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- アスペクト比 : 1.78:1
- 梱包サイズ : 19 x 13.8 x 1.4 cm; 140.61 g
- EAN : 4571264911068
- 監督 : シドニー・ポラック
- メディア形式 : 色, ドルビー, DTS Stereo, 吹き替え, 限定版, モノ, 字幕付き, ワイドスクリーン
- 時間 : 2 時間 41 分
- 発売日 : 2008/12/19
- 出演 : ロバート・レッドフォード, メリル・ストリープ, クラウス・マリア・ブランダウアー, マイケル・キッチン, マリク・ポーエンズ
- 言語 : 日本語 (Dolby Digital 5.1), 英語 (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- 販売元 : ユニバーサル・ピクチャーズ・ジャパン
- ASIN : B001FR1OIY
- ディスク枚数 : 2
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内容紹介
【アフリカの広大なサバンナに生きた女性の、愛と冒険のトゥルー・ストーリー】
自由と孤独しか愛せない男、その男を愛してしまった女…。
デンマークの裕福な家に育ったカレン(メリル・ストリープ)は、どこか遠くで暮らしてみたいという思いから、スウェーデンの男爵ブロル(クラウス・マリア・ブランダウアー)と結婚し、アフリカ・ケニアに移住する。二人はカレンの持参金を元手に牧場を経営するはずだったが、ブロルはカレンに断りもなく、コーヒー栽培の農場を作ってしまう。おまけに自分は狩りに出かけたまま何日も家を空けるという状態で、結局、農場経営はカレン一人が奔走し、原住民たちとの交渉も彼女の仕事となった。そんなある日、ライオンに襲われそうになったカレンは、間一髪のところで冒険家デニス(ロバート・レッドフォード)に助けられる。彼女は次第に、自由奔放に生きるデニスに惹かれていくが・・・。
実際にアフリカ・サバンナに生きた女性作家、アイザック・ディネーセンの生涯を、「追憶」「ザ・ファーム/法律事務所」のシドニー・ポラック監督が、メリル・ストリープ(「めぐりあう時間たち」)とロバート・レッドフォード(「スパイ・ゲーム」)という二大スターの競演で映画化。豊かで、ときに残酷なアフリカの壮大な自然を、美しく抒情あふれる映像美で感動的に描き出している。
《DISC1:特典》
●音声解説(監督)
《DISC2:特典集》
●Song of Africa メイキング映像集
●オリジナル予告編
★豪華メタリックゴールドケース仕様!!
※映像特典、商品仕様、ジャケット写真などは予告無く変更となる場合がございますのでご了承下さい。
内容(「キネマ旬報社」データベースより)
シドニー・ポラック監督が、ロバート・レッドフォードとメリル・ストリープ共演で贈るラブロマンス。アフリカのサバンナに生きた女性作家の生涯を描いた真実の物語。2枚組。“ユニバーサル・ザ・ベスト リミテッド・バージョン 第2弾”。
内容(「Oricon」データベースより)
20世紀初めのアフリカを舞台に、ひとりの女性が辿った数奇な運命を綴った珠玉のドラマ。シドニー・ポラック監督作品。「ユニバーサル・ザ・ベスト リミテッド・バージョン 第2弾」対象商品。
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原作では、アフリカが(筆者の目をとおしたアフリカです)主役だったが、この映画化ではアフリカが、主人公、夫の男爵、恋人?デニス3人の恋模様の背景に追いやられている。ポラックの音声解説によると、さすがに詩的で散文的な原作から物語を組み立てるのは難しく、筆者ディネーセンの伝記を取り入れているとのことです。原作と映画は別物とはいえ、アフリカの人々との交流や、筆者が触れたアフリカ文化に対する思いなどの描写が、通り一遍に薄められているのは残念でなりません。個人的には、原作同様に夫(男爵)の出番はバッサリとカットしていらないのではないかと思いました(原作では一ヵ所だけ、ちょびっとしか登場しません)。その分、コーヒー農園の運営やカマンテやファラとの交流を濃密に描いて欲しかった。後半、デニスとの恋愛に焦点が絞られてからは、メリル・ストリープの独壇場(レッドフォードもいいのですが)といった感じ。ホントに感情をこめて演技する様は、恋心がひりひりと伝わってくる。前半のストリープは、いつもながらのとりすましたハリウッド女優らしい演技で、全然ディネーセンらしくない・・・ストリープがストリープを演じている!なんて思いで不満がつのっていたのでしたが。メイキングで語るストリープの素顔の方が、よっぽど大らかで懐の深いディネーセンに近いのではと思ってしまった。もっと素を出して演技した方が良かったのでは。アカデミー賞獲った演技に文句つけるのも何ですが、その演技プラン、間違ってませんか?原作のファンだったら、特典映像のメイキングは必見。ファラの写真や、カマンテ、ディネーセンが話すモノクロ映像や写真が挿入されている。ただ、日本語字幕がないのが非常に残念。未公開映像も、カットした映像の断片をつなげたような代物(字幕なし)なので、あまり面白くない(ただ、カットされたレッドフォードとのベッドシーンでストリープが少し腋毛を見せるところは貴重かも?)。予告編、ポラックの音声解説には日本語字幕が付きます。
