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Love Affair(1939)Chic strangers meet and fall in love aboard an ocean liner bound for New York. Though they are both involved with other people, they make a pact to reconnect six months later at the top of the Empire State Building—until the hand of fate throws their star-crossed affair tragically off course. For more about Love Affair and the Love Affair Blu-ray release, see Love Affair Blu-ray Review published by Dr. Svet Atanasov on February 18, 2022 where this Blu-ray release scored 4.5 out of 5. Directors: Leo McCarey, Field Norton Writers: Delmer Daves, Donald Ogden Stewart, Mildred Cram, Leo McCarey, S.N. Behrman Starring: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya, Lee Bowman, Astrid Allwyn, Maurice Moscovitch Producer: Leo McCarey » See full cast & crew Love Affair Blu-ray, Video QualityPresented in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Love Affair arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion. The following text appears inside the leaflet that is provided with this Blu-ray release: "This 4K restoration was undertaken by The Museum of Modern Art and Lobster Films at Lobster Films' laboratories in Paris, from a 35mm original nitrate print and a safety 35mm duplicate negative, both from the MOMA collection. The original monaural soundtrack was remastered primarily from the duplicate negative, with the nitrate print used for a a few sections. 4K scanning: Blackhawk Films, Burbank, CA. Sound restoration: L.E. Diapason, Paris." This Blu-ray release of Love Affair is the exact same much-needed revelation that the recent Blu-ray release of Detour turned out to be. I actually have in my library one of the semi-legit DVD releases Serge Bromberg references in the restoration program from the bonus features section, and the 4K makeover really is as exciting and definitive as he describes it. What Bromberg shows in the program are not carefully selected poor clips that make the 4K makeover look a lot better; these clips reflect the actual quality of the presentations of the film that were made available on DVD, and this quality was awful even by VHS standards. Yes, after the 4K makeover there are still some obvious traces of aging, plus some density fluctuations and other minor inconsistencies, but you have to place the work that was done in a proper context. What does this mean exactly? It means that you have to take into consideration where the folks at Lobster Film started and the quality of the surviving elements they were able to access to understand and hopefully appreciate what they were able to accomplish after their work was completed. Simply put, Love Affair looks like film now. It has a slightly dated appearance, but it is a very pleasing organic appearance, which was never available on DVD. Also, the 4K master that was prepared is very nicely graded, so the grayscale actually mirrors the type of quality you would get if you were in the theater and were viewing a 35mm original nitrate print of Love Affair. This is basically the type of quality the Blu-ray replicates, without the higher native resolution of the nitrate print. The entire film is very carefully cleaned up as well, so it looks rather remarkably healthy. Great presentation. (Note: This is a Region-A "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-A or Region-Free player in order to access its content). Love Affair Blu-ray, Audio QualityThere is only one standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: English LPCM 1.0. Optional English SDH subtitles are provided for the main feature. Even though it is very easy to tell that it has aged, the audio is clear and stable. I would describe it as very healthy as well because the distortions from the DVD release I have are gone and the upper register is stable. There are still a few spots where minor hiss remains, but my guess is that the folks at L.E. Diapason could not remove it without introducing other types of anomalies. All in all, I have to say that the audio restoration is predictably solid. I have quite a few French discs with audio tracks that were restored by the L.E. Diapason crew and what was done for Love Affair continues a familiar practice of excellence. My score is 4.75/5.00.
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Love Affair Blu-ray, News and Updates• Criterion Announces February Titles - November 15, 2021 The Criterion Collection has announced that it will add four new titles to its Blu-ray catalog in February. They are: Love Affair (1939), Miller's Crossing (1990), Written on the Wind (1956), and Boat People (1982).
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