Embrace Your Shadow: Technical Notes

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



Mei Ah presents the film in an aspect ratio of 1.78:1, with anamorphic enhancement. Print is clean and comes off well in the important areas of colour, detail and sharpness.

Audio options are Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1, Cantonese DTS 5.1 and Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1 but as I'm not equipped with such a system, my assessment of this disc aspect will be left off this review.

The English subtitles have a handful of minor errors but are very coherent otherwise. For one line, they switch to Chinese but thankfully it's a repeat of the prior line of dialogue so you don't actually miss anything. Traditional and simplified Chinese subtitles are also available.

The supplemental parts of the dvd are unusually extensive coming from Mei Ah but aside from the trailer, we get no English subtitles to help us in need along. MV (4 minutes, 8 seconds) presents a tune from the flick, played under movie clips only. Unseen Footage (2 minutes, 14 seconds) contains two excised scenes seemingly sans importance (the first is an earlier intro for Cheung Kwok-Keung's character). The Making Of (8 minutes, 31 seconds) has some minute revelations of the behind the scenes work on the film but otherwise is nothing without aid of English translation. An animated Photo Gallery (3 minutes, 3 seconds) has its movie stills presented in fullscreen thankfully and finally the Mei Ah Databank is as usual not filled with more data other than a bilingual synopsis and minute cast & crew listing.




    by Far East Films
    www.fareastfilms.com



Region: 0

Distributor: Mei Ah

Chapters: 6

Picture: A clean, unblemished print that looks consistently impressive throughout. The detail is excellent with a large palette of colours and tones on offer and a real clarity to skin-tones.

Sound: DTS/5.1 Cantonese or 5.1 Mandarin soundtracks with English, Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese subtitles (removable). The Cantonese DTS track is superb, starting with a bang, flooding the surround speakers with excellent ambient effects and adding much to the atmosphere of the film. Unlike many surround tracks, this DVD has a varied use for all of the speakers, finally realising the full capability of DTS and Dolby Digital. The soundtrack also sounds resonant throughout.

Trailers: Just one for the film itself.

Extras: Music Video, Unseen Footage (lasting a few minutes, but not subtitled), Making Of (lasting ten minutes and again not subtitled), Photo Gallery and that Mei Ah staple, the Data Bank.




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