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良い作品だと思います。
原題と邦題の乖離が面白いところですが、原題は”Out of AFRICA”なので、アフリカを去るまでを描いた、まさに原作の自叙伝的なタイトルである一方、多分、翻訳はその過程にある人間模様を強調したかったのだと勝手に解釈しています。
主演のメリル女史、始めた観たクレーマー・クレーマー以来、何気に「わけあり」感が滲み出ているとおっちゃん的には思っているけど、まさにはまり役。
ただ、随所に見せる当時の衣装、サファリジャケットやベストが良く似合っていたし、映画のクオリティそのものは非常に高いと思う。
また、この時代、植民地支配をして、現地の人間を下僕として普通に使っていたんだよな。
そんな事を観ながら考えたりもした。
いずれにしても「自由に生きる」と言うことは今も昔も簡単ではない。
原題と邦題の乖離が面白いところですが、原題は”Out of AFRICA”なので、アフリカを去るまでを描いた、まさに原作の自叙伝的なタイトルである一方、多分、翻訳はその過程にある人間模様を強調したかったのだと勝手に解釈しています。
主演のメリル女史、始めた観たクレーマー・クレーマー以来、何気に「わけあり」感が滲み出ているとおっちゃん的には思っているけど、まさにはまり役。
ただ、随所に見せる当時の衣装、サファリジャケットやベストが良く似合っていたし、映画のクオリティそのものは非常に高いと思う。
また、この時代、植民地支配をして、現地の人間を下僕として普通に使っていたんだよな。
そんな事を観ながら考えたりもした。
いずれにしても「自由に生きる」と言うことは今も昔も簡単ではない。
2014年6月10日に日本でレビュー済み
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ロバート・レッドフォード主演でアフリカ物なら見逃せない映画だが、見なかったのはメロドラマっぽい題名のせい。今になって見たのは、iPhoneで音楽を聴いているうちに偶然、「Out of Africa」のサウンド・トラックを見つけて、ケニアのサバンナの風景があまりにも美しかったから。書籍の横山貞子訳(1981年)では、「アフリカの日々」。物語は西欧(ヨーロッパ)の男たちが争い、話し合い、世界の全てを仕切っていた時代、西欧の女性が成育には不向きなケニアの高地で珈琲農園を経営しながら、懸命に生きて、万策尽きて帰国したアフリカ物語。しかし、ヘミングウエイの「キリマンジャロの雪」のように、一人善がりな思い入れたっぷりの映画ではなく、18年という冒険のような生活の歳月の重石がかかった作品だ。主人公の女性、カレンの生き様もいいが、でてくる男たちは余計な弁解はしない。カレンの夫は約束をたがえ、農園はカレンに任せて、雨季が来るまで何日も狩りに出かけて帰って来ない。そうした男たちが、カレンが力尽きてケニアのヌバング高地を去るとき、彼女の生き様に敬意を表して、女性禁制のメンズ・クラブで全員起立して、惜別のウイスキーを振舞う。しかし堅いことを言わないで、緑も鮮やかな美しい東アフリカのサバンナの風景を堪能するのも悪くない。音楽も好いが、メリル・ストリープの衣装、演技は抜群に好い。
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1980年代に絶大な人気のあった金髪2枚目俳優のロバート レッドフォードと既にその高い演技力が認められていた女優のメリル ストリープの共演作品!、大人の恋愛劇、特にメリル演じる女性の人間性、内面の深みをよく表現していると感じました、ひとつの作品でこれだけ登場人物に深みを与えられるものなのだと感心をしてしまいました、年齢も重ね内面に深みを持つ大人の男女の恋愛事情、悩み、戸惑い、そうしたものがよく表現されている大作だと感じました。
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主人公カレンはデンマークから自由な生活に憧れ、アフリカに住んだが梅毒になり、夫と離婚した。彼女が栽培するコーヒー農園を火災で失い、恋人デニスにもっと人生落ちていってもいいの。そこからリセットした方がいいと伝えた。
