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The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh/Lo Strano Vizio della Signora Wardh

Region 1 (USA) - NoShame Films
vs. Region 2 (Italy) Alan Young Home Video

 

Details

 

 

DVD

R1 USA
 

 

DVD

R2 Italy
 

Disc(s)

 

1x single-sided dual layer (DVD9)

 

1x single-sided dual layer (DVD9)

Running Time

 

Approx. 96 mins (NTSC) (packaging: 94 mins)

 

Approx. 96 mins (PAL)

Video

 

2.35:1 anamorphic
Average bit rate: 7.18 Mbps
NTSC 720x480 at 29.97 fps (standards conversion)

 

2.35:1 anamorphic
Average bit rate: 6.91 Mbps
PAL 720x576 at 25 fps

Audio

 

Italian, English:
Dolby Digital 2.0 mono, 192 Kbps

 

Italian:
Dolby Digital 5.1, 448 Kbps
Dolby Digital 2.0 mono, 192 Kbps

Subtitles

 

English

 

Italian

Extras

 

- Dark Fears Behind the Door: interviews with director Sergio Martino, writer Ernesto Gastaldi and stars George Hilton and Edwige Fenech
- Venice Film Festival screening with Sergio Martino
- Theatrical trailer
- Poster and still gallery

 

- Theatrical trailer

 

Bit Rate

R1 USA

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Comments

An early NoShame release: standards conversion artefacts and contrast boosting ahoy! (Looks to me like NoShame are fans of Canopus Procoder.) The US release really doesn't look very nice at all, especially in motion, where the whole thing is reduced to a smear, and even when there is no movement, there is continual inter-line jitter. Not very impressive at all! The Italian DVD by Alan Young Pictures, which NoShame ripped and used as their source, features a much nicer transfer, but unfortunately is not English-friendly. Perhaps one day, when someone sends NoShame a copy of VirtualDub, they can go back and do a better NTSC transfer for free!

No debate: get yourself a copy of the US release before they sell out.

 

Summary

 

 

USA

 

Italy

Video

 

5/10

 

8/10

Audio

 

6/10

 

6/10

Extras

 

6/10

 

1/10