Aunque en Internet se podía comprar desde hace tiempo, ahora está en las tiendas (Fnac y grandes almacenes), esta película de Montgomery Clift.
USA 1949
Excerpt from Channel 4 located HERE
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Universal - Region 2,4 - PAL vs. Universal - Region 1- NTSC
(Universal - Region 2,4 - PAL LEFT vs. Universal - Region 1- NTSC RIGHT)
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| Distribution | Universal Home Video - Region 2,4 - PAL | Universal Home Video - Region 1 - NTSC |
| Runtime | 1:50:16 (4% PAL speedup) | 1:55:16 |
| Video | 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 4.77 mb/s PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s | 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 8.77 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
| NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes. | ||
| Bitrate: PAL | | |
| Bitrate: NTSC | | |
| Audio | English (Dolby Digital 2.0), DUB: German (Dolby Digital 2.0) | English (Dolby Digital 2.0) |
| Subtitles | English, German, None | English, French, None |
| Features | Release Information: Edition Details: • none | Release Information: Edition Details: • Robert Osborne intro • Trailer |
ADDITION: NTSC - January 07': The new dual-layered NTSC edition has a superior image (especially in contrast), with far less artifacts - but it is slightly cropped on the top and side edges. It boils down to a personal choice I suppose - whether you wish to give up image quality or information in the frame. For the most part, Wyler's framing was not especially tight and I didn't notice the image being compromised by the cropping (composition seemed fine). I also prefer the NTSC subs and although I could live without the Osborne introduction - it is better than nothing. The NTSC trailer is in rough shape.
This is a great film - one deserved of an audience in the digital age. We recommend purchasing regardless of your choice of editions. They are both very reasonable considering the film's value.
NOTE: (Thanks Dee) The music is by Aaron Copland, for which he won an Oscar. It's really extraordinary music, though there isn't very much of it overall, because he didn't like "illustrating" scenes with music. There's only about 15 minutes of real music, in total. But Wyler had a bit of a tin ear, and famously didn't not care for the magnificent score to The Best Years of Our Lives. He had asked Copland to work in the theme of "Plaisir d'amour" to the score off The Heiress -- it's the song Montgomery Clift plays and sings in the movie. Copland did work it into the score. Copland sent the notated score to Hollywood, where it was orchestrated to his wishes, and recorded. But Wyler had some of the title sequence removed and replaced by gushing versions of "Plaisir d'amour"! Even if one was unhappy with the music, this doesn't seem to be the way to treat our great composers. Copland expressed a huge amount of dismay, but won the Oscar anyway. What I've done (completely illegally) is make an edit of the music over the credits. I've used the end of what's there now, but added to it some of the original score as recorded by Leonard Slatkin and the St. Louis Symphony, to give just a sense of what the original might have been. The Slatkin recording is much slower, so I've had to start the music before the actual credits begin. SEE HERE It's very rough, and if I wanted to, I could make it better, but I thought it might be fun for you to hear. The movie itself is some kind masterpiece, and I'm really surprised that it took this long for it to find its way to DVD. There is only a trailer as an extra, even though Olivia is still alive to do a commentary. (DeeF at HTF)
RE: The PAL edition: Another bare-bones single-layered DVD from Universal (Europe) set to sell in English language Region 2, Germany and Australia (Region 4- PAL). The image quality is rather uninspired with some visible dirt (that resembles grain) and a few artefacts. I don't see excessive manipulations which is a positive and the subtitles appear to be well-done. Overall it is clear and detailed enough for a fine viewing experience. Another of my favorite Wyler films that I feel deserves so much more - but I suppose the trends these days are towards more modern films - how unfortunate. The price is acceptable for this release and we encourage purchasing on the strength of the film.
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Otto Kellar (O.E. Hasse) and his wife Alma (Dolly Hass) work as caretaker/gardner and housekeeper at a Catholic church in Canada. In the act of robbing a house where he occasionally gardens, Otto is surprised and inadvertently murders the owner. Torn with feelings of guilt and shame, he confesses to Father Michael William Logan (Montgomery Clift) back at the church. Police investigators don't look to Otto, instead begin to suspect Father Logan as he devoutly refuses to reveal what he has been told in the confessional.
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Theatrical Release: March 22nd, 1953 - USA
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DVD Review: Warner Home Video - Region 1- NTSC
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 | Also comes in The Alfred Hitchcock Signature Collection which includes - Strangers on a Train Two-Disc Edition / North by Northwest / Dial M for Murder / Foreign Correspondent / Suspicion / The Wrong Man / Stage Fright / I Confess / Mr. and Mrs. Smith | |
| Distribution | Warner Home Video - Region 1- NTSC | |
| Runtime | 1:34:27 | |
| Video | 1.33:1 Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 5.54 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s | |
| NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes. | ||
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| Audio | English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Dolby) | |
| Subtitles | English, French, Spanish, None | |
| Features | Release Information: Edition Details: • Featurette: "Hitchcock's Confession; A Look at 'I Confess'" (20:39) | |
| Comments: | Again, we have virtual Criterion quality with these Warner Hitchcock releases. Stunning. Great contrast, perfect image quality etc. etc. This DVD is simply brilliant. | |
Otto Kellar (O.E. Hasse) and his wife Alma (aaDolly Hass) work as caretaker/gardner and housekeeper at a Catholic church in Canada. In the act of robbing a house where he occasionally gardens, Otto is surprised and inadvertently murders the owner. Torn with feelings of guilt and shame, he confesses to Father Michael William Logan (Montgomery Clift) back at the church. Police investigators don't look to Otto, instead begin to suspect Father Logan as he devoutly refuses to reveal what he has been told in the confessional.
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