The Bastard: Technical Notes

Technical Notes Technical Notes:
The Bastard
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    by Kung Fu Cinema
    www.KungFuCinema.com



Distributor: Deltamac

Format: Region 3 DVD, NTSC

Length: 102 min

Aspect Ratio: Widescreen (2.35:1)

Audio Tracks: Mandarin (Dolby Digital 2.0)

Subtitles: English, Chinese, Malay, Indonesia

Extras: Trailers for The Bastard, Starlets For Sale, Family Light Affair, The Killer Snakes, & The Twelve Gold Medallions; movie stills; poster art; production notes (also printed on back cover of DVD); and profiles of Chung Wa, Lily Li, & Lau Dan.

Notes: This version differs from the IVl release only in that it lacks a slipcover and has no English synopsis on the cover. This print is digitally restored, yet non-anamorphic. The quality is very good, although the contrast is somewhat low. The mono Mandarin audio track is re-mastered and sounds excellent. Removable subtitles are professionally translated with few if any errors and are available in English, traditional Chinese, Bahasa Malaysian, and Bahasa Indonesian.




    by So Good... - Hong Kong DVD Movie Reviews
    www.sogoodreviews.com



Even though released before IVL went anamorphic for their Shaw Brother's releases, this is a good 2.40:1 framed remastered print with fine colours, sharpness and detail. Even scenes with smoke, which there are a fair few of, feature no noticeable encoding detractions.

Thankfully, the original Mandarin dubtrack is presented in Dolby Digital 2.0 mono and while it sounds a bit distorted at times, it is a good presentation.

The English subtitles have a few spelling errors but remains well-worded and professional throughout otherwise. Other subtitle options are Bahasa (Malaysia), Bahasa (Indonesia) and Traditional Chinese.

Extras include newly created, and subtitled, trailers for The Bastard, Starlets For Sale, Family Light Affair, The Killer Snakes & The Twelve Gold Medallions. The Movie Information sections starts of with a 9 page photo gallery and continues with a page with the original movie poster. Production Notes is, as always when it comes to IVL's releases, totally deceiving as it always only has the plot synopsis, also readable on the back cover of the dvd.

The section concludes with biographies and filmographies for actors Chung Wa, Lili Li, Liu Tan and director Chor Yuen. They're short on substantial info but newcomers may get a few basic insights.




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