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Originally Posted by LoBo  |
From the review...
"The transfer is mostly immaculate - there’s been some criticism online that it is too bright, thereby betraying some of the effects work, but for my money, previous editions were much too dark and muddy; the look of the film in this edition is more consistent with Salvati’s work on other Fulci films, truth be told, with its poppy colors and intense contrasts of darkness and light."
"The 2.35/16×9/1080p transfer is crisp and detailed, with appropriate smatterings of grain evident throughout, especially in the darker sequences."
"The print is in excellent condition, with only some minor speckling; it is also fully uncut, preserving all the gory highlights in their gruesome splendor."
"it’s interesting to see that the Italian print bears the onscreen title, ….E tu vivrai nel terrore - L’aldilÃ*, which translates as And You Will Live In Terror - The Beyond; critics have long insisted that the first portion of the title was simply an ad line, and that the Italian title was simply L’Aldila."
And now and interesting news...
"Alas, the initial review discs have a singular defect: the gorgeously sepia-tinted prologue is presented in black and white. This defect escaped Arrow’s attention until reviews started to surface on line; now that the company has been informed of this major slip-up (and the fact that it IS a slip-up is easily confirmed: director of photography Salvati has gone on record indicating that sepia was a deliberate stylistic choice), they have assured the fans that it will be corrected before the disc is released."
"Given that Arrow have decided to listen to the fans and correct the tinting of the opening scene, there’s no conceivable reason for a Fulci fanatic with blu ray capabilities to pass up this release."
A/V Maniacs review states that "they have assured the fans that it will be corrected before the disc is released" and "given that Arrow have decided to listen to the fans and correct the tinting of the opening scene".
So it´s official to assume that there´s an official word on the subject and that the color tinting will be sepia?