しばらく経つと彼は事故死。まさに泣き面に蜂である。結局彼女は二度とアフリカを訪れることはなかった。
人生とはいいこと、悪いこと様々な出来事が起こるが、今を精一杯生きることが大切であるという強いメッセージが込められている作品。
アフリカの景色は非常に美しいがストーリーが単調なため星-1
しばらく経つと彼は事故死。まさに泣き面に蜂である。結局彼女は二度とアフリカを訪れることはなかった。
人生とはいいこと、悪いこと様々な出来事が起こるが、今を精一杯生きることが大切であるという強いメッセージが込められている作品。
アフリカの景色は非常に美しいがストーリーが単調なため星-1
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名作です。30年も前の作品とは思えないほど、映像も音楽も素晴らしかったです。
雄大なアフリカの大自然とカレンという女性の回想録である物語です。
「愛と悲しみの果て」という邦題は、映画のラストまで観てなるほどなと思いました。
邦題で作品の中身を語るとたしかに言いえているのだが、薄っぺらな印象を与えて
しまうのは否めない。
主人公と2人の男を見ると男の生き方って何でこうなるのか、それに比べ女の生き
方は何と素晴らしいのかと、男である私は思ってしまうのです。
しかし作品としては大いに感動させてもらえる映画です。
雄大なアフリカの大自然とカレンという女性の回想録である物語です。
「愛と悲しみの果て」という邦題は、映画のラストまで観てなるほどなと思いました。
邦題で作品の中身を語るとたしかに言いえているのだが、薄っぺらな印象を与えて
しまうのは否めない。
主人公と2人の男を見ると男の生き方って何でこうなるのか、それに比べ女の生き
方は何と素晴らしいのかと、男である私は思ってしまうのです。
しかし作品としては大いに感動させてもらえる映画です。
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Erehwon
5つ星のうち5.0
Not to be missed.
2017年3月13日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Out of Africa is simply a masterpiece of cinematic art. This film does an exceptional job of delving into each of the characters and creating an understanding of what it is that makes all lovers and humanity itself such a difficult and complex chain of events.
Meryl Streep proves once again what an acting legend she is by playing Karen Blixen, a Danish "immigrant" to Eastern Africa and how she learned to fall in love with the land, the people, and of a British hunter named Denys, played by a very American Robert Redford. Their relationship is unique and genuinely romantic, certainly one of the great epic romances of all time. Their love is a play between what your heart needs and what your head tells you what you should do with your life. In the end, their love is not of this world, it is not ours. It is a lesson in learning that nothing is forever, nothing is owned by us, not even the love we create for ourselves and then discard. This earth, represented so well by Africa, owns everything we think we have, and ultimately, like Denys, we all go back to whence we come.
