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In 1970, young first-time director Dario Argento (Deep Red, Suspiria) made his indelible mark on Italian cinema with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage – a film which redefined the ‘giallo’ genre of murder-mystery thrillers and catapulted him to international stardom.
Sam Dalmas (Tony Musante, We Own the Night), an American writer living in Rome, inadvertently witnesses a brutal attack on a woman (Eva Renzi, Funeral in Berlin) in a modern art gallery. Powerless to help, he grows increasingly obsessed with the incident. Convinced that something he saw that night holds the key to identifying the maniac terrorising Rome, he launches his own investigation parallel to that of the police, heedless of the danger to both himself and his girlfriend Giulia (Suzy Kendall, Spasmo)…
A staggeringly assured debut, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage establishes the key traits that would define Argento’s filmography, including lavish visuals and a flare for wildly inventive, brutal scenes of violence. With sumptuous cinematography by Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now) and a seductive score by legendary composer Ennio Morricone (Once Upon a Time in the West), this landmark film has never looked or sounded better in this new, 4K-restored edition from Arrow Films!
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The Bird With the Crystal Plumage - 4K Ultra HD (Standard Edition)
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Arrow Films
In 1970, young first-time director Dario Argento (Deep Red, Suspiria) made his indelible mark on Italian cinema with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage – a film which redefined the ‘giallo’ genre of murder-mystery thrillers and catapulted him to international stardom.
Sam Dalmas (Tony Musante, We Own the Night), an American writer living in Rome, inadvertently witnesses a brutal attack on a woman (Eva Renzi, Funeral in Berlin) in a modern art gallery. Powerless to help, he grows increasingly obsessed with the incident. Convinced that something he saw that night holds the key to identifying the maniac terrorising Rome, he launches his own investigation parallel to that of the police, heedless of the danger to both himself and his girlfriend Giulia (Suzy Kendall, Spasmo)…
A staggeringly assured debut, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage establishes the key traits that would define Argento’s filmography, including lavish visuals and a flare for wildly inventive, brutal scenes of violence. With sumptuous cinematography by Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now) and a seductive score by legendary composer Ennio Morricone (Once Upon a Time in the West), this landmark film has never looked or sounded better in this new, 4K-restored edition from Arrow Films!
English, English SDH
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Giallo perfection. 4K exemplified.
I had the fortune to see a really nice print of Bird with the Crystal Plumage on the big screen about 30 years ago, and it was a revelation to watch it in Techniscope - a far cry from the awful Vampix video release and terrible ITV screenings. I've owned it on LaserDisc, DVD, Blu-Ray, the "interesting" Univisium Blu-ray (sorry guys...) and remastered Blu-ray - but I think you get my drift by now. I've seen it in many forms, but only the 4K edition has given me that exact feeling I had when I saw it on the big screen. The transfer is flawless, showcasing exactly what celluloid can do when given enough love - detail is superb, bringing out textures which were fuzzy even on the best of the other releases. Grain is wonderfully abundant, allowing the aforementioned detail in the first place - it brings to the film to life. HDR grading is skilfully done, allowing HDR-10 and especially Dolby Vision to give the film contrast and a colour spectrum never seen before. If you have even wondered just how BWTCP looked on film, then this is even better! I pre-ordered the Arte Originale edition direct from Arrow when I had the chance, but the standard release contains the same perfect transfer and a plethora of posters and lobby-card repros - some of which are now on the wall of my Man-Cave. Any fan of cool cinema needs this in their collection.
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