![]() ![]() There's also lovely richness to the image of the sort you'll often find on better high-def transfers that lifts them above their DVD equivalent. Grain is evident throughout but not in a distracting way, and the contrast is spot-on, with little if any picture information lost to those inky black levels. Intermittently there are shots that really pop, however, particularly those involving machinery or Victorian buildings. Image detail that on a prime transfer would be sharply evident – patterns on clothing, newspaper text, the tattoos of a fairground performer, facial hair – is often a little soft here, something usually (though not always) more pronounced in wider shots than close-ups, which fare rather better. Make no mistake, this is still a marked step up from the DVD, but it never quite achieves that super-crisp sharpness that prompts you to drag people in front of the TV to gasp in unified awe. Now if The Elephant Man could look that good. So how does the first high definition David Lynch transfer measure up?īlu-ray, it has been observed elsewhere, has been particularly kind to black and white imagery, and though I have only had the pleasure of seeing one such disc so far – Luc Besson's Le dernier combat – I was suitably knocked out by the results. This new Optimum Blu-ray disc, like the same company's 2008 DVD release, has been sourced from their mother company Studio Canal and is one of a number of prestige titles being released on Blu-ray this week by Optimum under the banner of The Studio Canal Collection. ![]() The picture quality on that release was a mixture of the good and not quite so good, but its extra features gave it a distinct edge over the Metrodome predecessor. It's a film I have a long and treasured history with, but one I've also reviewed in some detail not so long ago when I covered Optimum's UK Special Edition DVD, which you can read by clicking here. The Elephant Man, was only Lynch's second feature and the one that saw him temporarily move from the art house into the mainstream, but without abandoning or even compromising his experimental and surrealist roots. I'm actually surprised to see The Elephant Man make it first past the Blu-ray gate – had I been placing bets, I'd definitely have backed Dune as the most obvious water-tester, but there you go. ![]() A UK Blu-ray review of THE ELEPHANT MAN by Slarekĭavid Lynch in high definition. ![]()
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