It looks decent in high-definition, but it is quite obvious that there is room for some important improvements. To sum it all up, while detail and clarity are pleasing, the film has a somewhat dated appearance. Finally, overall image stability is good, but some minor scratches, debris, and dirt marks occasionally pop up here and there. While not overly distracting, the bigger your screen is, the easier it will be for you to spot them (see screencaptures #2, 13, and 17). Furthermore, there are inherited small halo effects throughout the entire film. As a result, select parts of the film could look somewhat flat. Grain is visible, but it is not as well distributed and resolved as it should be. Detail ranges from decent to good, but even during well-lit close-ups it is easy to tell that depth could be a lot more convincing (see screencapture #15). The release has been sourced from a pre-existing master which Paramount Pictures likely prepared some time ago.
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Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.78:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Peter Bogdanovich's Paper Moon arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Eureka Entertainment. O'Neal, who won the Oscar at age 10, remains the youngest person ever to win a competitive Academy Award. In 1974, Paper Moon won Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. The film does not have a traditional soundtrack, but Bogdanovich selected and used a number of classic tracks: "It's Only a Paper Moon" (performed by Paul Whiteman and Orchestra), "Until the Real Thing Comes Along" (performed by Leo Reisman and His Orchestra), "Flirtation Walk" (Performed by Dick Powell), "The Object of My Affection" (performed by Pinky Tomlin), and "Just One More Chance" (performed by Bing Crosby), amongst others. The locations are perfectly chosen as it appears that at the time little had changed there since the Great Depression. Kahn is hilarious but does not end up ridiculing her overly naive character.īogdanovich and cinematographer László Kovács ( Easy Rider) shot the majority of the film in Kansas and Missouri. O'Neal and his 9-year-old daughter make it easy to forget that they actually see the world around them very differently and even easier to believe that their disagreements throughout the film are not scripted. The chemistry between the two leads is excellent. There is plenty of that poetic beauty that captures the imagination and inspires the mind as well. The visuals are clinically framed to capture the identity of different locations where life has a very specific rhythm and people are used to it. Johnson), Addie manages to bring Moses back to his senses and they renew their journey.īased on Joe David Brown's novel "Addie Pray", Peter Bogdanovich's Paper Moon sees rural America very much like the films of two of his favorite directors, John Ford and Howard Hawks, did. However, with the assistance of the dancer's 15-year-old black maid, Imogene (P.J. This time he meets the busty exotic dancer Trixie Delight (Madeline Kahn, Blazing Saddles) and after she impairs his ability to think straight he invites her to join him and Addie. Later on, Moses makes a second mistake that seriously irritates his partner. He successfully cheats a naive businessman selling bootleg booze, but it turns out that his brother is the local police chief who has been waiting for someone like Moses to bring some excitement in his life. In a sleepy town in the middle of nowhere, Moses makes a mistake that nearly sends him to jail. Joseph, the little girl repeatedly demands that Moses gives her the blackmail money and when it becomes clear that he can't because he has secretly spent most of it she becomes his partner - he sells fake "deluxe" bibles to lonely widows while she collects the profits in her precious cigar box. He reluctantly agrees, but before the two head to Missouri Moses successfully blackmails the brother of the man who killed Addie's mother. When small-time swindler Moses Pray (Ryan O'Neal, Love Story) attends the funeral of a former mistress in Kansas, he is asked to escort her orphaned nine-year-old daughter, Addie (Tatum O'Neal, Circle of Two), to St. In English, with optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature.
The release also arrives with a 36-page booklet featuring a new essay on the film by Mike Sutton, rare production stills, and more. The supplemental features on the disc include an archival audio commentary with the American director and three featurettes. Peter Bogdanovich's "Paper Moon" (1973) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of British distributors Eureka Entertainment.
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