The 4K here’s a bit dim, though it’s presupposed to be a grungy, soiled movie—it’s higher than if the movie was too shiny or polished, however I believe the colour may have been graded a bit brighter in some scenes which can be tough to even see. The sound combine is improbable, as are the particular options, particularly a terrific half-hour interview with Saulnier, now a decade faraway from the movie and capable of actually unpack the place it stands in his profession (in addition to to be remarkably susceptible in regards to the passing of his buddy Anton, a very unhappy story that I take into consideration typically, questioning the place he can be immediately). I want Saulnier would make one thing like “Inexperienced Room” once more quickly.
Lastly, there’s the Restricted Version launch of “Excessive Rigidity” that got here out just a few months in the past however simply arrived in our places of work after the final HEG. Roger’s evaluate of this 2003 slasher comprises one in all his most well-known traces when he says that the movie has a plot gap “that isn’t solely massive sufficient to drive a truck by means of, however actually does have a truck pushed proper by means of it.” For me, I see so many horror movies that threaten to go off the rails after which pull again in disappointing ways in which I really like when a movie like Aja’s really FLIES off the rails. “Excessive Rigidity” doesn’t make sense. I don’t want it to make sense. It’s a style temper piece, an experiment in gore and pressure, and that’s why I prefer it.
Nevertheless, I don’t love the switch right here which Aja oversaw and speaks glowingly about in his new interview however appears method too dim for my style. He complains that it was too shiny within the different DVD transfers up to now, however you might see what the heck was happening in these transfers. This one is murky as an alternative of vividly darkish. It’s irritating, however the particular options assist, particularly that Aja interview wherein he drops particulars just like the affect of “Dune” on his villain and overtly talks in regards to the affect that “Excessive Rigidity” had on the trade, which is plain. Even with that plot gap.