Laura Pausini-Live 2001-2002 World Tour (2001) |
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General | Extras | ||
Category | Music |
Main Menu Audio & Animation Menu Audio Music Video-Volvere Junto A Ti, E Ritorno Da Te, Una Storia Che Vale Music Video-Dos Historias Iguales Additional Footage-Spanish Tracks: Volvere Junto A Ti, Entre Tu Y Mil Mares Additional Footage-Spanish Tracks: Inolvidable, Amores Extranos Featurette-Videowall Additional Footage-You were here, Theater Box construction Featurette-Behind The Scenes-Making of music videos Credits Booklet |
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Year Of Production | 2001 | ||
Running Time | 94:43 (Case: 145) | ||
RSDL / Flipper | RSDL (61:59) | Cast & Crew | |
Start Up | Menu | ||
Region Coding | 1,2,3,4,5,6 | Directed By | None Given |
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Angel Warner Vision |
Starring | Laura Pausini |
Case | Amaray-Transparent-Secure Clip | ||
RPI | $34.95 | Music | Various |
Video | Audio | ||
Pan & Scan/Full Frame | None |
Italian dts 5.1 (1536Kb/s) Italian Dolby Digital 5.1 (448Kb/s) Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s) |
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Widescreen Aspect Ratio | 1.78:1 | ||
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Video Format | 576i (PAL) | ||
Original Aspect Ratio | 1.78:1 | Miscellaneous | |
Jacket Pictures | No | ||
Subtitles | None | Smoking | No |
Annoying Product Placement | No | ||
Action In or After Credits | Yes, no opening or end title credits |
Laura Pausini's career started in 1993 when she was only 18, when she appeared in the Italian Song Festival and sang La Solitudine/La Soledad. 20 million copies of 6 albums later, she has an established fan following in Italy and Spain. She is probably better known to English speaking audiences for singing One More Time in the closing credits of the film Message In A Bottle.
This is a recording of a concert held at the Filaforum at Assago, Milan, Italy, held as part of her 2001-2002 World Tour covering over 60 performances and attended by over 600,000 people. This particular concert, held on 2 December 2001, represents the first concert in the tour held in Italy and was broadcast on TV to an audience of over 4 million.
I really enjoyed this concert. There is a mixture of ballads and more boppy numbers, but all are very easy to listen to. Laura even sounds a little bit like Celine Dion. The audience is a mixture of males and females, young and old. Many in the audience obviously know her songs well, for they sing along with her on quite a few songs.
1. E Ritorno Da Te 2. La Mia Risposta 3. Gente 4. Il Mondo Che Vorrei 5. Ascolta ILTuo Cuore 6. Un'Emergenza D'Amore 7. Seamisai 8. Fidati Di Me 9. La Solitudine 10. Le Cose Che Vivi 11. Tra Te E IL Mare | 12. Una Storia Che Vale 13. One More Time 14. Incancellabile 15. Angeli Nel Blu 16. Mi Rubi L'Anima 17. Strani Amori 18. Non C'E' 19. In Assenza Di Te 20. IL Mio Sbaglio Piu' Grande 21. E Ritorno Da Te |
Don't trust the back cover which states that the "Picture Format" is "PAL 4:3, 16:9 Anamorphic." Just what exactly does that mean anyway?
We do get a widescreen transfer (measured at approximately 1.73:1) but it is only letterboxed, and not 16x9 enhanced.
The transfer is pleasant enough, but seems to suffer from a persistent grainy "texture" across the frame. I'm not sure whether this artefact is present in the source or is due to compression, but it is rather annoying.
Fortunately, detail levels seem to be acceptable (for a widescreen letterboxed transfer) and colour saturation is probably as good as can be expected from a live concert recording.
I also noticed minor aliasing and macro-blocking artefacts. Fortunately, edge enhancement is kept to a minimum, and is generally not enough to be annoying.
Unfortunately, there are no subtitle tracks, which is a bit unfortunate since I don't understand much Italian. This means most of the off-stage dialogue is kind of lost on me.
This is a single sided dual layered disc (RSDL). The layer change occurs towards the end of Chapter 15 at 61:59 and is rather disruptive as it breaks the flow of the programme, however, at least it occurs in between songs.
