why not on DVD
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pyenot-1 — 18 years ago(July 31, 2007 01:12 PM)
I hunted this film for ages on DVD but finally found a Russian copy for sale on eBay. The only English on the box says "Film Prestige, blue series". It plays on my computer just fine, says it's region-free, although all the defaults are in Russian so you have to play around a bit to get the English dialogue back. It is a 110 minute version. I watched it the other day, after several years, and was entranced againit only goes to make it more poignant when I find out that Antonioni died today. Always preferred this film to 'Blow Up', possibly because of its sparsenessbut my God, isn't it prescient with regards to capitalism et al
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kirkbutcher — 18 years ago(August 09, 2007 07:28 AM)
With regards to the Russian DVD, I've tracked it down on this website: http://www.dvdigitall.com/
However, not too much information, other than Region 0, PAL, Fullscreen ratio 1,33:1, soundtrack in Dolby 2.0 in English & Russian, subtitles: Russian and as stated 110 minute version, with filmography included.
There's also a Antonioni 3 disc box set which includes ZP, Blow up and Red Desert in the "Film Prestige" series (also avalible seperately).
Shame it's not a widescreen ratio.
pyenot-1, what's the quality like of this DVD, would it satisfy the needs of those who wish to see the film, do you recommend? I'm tempted, but should we hang on for a proper widescreen, digitally remastered version, credited to MGM etc.?
Be nice if Criterion could get the licence to release!
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thao — 17 years ago(April 07, 2008 05:01 AM)
It is out on DVD now. See:
http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00116S072/dvdbeaver0c-21/ref=no simNo animal was hurt during the making of this burger
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thomega — 17 years ago(April 20, 2008 02:15 PM)
Amazon.de's information is definitely wrong.
The backcover states 4:3 and the transfer is neither letterboxed 2.35 (well, the opening credits are) nor open matte (which is impossible for an anamorphically lensed scope film anyway), but pan & scanned to 1.33. I've watched a couple of scenes and it's painful. My copy's going back tomorrow, due misleading advertising. -
sub-imdb — 17 years ago(April 23, 2008 06:04 AM)
I had ordered it because of the "16:9" statement, but now they corrected it to "4:3". Unfortunately, "4:3" is true. The customer reviews on amazon.de are overwhelmingly negative because of this. Also, it's a 107 minute version, apparently edited.
Don't remember too much from when I last saw the movie in the eighties, so I can't say what has been cut.
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PsychoDingo — 12 years ago(September 07, 2013 05:16 PM)
I picked up a really nice Hungarian release of the Warner Brothers DVD recently.
It's in 2.40:1 aspect ratio (16:9 enhanced / letterboxed), and looks great
The audio has the original English track as well as several dub options.
There are 18 different subtitle tracks to choose from, or subtitles can be off.
They'll hang you as sure as 10 dimes will buy a dollar -
Bobby_Dupea — 12 years ago(October 27, 2013 01:11 PM)
The US DVD is 2.35:1 widescreen
http://www.amazon.com/Zabriskie-Point-Mark-Frechette/dp/B001TK80CA/ref =sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1382904579&sr=1-1&keyw ords=zabriskie+point+1970
Beautiful film I think, too
