| Towards the end, the film opens up to 1.77:1 but the majority of the film is framed at 1.66:1. It's definitely is in need of cleanup as we get patches of heavy print damage and at times grainy shots. Colours are only decent and high contrast makes black come off bad in certain shots.
The only language track on offer is a Dolby Digital 2.0 track consisting of both Cantonese, Mandarin and a little bit of English. It's unspectacular as far as mono tracks go and sound a little distorted. It does its job though and it's actually a sync sound soundtrack, making Center Stage the earliest 1990s example of a Hong Kong film of that kind to the best of my knowledge.
The English subtitles are excellent throughout with only few spelling and structure errors. The on screen text that pops up throughout is however not translated which was a mighty shame (it apparently was on the full length VHS). Traditional and simplified Chinese subtitles are also included. Only extra is the trailer. |