Out of Africa is a gorgeously filmed movie, with some of the most spectacular scenery ever recorded on film. The flying over Africa scene is romance and adventure next to none. The film score by John Barry is certainly one of the best of all time, and it perfectly captures the romantic grandeur of this woman and that man in their glorious attempt at forever possessing each other's heart, only to learn that their love is not to remain constant, just like the beauty of the African savannah is not to be consistent. A romantic, visual, musical, and historical achievement, until now poorly served by video. The DVD was lousy, and the first Blu ray, released in 2010, was so so.
So "so so", in fact, that Universal offered (in the US only, unfortunately...) disappointed buyers a free exchange for this 2012 released 100th anniversary new version, this time fully and magnificently restored - picture and sound. Not the absolute perfection of "Ben Hur", "The Ten Commandments" or "Lawrence of Arabia", but not far from it.
At long last, justice has been done to this masterpiece. Purchase STRONGLY recommended.
Meryl Streep proves once again what an acting legend she is by playing Karen Blixen, a Danish "immigrant" to Eastern Africa and how she learned to fall in love with the land, the people, and of a British hunter named Denys, played by a very American Robert Redford. Their relationship is unique and genuinely romantic, certainly one of the great epic romances of all time. Their love is a play between what your heart needs and what your head tells you what you should do with your life. In the end, their love is not of this world, it is not ours. It is a lesson in learning that nothing is forever, nothing is owned by us, not even the love we create for ourselves and then discard. This earth, represented so well by Africa, owns everything we think we have, and ultimately, like Denys, we all go back to whence we come.
Out of Africa is a gorgeously filmed movie, with some of the most spectacular scenery ever recorded on film. The flying over Africa scene is romance and adventure next to none. The film score by John Barry is certainly one of the best of all time, and it perfectly captures the romantic grandeur of this woman and that man in their glorious attempt at forever possessing each other's heart, only to learn that their love is not to remain constant, just like the beauty of the African savannah is not to be consistent. A romantic, visual, musical, and historical achievement, until now poorly served by video. The DVD was lousy, and the first Blu ray, released in 2010, was so so.
So "so so", in fact, that Universal offered (in the US only, unfortunately...) disappointed buyers a free exchange for this 2012 released 100th anniversary new version, this time fully and magnificently restored - picture and sound. Not the absolute perfection of "Ben Hur", "The Ten Commandments" or "Lawrence of Arabia", but not far from it.
At long last, justice has been done to this masterpiece. Purchase STRONGLY recommended.

Ronnie
5つ星のうち4.0
So interesting
2018年11月19日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
I first watched this film many years ago & enjoyed it. I spent a marvellous vacation in Kenya in the 70's, thus the scenery attracted me. However, this 2nd viewing seemed different to me and found it less enjoyable. Perhaps my views of people & the world have changed since the movie's first release. For sure, Baroness Blixen was a very much less attractive person to me ; pushy, hard & too dominant, especially for these times. No warmth towards her (or even her husband) at all. Otherwise, still have to admit, a good film, good cinematography & reminiscent of colonial life in a wonderful area of that mystical continent, Africa.

Mark Barry
5つ星のうち5.0
"…He Began Our Friendship With A Gift…” - Out Of Africa on BLU RAY (2012 USA 100th Anniversary Version - Restored)
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*** THIS REVIEW IS FOR THE ‘2012’ BLU RAY COLLECTOR'S SERIES BOOK PACK VERSION ***
In April 2012 Universal Studios was 100 years old - and to celebrate that movie-making centenary they had 13 of their most-celebrated films fully restored for BLU RAY. 1985's "Out Of Africa" is one of them and like the other titles in this series so far - the print quality of this beloved film is extraordinary and the presentation classy (a full list of titles in the 100th Anniversary BLU RAY Series is in the attached 'comment' section - including DVD releases).
Issued in the US 6 March 2012 (later given a UK release) - "Out Of Africa Collector's Series" comes in a gorgeous limited edition 44-page hardback 'Book Pack' (use Barcode 025192127793 on the Amazon search bar to get the right issue). It's a 2-disc set with the BLU RAY to the front and the Anamorphic Widescreen DVD to the rear. There's also a foldout insert included that has a code for a Digital Copy via download from Universal's website valid until 31 December 2013.
