Title | Best |
Thirteen Days | = |
The Region 4 version of this disc misses out on;
The Region 1 version is the first "Infinifilm" edition released by New Line. It is generally superior to the Region 4 edition in terms of extras but misses out on;
For those of you who have not heard of "Infinifilm", what it is (stripped of marketing mumbo-jumbo such as "Beyond The Movie™" and "All-Access Pass") is basically like the "follow the white rabbit" feature of The Matrix, except you get a menu instead of a white rabbit. If you watch the film in "Infinifilm" mode, you get a menu at the bottom right of the screen every now and then at strategic points that allows you to branch off to view some of the extras contained on the DVD, such as excerpts from the featurettes, deleted scenes or information stills. Most (all?) of these Infinifilm menu items are also present on the Region 4 disc as standalone extras, but on the second disc (which means that Region 4 was not able to offer the interactive menus). So, is it just a marketing gimmick, or does it truly take you ... "Beyond The Movie™?" I would question the usefulness of Infinifilm for something like Blow or Rush Hour 2 (two other Infinifilm titles released in Region 1), but in this film, given the historical background and context of the plot, it works really really well. I would strongly recommend that history teachers actually get high school students to watch this film in Infinifilm mode - I think it may encourage them to really take an interest in the study of historical events. However, the presence of the dts audio track on Region 4 is also very compelling. Whilst this would automatically make me favour Region 4 (Infinifilm or no Infinifilm) on this occasion (only because because of the nature of the film) I am veering towards the Region 1 simply as a showcase of what Infinifilm can do. |