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Snow Falling on Cedars(1999)A murder trial has upset the quiet community of San Piedro, and now this tranquil village has become the center of controversy. For more about Snow Falling on Cedars and the Snow Falling on Cedars Blu-ray release, see Snow Falling on Cedars Blu-ray Review published by Dr. Stephen Larson on November 10, 2019 where this Blu-ray release scored 5.0 out of 5. Director: Scott Hicks Writers: Ron Bass, Scott Hicks Starring: Ethan Hawke, Y�ki Kud�, Reeve Carney, Anne Suzuki, Rick Yune, Max von Sydow Producers: Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall » See full cast & crew Snow Falling on Cedars Blu-ray, Video QualityShout Select has given Snow Falling on Cedars its worldwide premiere on Blu-ray on this MPEG-4 AVC-encoded BD-50. To commemorate its 20th anniversary, the boutique label has issued a Collector's Edition with a shiny slipcover that's thicker than normal. The film appears in its original theatrical aspect ratio of approximately 2.39:1. This new 4K transfer was restored and supervised by cinematographer Robert Richardson, who explains in a recently recorded featurette that the original camera negative is seemingly lost (perhaps perishing in one of the fires on the Universal lot?) so he worked from an extant betatape and also consulted the 2000 DVD transfer. Richardson has sought to bring the film back to the way he and Hicks originally wanted it to look, which is almost black and white. On the recycled commentary, Hicks specifies that the bleach bypass process gives the effect of "tremendously dense blacks, very silvery whites, and a very narrow range of color." You'll notice those visual attributes throughout my frame grabs. Richardson reduced the grain by 35 percent from the DVD because he wanted the sky to have an ominous, bleak look (see Screenshot #s 13 and 19). (But don't worry, Richardson did leave grain intact.) For the strawberry festival parade (#17), Richardson did exactly what he did for the veterans' march at the beginning of Born on the Fourth of July: he desaturated the colors. The interiors are very dark. All the courtroom scenes are set during overcast days and at least once scene is illumined only by candlelight. One half of the face is often dark (think of a Gordon Willis-shot picture during the '70s.) The only scenes to feature some sunlight are those in the strawberry fields but those also have rain. The DI print is clean except for some infinitesimal white specks that occasionally pop up. The transfer sports an average video bitrate of 32000 kbps. Shout has provided twelve chapters for the 127-minute feature. Snow Falling on Cedars Blu-ray, Audio QualityShout supplies an English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Surround (2930 kbps, 24-bit) and a English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Stereo (1697 kbps, 24-bit) downsample. Sound post-production work on SFoC was done at Skywalker Ranch near Marin County, CA. The mix completed by Skywalker Sound delivers a lot of sonic highlights on the 5.1 track. I've always loved the sound design for this film and had the volume turned up from the start. The first reel has a reverberating sound emitting from Carl's air horn as well as seagulls flying overhead. Dialogue is primarily spoken in English, though there is some Japanese. Large embedded white English subtitles are displayed in a sans serif font (see #23). The war scenes on the beach at Tarawa contain heavy gunfire and my surrounds bristled with energy and a lot of bass. The sub-woofer rumbled and my floor shook. The light switch heard in the detention center (Screenshot #16) was quite forceful and produced a powerful effect. James Newton's masterful score boasts a lovely theme for Ishmael and Hatsue on cello. It's elegiac and sears with tender memory and sorrow. He develops the cello solo with some high-pitched strings that are heart-wrenching. The shakuhachi, a Japanese bamboo-flute, emits a breathy sound that really comes through the speakers. Newton incorporates synths to memorable effect while Ishmael clicks away at his typewriter. Arguably the score's most powerful moment (and the acoustical zenith on the lossless 5.1) is the rising chorus and full orchestra when Ishmael is on the beach and sees visions of his childhood. It climaxes with timpani. This is the loudest the sound reaches on the BD.
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Snow Falling on Cedars Blu-ray, News and Updates• Shout Factory: Snow Falling on Cedars Collector's Edition Blu-ray... - October 15, 2019 Shout Factory has detailed its upcoming Collector's Edition of Scott Hicks' film Snow Falling on Cedars (1999), starring Ethan Hawke, Y�ki Kud�, Reeve Carney, Anne Suzuki, and Rick Yune. The release will be available for purchase on November 5.
• Snow Falling on Cedars Blu-ray Update - April 17, 2019 Shout Factory has confirmed that its upcoming Collector's Edition of Snow Falling on Cedars has been delayed. The new release date is November 5.
• Shout Factory: Fatso and Snow Falling on Cedars Coming Soon to Bl... - March 6, 2019 Shout Factory has announced that it will bring two new titles to Blu-ray: Anne Bancroft's Fatso (1980) and Scott Hicks's Snow Falling on Cedars (1999). The two releases will be available for purchase in June.
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