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Reviewed by Stephen Withers, 21st September 2011.
For fans of the film the Blu-ray of The English Patient represents the best chance to see and hear this wonderful film as its creators intended. The picture quality certainly captures a well rendered film-like quality and the soundtrack is a revelation. Whilst there are no new features the existing ones cover the making of the film quite well and Anthony Minghella’s commentary track is excellent. The film itself is a complex mosaic of images and emotions that deal with love, obsession, betrayal, loss, grief and ultimately redemption. Watching The English Patient again reminds you that not only can filmmaking be artistic but it can also be entertaining and we get so little of that these days.
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For fans of the film the Blu-ray of The English Patient represents the best chance to see and hear this wonderful film as its creators intended. The picture quality certainly captures a well rendered film-like quality and the soundtrack is a revelation. Whilst there are no new features the existing ones cover the making of the film quite well and Anthony Minghella’s commentary track is excellent. The film itself is a complex mosaic of images and emotions that deal with love, obsession, betrayal, loss, grief and ultimately redemption. Watching The English Patient again reminds you that not only can filmmaking be artistic but it can also be entertaining and we get so little of that these days.
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