City Without Baseball: Technical Notes

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City Without Baseball
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Panorama presents the film in an aspect ratio of 1.78:1, with anamorphic enhancement. Print is clean, colourful and sufficiently sharp.

The mixed language track (Cantonese, Mandarin, English) in Dolby Digital 2.0 doesn't challenge the front stage heavily but sounds thoroughly suitable for the film. Audio is also available in Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS 5.1.

The English subtitles have a few minor errors but are fully coherent otherwise. A set of Chinese subtitles are also included. The extras package isn't exhausting but holds worth as it comes with the same subtitle options as the feature. The Making Of (20 minutes, 28 seconds) acts more as a video diary with the actors talking of their first acting experience, how the movie echoes their lives etc. The program never reaches any more insightful height but is a decent insight into this particular process.

4 deleted scenes, in total 15 minutes and 22 seconds, comes next. One just shows a few variations of the opening but with the green screen visible while another is a quiet scene of Ron's inner pain. However the other two represents a completely cut sub-plot about the coach's girlfriend Ping and her twin sister. Almost a little short movie when presented here on its own, coherency isn't at top level and it would've slowed the movie down. Still, its inclusion its worthwhile. Finally there's the trailer and a 28 page photo book with fairly high quality stills and Chinese language quotes. Looks like the makers tried to sum up the movie within these pages.




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