It's not a reference quality restoration, but it looks as good as I think it can. Go buy it!
shareJust got my Blu-ray in the mail today. I now know what I'll be watching tonight.
What do you think this is, a signature? It's a way of life!
The Blu-ray is a good upgrade over the PAL DVD. Fine color. Night scenes have a lot of noise, but some of the daylight images have rather good hidef detail. Certainly not a top-tier disc, but I wasn't expecting that for a minor catalog title.
Better yet: the running time is the full 80 minutes, 3 minutes longer than the PAL DVD, which was supposed to be uncut. I could tell I was watching a different cut of the movie, although I'm not sure why the edits were made. They did not seem to be related to sex and violence.
Some extras give melancholy background on the short troubled life of Zoë Tamerlis. She seemed a bright spirit, burning out too quickly. According to her husband (they were separated) she contracted a lung infection in Paris and her then-boyfriend wouldn't take her to the hospital because they were dealing cocaine and he didn't want any attention. It spread to her heart and she died soon after.
She was only 19 in this film. That's incredible.
I don't recall seeing a disc from "Drafthouse" before, but they've provided good value here: very decent Blu-ray image, extras, and booklet.
-Bill