66 / BD 61 Tabu

[MichaelB]

Beaver.

[andyli]

They look amazing! Then again M. Tooze in his review fails to point out the biggest improvement: the correct 1.19:1 aspect ratio, hence more space at the top and bottom of a frame. In fact, he didn't even acknowledge the wrong AR on the DVD.

[Gregory]

Interesting that the blu-ray shows more on the left edge of the frame as well.

[lubitsch]

They look amazing! Then again M. Tooze in his review fails to point out the biggest improvement: the correct 1.19:1 aspect ratio, hence more space at the top and bottom of a frame. In fact, he didn't even acknowledge the wrong AR on the DVD.

Indeed. I had a German TV recording with an annoying avantgardistic music, but it was in the correct aspect ratio. On the old Tabu MoC cover you can see the man standing on the rock and in the corresponding shot in the film the rock was clearly visible on the tape but to my horror on the US DVD and then the old MoC the rock was gone. Thanks for finally getting it right even if I now have to buy the third disc of the film (which I'm not even that fond of).

[neilist]

Beaver.

The Beaver review says for the reissued version 'I *think* the liner notes booklet is the same (but more compact)', comparing it to the 80-page book original release, but they're not quite the same.

The reissue version booklet misses out the following...

'Flaherty and Tabu' (by Richard Griffiths)
'Turia, an Original Story' (by F. W. Murnau and Robert Flaherty)
'Tabu (Taboo), a Story of the South Seas' (by F. W. Murnau and Robert Flaherty)
'Tabu, a Story of the South Seas' (by Lotte Eisner)

EDIT: Beaver's now been updated with the above.

[Michael Kerpan]

Looks pretty good -- but the nearly square format is a bit disconcerting... (even if authentic). ;~}