True Romance Limited Edition UHD [Blu-ray]

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Roger Ebert gave the film a positive review remarking that "the energy and style of the movie are exhilarating", and that "the supporting cast is superb, a roll call of actors at home in these violent waters: Christopher Walken, Dennis Hopper, and Brad Pitt, for example". [22] A negative review by The Washington Post 's Richard Harrington claimed the film was "stylistically visceral" yet "aesthetically corrupt". [23] True Romance (released in the Philippines as Breakaway) [5] is a 1993 American romantic crime film directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino. It features an ensemble cast led by Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, with Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, and Christopher Walken in supporting roles. Slater and Arquette portray newlyweds on the run from the Mafia after stealing a shipment of drugs. commentaries by director Tony Scott, Tarantino himself, and stars Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, also included on this release). While it

Celebrating the Films of Tony Scott". Film School Rejects. June 22, 2018. Archived from the original on May 7, 2019 . Retrieved May 4, 2019. The end results end up being a vast improvement over Warner’s previous releases with the wider dynamic range sealing the deal. It looks great. toward Lucas' frame of mind, this release from Arrow should be a welcome addition to your library, as it boasts excellent technical merits and While Quentin Tarantino gets a lot of due credit for his writing of True Romance, Tony Scott deserves a lot of the credit for his time in the director’s chair. This is one of those films where I feel Tarantino was the better writer than he would have been a director. Scott had a style and flair with his movies that allowed for some impressive visuals but kept a close intimacy with the characters. Take the interrogation scene between Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken. Scott works from a wide shot gradually cutting closer and closer into a closeup adding tension to each dialog exchange, but it also gives the actors room to work the scene. Walken gradually gets funnier while Hopper becomes more solemn. It's this unique energy Scott brings to the script that I don’t think Tarantino would have been able to pull off at that time in his career. Breathtaking action set pieces and unforgettably snappy dialogue combine with a murderers’ row of sensational performances from a stunning ensemble cast in Scott and Tarantino’s blood-soaked, bullet-riddled valentine, finally restored in dazzling 4K with hours of brilliant bonus features.For all of the idiosyncratic dialogue, quirky characters, and over-the-top violence, True Romance is indeed just that: a romance. The relationship between Clarence and Alabama is the engine that holds everything else together, and the chemistry between Slater and Arquette provides the fuel. Clarence is clearly a stand-in for Tarantino in terms of autobiographical details, but also as a form of wish fulfillment. He’s a pop culture nerd like Tarantino, but he’s better looking, tougher, and a far cooler customer. Alabama is wish fulfillment as well; she’s a male fantasy made flesh, conveniently dropped into the lap of Tarantino’s doppelganger. The two characters don’t feel authentic, yet fifteen minutes after their awkward meet-cute and the revelations that follow, their implausible relationship seems utterly believable. True Romance may be a fairy tale, but the love at its core feels real. Had Tarantino personally directed the film, it may not have worked as well as it does, and it certainly would have ended differently. Thankfully, Scott embraced the fantasy and fell in love with the characters, enough so that he changed Tarantino’s ending. He made the right call, and it’s one reason why the film endures. Quentin Tarantino's films tend to evoke widely disparate reactions, and in that regard, while Tarantino is "only" the screenwriter of True especially in some of the more sun drenched outdoor moments where close-ups are employed. But HDR and/or Dolby Vision also aid some of the As a Tony Scott film through and through - at least visually - True Romance must have been one hell of a challenge to render in a way that is at once faithful to the original perceived intentions of the director and the look he gave it, replete with smoky, shadow-strewn rooms and blue light, but Arrow have done a stand-up job. Coming to the film for the very first time and some viewers may not get what the fuss is about at all, enjoying a few undeniably stylish moments for sure, but also wondering why some of it is a little more raw and gritty, and why there's so much damn smoke everywhere. But those familiar with True Romance will love this presentation, lapping up the fine texture, the skin details and the fabulous colour tones, as well as the fact that, hell, it'll make you feel like you're watching it projected in the cinema, with gorgeously restored, cleaned-up image but one that's also utterly, utterly filmic.

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Tony Scott's 1993 adaptation of an early Tarantino script is an endlessly quotable, iconically memorable, all-star bona fide classic. Villarreal, Phil. "Review: True Romance". Arizona Daily Star. Archived from the original on December 22, 2008. True Romance (18)". British Board of Film Classification. October 8, 1993. Archived from the original on December 11, 2020 . Retrieved November 16, 2012. True Romance Blu-ray". Archived from the original on July 7, 2019 . Retrieved July 7, 2019– via www.blu-ray.com.