But the really great news for film fans everywhere is a stupendously good print and a REGION FREE release - so it will play on ALL BLU RAY machines and PlayStation 3 Consoles too (there was a preceding version on BLU RAY that received bad reviews re print - this version is not that one). Also note: there is a cheaper standard packaging version due 4 September 2012 in the USA with slightly altered front artwork - again it has a BLU RAY, DVD and Download - so check you're using the Barcode provided above to get the 'best' version).
PICTURE QUALITY:
Digitally remastered and Fully Restored from Original Film Elements - Universal are reputed to have stumped-up over $300,000 for the restoration - and the results have already received huge praise on web sites dedicated to the format. This overhauled 2012 "Out Of Africa" print is a full 1080p High Definition release with an aspect ratio of 1.85:1. What that means is the picture fills your entire screen without stretching - and combined with the gorgeous transfer - the effect is truly cinematic. For example the movie opens with a sunrise on the African Plains - all yellows and gold and browns. With the natural heat haze the land would produce and the semi-lighting conditions - this is a very difficult moment to get right - yet it is fantastically clear and clean. But even this is aced a few moments later when a bi-plane flies over the open plains during the daytime and it's little short of gobsmacking (dialogue from it titles this review). There then follows a scene in Denmark in snowy fields at a shooting party where I swear it looks like Dr. Zhivago (it's that good). In fact it's in these outdoor scenes (of which there are many) that the beautiful 'look' of "Out Of Africa" really excels - and it does so right through to the very end when Karen (Streep) bids farewell to her trusty steward Farah (played by Michael Bowens) at the train station.
It should be stressed however that it isn't perfect at all times by any means - there is some shocking fuzziness and grain on indoor shots - sequences at night around campfires and tents with Redford. There's a scene where Michael Kitchen as the dapper Englishman Berkeley Cole is talking to Meryl Streep at dinner in her home - the camera cuts to Streep and the print is perfect - but it then flicks back to Kitchen and the shot is suddenly covered in speckles of grain. They were either filmed apart or on two cameras - but the cleaned up print has only made the discrepancy more apparent and not less so.
But for the most part this is a joy to look at and at last gives full reign to David Watkin's sumptuous cinematography and Milena Canonero's crafted outfits (aristocratic European fashions alongside the colourful garments of African tribesmen). Throw in John Barry's most magisterial score ever - and as you can imagine - the impact is properly beautiful. A good example of all three occurs when the credits role - a steam train trundles across the wide-open expanses of 1913 Kenya in East Africa as we see the Danish Baroness standing at the back of her carriage in her immaculate outfit - then John Barry's score just nails it as the title of the film goes up onscreen. It's both fabulous to look at and moving too...a rare combination indeed.
BOOK PACK:
The 44-page booklet inside the hardback outer is pure eye candy as you can imagine. It opens with a 2-page appreciation by film-critic and historian Leonard Maltin, has reproductions of several script pages, US, Polish and East German advert posters, a Cast of Characters, a piece on the political makeup of Kenya at the time - the British to the North and the Germans to the South and essays on the principal leads Streep, Redford, the Composer John Barry and Director Sydney Pollock. There's interesting trivia items dotted throughout the text - for instance Redford initially played the Englishman Denys Hatton with an English accent - but Pollock felt no-one would accept Redford as a Brit so he had him re-record all of the parts in American. Or that during the tender hair-washing scene wild Hippos were in the river nearby and they kill more people than lions if they feel their territory is threatened - so Streep was more scared of them than bullwhipping lions. The quality of the colour photos is top-notch too.
