True Romance Limited Edition UHD [Blu-ray]

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commentaries by director Tony Scott, Tarantino himself, and stars Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, also included on this release). While it Quentin Tarantino's films tend to evoke widely disparate reactions, and in that regard, while Tarantino is "only" the screenwriter of True darker material, with at least marginal improvements in shadow definition. The grading did strike me as just slightly cooler looking at times in this UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) and High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of both cuts Maslin, Janet (September 10, 1993). "True Romance: Desperadoes, Young at Heart With Gun in Hand". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 16, 2012 . Retrieved January 17, 2011.

Arrow’s new restoration and end digital presentation are far cleaner and more film-like in comparison to all of those previous presentations. There’s a very grainy texture to the image now that looks far cleaner and more natural, lending the picture that grittier look that I’m sure Scott and director of photography Jeffrey L. Kimball were going for but was nowhere to the same effect in prior releases. The original photography and grainy nature can limit the finer details at times so the image maybe doesn’t come off as sharp or well defined as one may expect for the format, but that film texture is there and it's rendered perfectly. a b "True Romance". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Archived from the original on December 11, 2015 . Retrieved January 21, 2016. Hartman, Matthew (June 22, 2022). "True Romance - 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray (Limited Edition)". High-Def Digest. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023 . Retrieved May 23, 2023.

Arrow has really gone the extra mile with this domestic offering, with the following variant versions (note some are 1080 and/or 4K UHD only, while True Romance (1993) - Overview". TCM.com. March 5, 2015. Archived from the original on January 6, 2017 . Retrieved January 5, 2017. The Tarantino brand is so strong in True Romance that we consider it his film even after he says that Tony Scott took the story in directions he wouldn’t. The episodic script, a crime spree for fun and profit, is an autobiographical wish-fulfillment fantasy about ‘going to Hollywood.’ In gloomy Detroit, the lowly but ultra-cool comic book store clerk Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) drives a purple Cadillac convertible and spends his nights in grindhouse theaters watching Kung Fu epics. Switch out the comic books for a video rental store and Clarence is Mr. QT to a tee. True Romance, the 2013 debut album from English pop star Charli XCX, was named after the film. [33] Viewing True Romance is like watching the contents of screenwriter Quentin Tarantino’s pop culture-rich cauldron being poured into the mold of director Tony Scott’s ultra-stylish sensibility. There’s a complex synergy at work between the two auteurs. Among the changes that Scott imposed on the material were unkinking the nonlinear storyline, imbuing the proceedings with an almost whimsical fairy-tale vibe, and giving the film a far more upbeat ending.

Lead roles: Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, both of whom are always outstanding in odd roles. Their work together is excellent, and each gets an extended scene with two other masters: Slater with the amazing, late Gary Oldman (in a strange scene with Oldman's strange character "Drexl Spivey" -- one for the record books), and Arquette in another long scene with the equally amazing, late James Gandolfini (Tony Soprano). There's plenty of fire.I'm simply going to repeat some aspects of that review here, for convenience sake, while adding the perhaps salient point that Arrow's UK PR firm Tony Scott's 1993 adaptation of an early Tarantino script is an endlessly quotable, iconically memorable, all-star bona fide classic. True Romance is a prime example of a film that manages to fuse its disparate elements into a unified whole. At the time, it seemed like a shame that Tarantino didn’t direct the film, especially after the release of Pulp Fiction the following year. But with hindsight, it’s pretty clear that everything worked out for the best. Tony Scott put his own stamp on it in ways that Tarantino couldn’t have matched, and it’s arguably the finest film in his tragically abbreviated career. Lyttelton, Oliver (May 17, 2012). "The 10 Best Dennis Hopper Performances, On What Would Have Been His 76th Birthday". IndieWire. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 . Retrieved December 5, 2012.