides and Executive Producer Francis Ford Coppola.<\/p>\n

Lick the Star<\/u><\/em><\/strong> (13:58; HD)<\/u><\/strong> is a short film by Sofia Coppola made in 1998.<\/p>\n

Playground Love (3:39; HD)<\/u><\/strong> is a music video for one of the songs featured in the movie and was directed by Sofia Coppola and her brother, Roman Coppola.<\/p>\n

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VIDEO \u2013 4.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The Virgin Suicides<\/em><\/strong> received a new transfer with 4K restoration, culled from the original 35mm camera negative, and supervised by cinematographer Ed Lachman and approved by Sofia Coppola. The 1080p transfer looks splendid with great and well defined detail throughout and because of the subject, you\u2019re not going to get vibrant colors but instead, this does appear to be in line with how this looked in theaters and later on DVD. The picture is clean, free of artifacting, aliasing or banding (thanks to instances of dust, dirt and other ailments being removed) while still keeping the film\u2019s integrity with some well dispersed film grain and noise.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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AUDIO \u2013 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track also received some attention, remastered from the 35mm Dolby SR magnetic track and clicks, thumps, hiss, hum, and crackle were manually removed. For the most part, this does sound really good with crisp and clear dialogue levels while the music from \u201cAir\u201d making use of the front and rear channels.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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OVERALL \u2013 3.75\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
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Overall, The Virgin Suicides<\/em><\/strong> is a movie that didn\u2019t have a huge impact on me then and now I can appreciate it for its direction and the performances, but nothing else otherwise in terms of any emotional impact. This Blu-ray release from The Criterion Collection is pretty darn good, however with great video\/audio restorations and a good selection of bonus features.<\/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>.
\nThese are only here to give an idea of the movie\u2019s video quality and may not be truly representative of it.<\/p>\n

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