In Reply to: How's the video quality? The subtitles? n/t posted by clarkjohnsen on May 22, 2001 at 16:25:14:
Not bad at all. We watched it on a 100" 4:3 projector and it was *extremely* enjoyable. The image is letterboxed from the original wide screen, so the subtitles are over the black band on the bottom - a nice touch. But of course, I used the subs only on few occasions, as I could still understand their Russian, plus they don't speak all that much. There were few translation boo-boo's that we found funny.But I honestly didn't expect it to be this enjoyable - after twenty years I thought it would be a ho-hum experience, but it was not. All those 1970-vintage Soviet special effects nothwithstanding.
It spurred me to look for more films with Banionis - a former love of virtually all Russian women, and mine too. But I found none even at the bestvideo. A very good actor. One I would love to see is "Nobody Wanted to Die" - I remember loving that move about the post-WWII struggle in Lithuania.
But tonight we shall revisit the Mirror - after about 26 years. I am looking forward, but my wife is already bitching.
I know she'll come around...
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Follow Ups
- Re: How's the video quality? The subtitles? n/t - Victor Khomenko 17:02:30 05/22/01 (4)
- It's on DVD? - clarkjohnsen 12:21:33 05/23/01 (3)
- Tape, of course... - Victor Khomenko 13:05:58 05/23/01 (2)
- "Watching VHS tapes is akin to listening to Caruso on a Victrola... " - clarkjohnsen 16:50:40 05/23/01 (1)
- Who's dismissing??!!??!!??!!??!! I LOVE it!!!! - Victor Khomenko 17:03:09 05/23/01 (0)