EXTRAS:
Clocking in a whopping 1 hour and 12 minutes Charles Kiselayk's "A Song Of Africa" is a substantial bonus feature that has charming, insightful and witty contributions from Streep, Redford and Pollock - intermixed with archive footage of the young, older and near-death Karen Blixen. It fills out a lot of the gaps as to what happened before and after the films' parameters where she left Africa in 1931 after 17 years - 46-years old, childless, penniless, divorced and broken-hearted. She then wrote over 10 books under the pseudonym Isak Dinesen between 1935 and 1996 and suffered from Syphilis all her life. This extra is also in standard 480p definition - so when you see the washed-out widescreen stock footage - you begin to realize just how astounding the cleaned-up 1080p fullscreen print really is. The only mild irritant is the overly wordy narration where the speaker wants to prove he's Kahlil Gibran every few moments, as he waxes lyrical about the lady's journey. The 15 or so Deleted Scenes (Widescreen and in Standard Definition) come fast and furious – they’re very short and although one or two with the Farah character are interesting - you can see why most were cut...
CAST:
With 18 Oscar nominations and 3 wins to her name - you can't imagine any other actress ballsy enough to take on such a difficult, willful and frustrated woman. Yet Streep chews it up. Her accented Karen Blixen is wholly believable - vulnerable, proud, literate, deep, religiously repressed yet wanting to be sensually liberated - and reaching for it with the man she grew to adore and love - the English and debonair African hunter Denys Hatton. This is a big and romantic canvas - and both principals have affection for each other and respect for their various skills - their on-screen chemistry being a lovely thing to see. The scene where Denys takes her up in the bi-plane and flies across the landscape of mountains, rivers, waterfalls, zebras, giraffes and a lake full of birds to show her the real beauty of Africa - is breathtaking and even a little spiritual. Pollock's use of the indigenous tribes is superbly done too. Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Gough, Leslie Phillips, Shane Rimmer and the sorely missed Irish actor Donal McCann as her Doctor - all wonderful. Blink and you'll miss IMAN - David Bowie's wife - nursing the Michael Kitchen character whose contracted black water fever...
To sum up - clocking in at 2 hours and 40 minutes - "Out Of Africa" may seem a tad indulgent by today's standards of chop-em-out-fast-and-leave-em-panting blockbusters - but it works precisely because its epic. It was a mammoth undertaking at the time made by maverick people (Pollock worked on the script with Kurt Luedtke for over a year - Pollock sadly passed away in 2008) and this BLU RAY reissue does it proud.
And as with the other titles in this series - it's also heartening to see Universal Studios finally throw some proper money at the preservation of their movie legacy and be proud about doing so too. I'm collecting the whole series and live in hope that other studios respect their past in the same glorious way.
BLU RAY and DVD Specifications:
EXTRAS:
1. Deleted Scenes - over 15 short segments (about 15 minutes)
2. A Song Of Africa - An Original Full-Length Documentary On The Making Of The Film and Karen Blixen's Life by Charles Kiselayk (72 minutes)
3. Theatrical Trailer
4. Feature Length Commentary With Director Sydney Pollack
5. My Scenes
6. BLU RAY Exclusive: Pocket BLU - For Tablets and Smartphones - take the content on the go
7. BLU RAY Exclusive: BD Live - Internet-Connected Feature
VIDEO: 1080p High-Definition Widescreen 1.85:1
BLU RAY AUDIO: English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and French 5.1 DTS Surround
DVD AUDIO: English Dolby Digital 4.1 and French Dolby Digital 2.0
SUBTITLES BLU RAY: English SDH (Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing), Spanish and French SUBTITLES DVD: English SDH (Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing)
In April 2012 Universal Studios was 100 years old - and to celebrate that movie-making centenary they had 13 of their most-celebrated films fully restored for BLU RAY. 1985's "Out Of Africa" is one of them and like the other titles in this series so far - the print quality of this beloved film is extraordinary and the presentation classy (a full list of titles in the 100th Anniversary BLU RAY Series is in the attached 'comment' section - including DVD releases).
Issued in the US 6 March 2012 (later given a UK release) - "Out Of Africa Collector's Series" comes in a gorgeous limited edition 44-page hardback 'Book Pack' (use Barcode 025192127793 on the Amazon search bar to get the right issue). It's a 2-disc set with the BLU RAY to the front and the Anamorphic Widescreen DVD to the rear. There's also a foldout insert included that has a code for a Digital Copy via download from Universal's website valid until 31 December 2013.
