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Story of O, The: Special Widesceen Edition (Histoire d'O) (remastered) | R2UK |
Keeping to just the English reviews that I can read and understand (as opposed to English reviews that I can't understand :-)), there are releases from Region 1 and Region 2 (UK) to be considered. The Region 1 release has the following features:
It has three language options (English, French and Spanish) but the widescreen transfer is not 16x9 enhanced. The Region 2 (UK) release seems to offer similar style video and audio transfers as the Region 4 but offers two additional extras:
The Region 2 (French) release offers not only the full length version of the film, but the following:
Depending upon your point of view, any would offer a better option to the Region 4 release. Since 16x9 enhancement should be essential for widescreen releases, the nod would be given to the Region 2 (UK) release but the Region 2 (French) offers the original theatrical release along with the original theatrical ratio as well as some interesting sounding extras. The French release has been described to me by a fellow reviewer who owns the DVD as having the better transfer, better shadow detail, crisper, but still soft and rather poor. The Region 2 (French) release is the best option all things considered at the present time. All up it sounds as if we are still awaiting a definitive version of the film on DVD however. |