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Detour(1945)As he hitchhikes his way from New York to Los Angeles, a down-on-his-luck nightclub pianist finds himself with a dead body on his hands and nowhere to run—a waking nightmare that goes from bad to worse when he picks up the snarling, monstrously conniving drifter Vera. For more about Detour and the Detour Blu-ray release, see Detour Blu-ray Review published by Dr. Svet Atanasov on February 15, 2019 where this Blu-ray release scored 5.0 out of 5. Director: Edgar G. Ulmer Writers: Martin Goldsmith, Martin Mooney Starring: Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald, Tim Ryan, Esther Howard Producers: Leon Fromkess, Martin Mooney » See full cast & crew Detour Blu-ray, Video QualityPresented in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Edgar G. Ulmer's Detour arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Criterion. The release is sourced from a brand new 4K restoration which is also a very complex reconstruction that utilizes footage from multiple surviving elements, with the best one being a nitrate print that was provided by Cinémathèque royale de Belgique. I think that the end result is astonishing. I have seen a couple of very poor DVD releases of this classic film and I can assure you that the new Blu-ray release basically offers an entirely new viewing experience. Indeed, the improvements in terms of depth, clarity, and fluidity are so drastic that it is absolutely pointless to do any direct comparisons with previous releases. There are a few minor density fluctuations where different elements were used, but there are of the type that you would see on conventional restoration projects of older films. I viewed the restoration program in which Mike Pogorzelski and Heather Linville explain some of the complex challenges that the restoration team was presented with and when later on I viewed the film I just could not spot any anomalies at all. (The diner sequence looks terrific now). I would like to specifically comment on the grading because it was another area where a lot of adjustments were needed, and as you could probably tell from the screencaptures that we have included with our review the overall balance is wonderful. Image stability is great. Debris, scratches, damage marks, stains, cuts, and warps have been completely removed. This really is a dream presentation that will make plenty of folks ecstatic. My score is 4.75/5.00. (Note: This is a Region-A "locked" Blu-ray release. Therefore, you must have a native Region-A or Region-Free player in order to access its content). Detour Blu-ray, Audio QualityThere is only one standard audio track on this Blu-ray release: English LPCM 1.0. Optional English SDH subtitles are provided for the main feature. The audio was fully restored by Audio Mechanics and I think that the lossless track sounds great. I turned up the volume quite a bit and the sound is very clean and free of distortions or other similar age-related imperfections. Overall balance and the range of dynamics are also very pleasing.
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