But the really great news for film fans everywhere is a stupendously good print and a REGION FREE release - so it will play on ALL BLU RAY machines and PlayStation 3 Consoles too (there was a preceding version on BLU RAY that received bad reviews re print - this version is not that one). Also note: there is a cheaper standard packaging version due 4 September 2012 in the USA with slightly altered front artwork - again it has a BLU RAY, DVD and Download - so check you're using the Barcode provided above to get the 'best' version).
PICTURE QUALITY:
Digitally remastered and Fully Restored from Original Film Elements - Universal are reputed to have stumped-up over $300,000 for the restoration - and the results have already received huge praise on web sites dedicated to the format. This overhauled 2012 "Out Of Africa" print is a full 1080p High Definition release with an aspect ratio of 1.85:1. What that means is the picture fills your entire screen without stretching - and combined with the gorgeous transfer - the effect is truly cinematic. For example the movie opens with a sunrise on the African Plains - all yellows and gold and browns. With the natural heat haze the land would produce and the semi-lighting conditions - this is a very difficult moment to get right - yet it is fantastically clear and clean. But even this is aced a few moments later when a bi-plane flies over the open plains during the daytime and it's little short of gobsmacking (dialogue from it titles this review). There then follows a scene in Denmark in snowy fields at a shooting party where I swear it looks like Dr. Zhivago (it's that good). In fact it's in these outdoor scenes (of which there are many) that the beautiful 'look' of "Out Of Africa" really excels - and it does so right through to the very end when Karen (Streep) bids farewell to her trusty steward Farah (played by Michael Bowens) at the train station.
It should be stressed however that it isn't perfect at all times by any means - there is some shocking fuzziness and grain on indoor shots - sequences at night around campfires and tents with Redford. There's a scene where Michael Kitchen as the dapper Englishman Berkeley Cole is talking to Meryl Streep at dinner in her home - the camera cuts to Streep and the print is perfect - but it then flicks back to Kitchen and the shot is suddenly covered in speckles of grain. They were either filmed apart or on two cameras - but the cleaned up print has only made the discrepancy more apparent and not less so.
But for the most part this is a joy to look at and at last gives full reign to David Watkin's sumptuous cinematography and Milena Canonero's crafted outfits (aristocratic European fashions alongside the colourful garments of African tribesmen). Throw in John Barry's most magisterial score ever - and as you can imagine - the impact is properly beautiful. A good example of all three occurs when the credits role - a steam train trundles across the wide-open expanses of 1913 Kenya in East Africa as we see the Danish Baroness standing at the back of her carriage in her immaculate outfit - then John Barry's score just nails it as the title of the film goes up onscreen. It's both fabulous to look at and moving too...a rare combination indeed.
BOOK PACK:
The 44-page booklet inside the hardback outer is pure eye candy as you can imagine. It opens with a 2-page appreciation by film-critic and historian Leonard Maltin, has reproductions of several script pages, US, Polish and East German advert posters, a Cast of Characters, a piece on the political makeup of Kenya at the time - the British to the North and the Germans to the South and essays on the principal leads Streep, Redford, the Composer John Barry and Director Sydney Pollock. There's interesting trivia items dotted throughout the text - for instance Redford initially played the Englishman Denys Hatton with an English accent - but Pollock felt no-one would accept Redford as a Brit so he had him re-record all of the parts in American. Or that during the tender hair-washing scene wild Hippos were in the river nearby and they kill more people than lions if they feel their territory is threatened - so Streep was more scared of them than bullwhipping lions. The quality of the colour photos is top-notch too.
EXTRAS:
Clocking in a whopping 1 hour and 12 minutes Charles Kiselayk's "A Song Of Africa" is a substantial bonus feature that has charming, insightful and witty contributions from Streep, Redford and Pollock - intermixed with archive footage of the young, older and near-death Karen Blixen. It fills out a lot of the gaps as to what happened before and after the films' parameters where she left Africa in 1931 after 17 years - 46-years old, childless, penniless, divorced and broken-hearted. She then wrote over 10 books under the pseudonym Isak Dinesen between 1935 and 1996 and suffered from Syphilis all her life. This extra is also in standard 480p definition - so when you see the washed-out widescreen stock footage - you begin to realize just how astounding the cleaned-up 1080p fullscreen print really is. The only mild irritant is the overly wordy narration where the speaker wants to prove he's Kahlil Gibran every few moments, as he waxes lyrical about the lady's journey. The 15 or so Deleted Scenes (Widescreen and in Standard Definition) come fast and furious – they’re very short and although one or two with the Farah character are interesting - you can see why most were cut...
