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Into The Forest, Blu-ray (2016)

by Audiophile Audition | Oct 7, 2016 | DVD & Blu-ray Video Reviews

A very realistic apocalyptic story that rings as perfectly true prophesy. Into The Forest, Blu-ray (2016) Cast: Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Max Minghella, Callum Keith Rennie Director: Patricia Rozema Studio: Lionsgate (10/4/16) Video: 1.85:1 for 16:9 screen, 1080p HD color Audio: English DTS-HD MA 5.1 Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish Extras: “The Making of Into the Forest,” Audio commentary track with writer/director Patricia Rozema Length: 104 min. Rating: **** Set in the near future, this riveting apocalyptic drama follows two sisters whose heretoforth fairly peaceful lives are disrupted by a world-wide power outage. The sisters (in the NorthWest) must work together in order to survive, and their world becomes increasingly treacherous. Their father dies suddenly and they are left alone some miles from the nearest town with only enough gas to get there for an emergency. All transportation, internet, electricity, gas and deliveries are stopped. One of the sisters is raped by a neighbor and they have to birth and care of the baby. When they return to their house after the birth of the baby in a hut nearby, the house is full of black mold and one of the sisters suggests burning it down, so they do. One […]

DVORAK: Sym. No. 9; MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition – Bavarian Radio Sym. /Mariss Jansons, Blu-ray (2016)

by Audiophile Audition | Jul 9, 2016 | DVD & Blu-ray Video Reviews

DVORAK: Symphony No. 9; MUSSORGSKY: Pictures at an Exhibition – Bavarian Radio Sym. Orch. /Mariss Jansons Studio: Belvedere [4/1/16] (Distr. by Naxos) Video: HD 1.77:1 for 16:9 screens, color Audio: DTS-HD 5.0, PCM Stereo Region Region free. (note: Amazon lists this as Region B, but the disc is region free) Length: 83 minutes Audio: **** Video **** A fine performance and first class recording of two popular works. B01BMPJ4DA This nicely-produced Blu-ray disc features two popular classical warhorses played enthusiastically by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons. On offer are the Symphony No. 9 by Dvorak, his ‘New World’ symphony, and the always popular Pictures at an Exhibition, which started life as a piano piece by Mussorgsky but found its greatest fame with Ravel’s brilliant transcription for orchestra. Jansons has always been popular popular on the international music scene, but after a heart attack on stage in 1996, he cut back his performances, and then resumed them again. This concert is from 2014. Jansons was one of the finest conductors to emerge from the former Soviet Union in the last quarter of the 20th century. Jansons was born while Riga was under military occupation by the Germans, who seized […]