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Eve's Bayou(1997)Over the course of a long, hot Louisiana summer, a 10-year-old black girl, Eve Batiste, discovers that her family's affluent existence is merely a facade. The philandering of her suave doctor father, Louis, creates a rift, throwing Eve's mother, Roz, and teenage sister, Cisely, into emotional turmoil. Eve, though, manages to find some solace with her quirky psychic aunt, Mozelle. For more about Eve's Bayou and the Eve's Bayou Blu-ray release, see Eve's Bayou Blu-ray Review published by Randy Miller III on October 21, 2022 where this Blu-ray release scored 4.0 out of 5. Director: Kasi Lemmons Writer: Kasi Lemmons Starring: Jurnee Smollett, Meagan Good, Samuel L. Jackson, Lynn Whitfield, Debbi Morgan, Jake Smollett Narrator: Tamara Tunie Producer: Caldecot Chubb » See full cast & crew Eve's Bayou Blu-ray, Video Quality"Supervised by director Kasi Lemmons and director of photography Amy Vincent, this new digital restoration of the director's cut of the film was created in 4K resolution on Lasergraphics Director film scanner from the 35mm original camera negative and a 35mm interpositive". These A/V notes in Criterion's booklet paint an almost inarguable picture, and it's certainly hard to objectively critique this 1080p transfer of Eve's Bayou for those reasons as well as two more: most audiences did not see this film theatrically and DVD-era transfers, which marked its last appearance on home video, frequently leaned on warmer tones that rarely replicated a film's original color palette. Still, it's hard to ignore the dominant teals and occasional pinks that give certain scenes a lightly filtered appearance, which I'd normally chalk up to the director/cinematographer's original intent if that type of palette weren't so trendy today. Revision? Maybe. Yet most other elements of this 4K-sourced transfer aren't nearly as potentially offensive, and luckily preserve what I'd consider a more purist-friendly-presentation: outstanding image detail, visible textures, strong film grain, and good contrast levels that are somewhat limited by what looks to be a bit of artificial brightening. Yet Eve's Bayou looks exceedingly great in-motion and still casts a timeless and hypnotic visual spell, with lots of filtered natural light and interesting set decorations that give its backgrounds plenty of appeal. The high-contrast, black-and-white flashbacks and psychic visions (seen in screenshot #30) look as crisp as ever, with likewise dominant film grain, bright whites, and deep blacks with intentional crush. Stray scenes taken from a 35mm interpositive -- about seven minutes or so, originally trimmed for reasons outlined above -- blend in almost seamlessly during the director's cut, showing a very slight dip in quality that your eyes will quickly adjust to... if you even notice it.
This means that the theatrical cut, obviously sourced entirely from the negative, is the more consistent of the two but not by much. It also shows
marginally fewer compression artifacts -- not that they're prevalent to begin with -- because it gets the entire second dual-layered disc to itself.
(Just one of a few small oddities regarding how this material was organized). Add in the lack of a true 4K option and you've got a slightly less than
definitive
presentation of Eve's Bayou but, considering its last home video release was 20 years ago (and the theatrical cut never even got an
anamorphic DVD release), Criterion's Blu-ray still marks a leap forward in video quality for this beautifully-shot film. Eve's Bayou Blu-ray, Audio QualityThis DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio mix, remastered from the original 35mm magnetic track, sounds spectacular during its most intense moments. Though much of the film features front-forward dialogue recorded indoors with a narrowed presence, other moments let the rear channels come alive with crowd ambiance, music cues by the supremely talented Terence Blanchard, weather-related effects, and built-in atmosphere provided by Louisiana's bustling insect population. This is a very dialed-in presentation that sometimes goes beyond what I'd consider normal territory for the genre, and it's presented here in a clean and robust track that honestly shows no real room for improvement. Simply put, those who have not watched Eve's Bayou in a decade or more will be surprised at how good it sounds here.
Optional English (SDH) subtitles are offered during the main feature only (not the extras, unfortunately), and stray moments of burned-in subtitles
translating French dialogue have been thankfully preserved.
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Eve's Bayou Blu-ray, News and Updates• Criterion Announces October Releases - July 18, 2022 The Criterion Collection has announced its October batch of 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases. They are: Lost Highway (1997), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), Cure (1997), La Llorona (2019), and Eve's Bayou (1997).
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