CAST:
With 18 Oscar nominations and 3 wins to her name - you can't imagine any other actress ballsy enough to take on such a difficult, willful and frustrated woman. Yet Streep chews it up. Her accented Karen Blixen is wholly believable - vulnerable, proud, literate, deep, religiously repressed yet wanting to be sensually liberated - and reaching for it with the man she grew to adore and love - the English and debonair African hunter Denys Hatton. This is a big and romantic canvas - and both principals have affection for each other and respect for their various skills - their on-screen chemistry being a lovely thing to see. The scene where Denys takes her up in the bi-plane and flies across the landscape of mountains, rivers, waterfalls, zebras, giraffes and a lake full of birds to show her the real beauty of Africa - is breathtaking and even a little spiritual. Pollock's use of the indigenous tribes is superbly done too. Klaus Maria Brandauer, Michael Gough, Leslie Phillips, Shane Rimmer and the sorely missed Irish actor Donal McCann as her Doctor - all wonderful. Blink and you'll miss IMAN - David Bowie's wife - nursing the Michael Kitchen character whose contracted black water fever...
To sum up - clocking in at 2 hours and 40 minutes - "Out Of Africa" may seem a tad indulgent by today's standards of chop-em-out-fast-and-leave-em-panting blockbusters - but it works precisely because its epic. It was a mammoth undertaking at the time made by maverick people (Pollock worked on the script with Kurt Luedtke for over a year - Pollock sadly passed away in 2008) and this BLU RAY reissue does it proud.
And as with the other titles in this series - it's also heartening to see Universal Studios finally throw some proper money at the preservation of their movie legacy and be proud about doing so too. I'm collecting the whole series and live in hope that other studios respect their past in the same glorious way.
BLU RAY and DVD Specifications:
EXTRAS:
1. Deleted Scenes - over 15 short segments (about 15 minutes)
2. A Song Of Africa - An Original Full-Length Documentary On The Making Of The Film and Karen Blixen's Life by Charles Kiselayk (72 minutes)
3. Theatrical Trailer
4. Feature Length Commentary With Director Sydney Pollack
5. My Scenes
6. BLU RAY Exclusive: Pocket BLU - For Tablets and Smartphones - take the content on the go
7. BLU RAY Exclusive: BD Live - Internet-Connected Feature
VIDEO: 1080p High-Definition Widescreen 1.85:1
BLU RAY AUDIO: English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio and French 5.1 DTS Surround
DVD AUDIO: English Dolby Digital 4.1 and French Dolby Digital 2.0
SUBTITLES BLU RAY: English SDH (Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing), Spanish and French SUBTITLES DVD: English SDH (Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing)

Ron G Planet
5つ星のうち5.0
My Favourite movie
2020年1月28日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Mostly, an excellent re-issue in Blu-ray format. Some loss of quality in the long distance scene of the steam train crossing the African plains, but otherwise, the quality was good. Overall, this is a very welcome Blu-ray version of a great movie. Fantastic score by John Barry, and Meryl Streep is wonderful as Karen von Blixen. Robert Redford looks the part, but could never sound like real-life Englishman Denys Finch-Hatton whose character he plays. But it’s OK - seems to me he always plays himself anyway. Recommended.

The Angry Druid
5つ星のうち2.0
A miserable film
2020年12月21日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
I did not enjoy this film, and think I will never want to watch it again. It seemed to be written by somebody who was dissatisfied with everything. It is not badly made, and I am sure that some people must enjoy it, but I found myself just thinking it was miserable. Perhaps I missed the point
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