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There are three audio tracks: Italian dts 5.1 (1536Kb/s), Italian Dolby Digital 5.1 (448Kb/s), and Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s). I am pleasantly surprised by the presence of a full bitrate dts track.
All three tracks are quite pleasant to listen to. Given that the concert is effectively recorded in a stadium, the sonics are quite good and the soundstage quite believable.
The 5.1 tracks contain a discrete multi-channel mix with vocals mixed in to all three front channels, and the rear channels are utilized for ambience and crowd noises.
The subwoofer is lightly utilized throughout to supplement the low frequencies in the audio track.
I couldn't reliably distinguish between the Dolby Digital and dts 5.1 audio tracks - I would rate both of them as excellent.
By contrast, the Dolby Digital 2.0 track appear to be mixed at a very low level, and don't appear as dynamic or full-bodied as the other two tracks.
I did not notice any issues with audio synchronization.
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There are quite a lot of extra features on this disc, mainly consisting of additional music videos and "montage of scenes" featurettes (that are not specifically language dependent). This avoids the necessity of providing subtitle tracks.
The menus are full frame. The main menu is animated and includes background audio. The other menus include background audio.
This is a full colour colour sheet folded in half containing production and song credits, plus photographs and art work.
This is presented in 2.35:1 letterboxed (not 16x9 enhanced) and Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 surround-encoded (192Kb/s). There is an annoying vertical bar on the extreme left of the frame which is a result of incomplete masking by the editor to create the letterbox. I'm not sure why the audio track is flagged as surround-encoded - I suspect this is an authoring mistake.
This is the Italian version of the above, presented in 2.35:1 letterboxed (not 16x9 enhanced) and Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s). The annoying vertical bar is also present on this version, but the audio track is not flagged as surround encoded.
This is presented in 1.85:1 letterboxed (not 16x9 enhanced) and Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s).
This the Spanish version of the above, presented in 1.85:1 letterboxed (not 16x9 enhanced) and Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 surround-encoded (192Kb/s).
This consists of four tracks sung in the concert in Spanish. The video transfer is 1.33:1 (full frame?) and there are two audio tracks: dts 5.1 (1536Kb/s) and Dolby Digital 5.1 (448Kb/s).
The four tracks are:
This seems to be a montage of short scenes presumably captured during the World Tour. It is presented in approximately 1.73:1 letterboxed (not 16x9 enhanced) and Dolby Digital 2.0 surround-encoded (192Kb/s).
This is a speeded up sequence showing the audience arriving and filling up the venue, presented in full frame and Dolby Digital 2.0 surround-encoded (192Kb/s).
This is another speeded up sequence showing the stage being constructed, presented in full frame and Dolby Digital 2.0 surround-encoded (192Kb/s).
This consists of two featurettes, presented in 1.78:1 letterboxed (not 16x9 enhanced) and Dolby Digital 2.0 surround encoded (192Kb/s), showing a montage of behind the scenes footage of the filming of two music videos:
This is a set of six stills listing production credits.
NOTE: To view non-R4 releases, your equipment needs to be multi-zone compatible and usually also NTSC compatible.
As far as I can tell, this DVD is similarly featured in other regions.
This is a recording of Italian singer Laura Pausini performing live at the Filaforum in Milan, Italy as part of her 2001-2002 World Tour.
The video transfer is not 16x9 enhanced but acceptable.
The audio transfers are okay.
Extras include numerous music videos and featurettes.
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DVD | Panasonic DVD-RP82, using Component output |
Display | Sony VPL-VW11HT LCD Projector, ScreenTechnics 16x9 matte white screen (254cm). Calibrated with Video Essentials/Ultimate DVD Platinum. This display device is 16x9 capable. |
Audio Decoder | Built in to amplifier/receiver. Calibrated with Video Essentials/Ultimate DVD Platinum. |
Amplification | Denon AVC-A1SE (upgraded) |
Speakers | Front and surrounds: B&W CDM7NT, front centre: B&W CDMCNT, surround backs: B&W DM601S2, subwoofer: B&W ASW2500 |