![]() If the colours to the film are debatable this next aspect isn’t: for whatever reason the rest of the film, a little bit after that 21-minute mark (I’m guessing after a reel change) the image becomes horizontally squished. ![]() It looks great… Until roughly the 21-minute mark-when Angie Dickinson’s character runs out after the man she was tailing in the museum-where the transfer makes a questionable turn. Even the clean-up job is impressive, wiping out just about all imperfections, the only real issue I noticed being some fading on the edges of the screen a few times. The transfer was clean and stable, presenting natural looking grain, no noticeable digital tinkering, and a wonderfully filmic quality. So, to a certain extent I was very pleased with what we got, and the first 21-minutes look great. Still, many will have their personal preference on this and will probably prefer the colours used for all of the other releases since the DVD. I was more than fine with it and I wouldn’t be surprised if colours were closer to this when it was released and the look works for the film. Black levels are also very good and crushing wasn’t an issue. They can still look fairly vibrant and the reds (found in the blood particularly) are the strongest aspect. Here the colours are noticeably washed out a little more, though they aren’t overly dull. It’s incredibly crisp, and easily the sharpest I’ve ever seen the film.Ĭolours do differ a bit in comparison to every release since MGM’s 2001 DVD. Textures are particularly superb, at times looking like you can reach out and touch them, and the sense of depth is also fairly strong (though this is hampered a bit by an issue I’ll touch on later). Touching on the good aspects first the image is razor sharp with stunning detail, improving over Arrow’s presentation which looks a little muddy and fuzzy in comparison. This may be one of the more frustrating presentations to come from Criterion because you can see how amazing it would have turned out if it wasn’t for one rather huge glaring issue. The new 1080p/24hz high-definition presentation, approved by De Palma, is taken from a new 4K restoration, scanned from the original camera negative, as well as a 35mm interpositive for a few sequences. The Criterion Collection presents the original unrated version of Brian De Palma’s thriller Dressed to Kill on Blu-ray in the aspect ratio of 2.40:1.
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