Deep End

-> BLU RAY

Excellent picture quality! Image cropped.

Highly recommended!

Music by Cat Stevens and THE CAN Soundtracks

Film: 8.5/10

Picture quality: 10/10

Aspect ratio: 16x9 = 1.78:1 (1.85:1 orig.)

Run time 24fps: 1 31'41"

Number of discs: 2 (BD + DVD)

Audio: GB

ST: GB o/-

Chpt.: 12

Region free!

Bonus:

"Starting Out" 78' (HD); Making Of

"Deep End: The deleted scenes" 13' (featurette on 4 deleted scenes not incl., seem to be lost for good)

Short: "Careless Love" (1976) 10' feat. Jane Asher

Trailer (HD)

28 pg color booklet

extra DVD with main feature + bonus

Studio: bfi

Jerzy Skolimowski, friend of Roman Polanski, for whom he worked on Polanski's first feature film, "Knife in the Water" and he himself had made great strides as a director previously making the film "Adventures of Gerard" which he seems to disregard its merits. But his next picture 1970's "Deep End" definitely placed him in high regard as a an auteur himself. Unfortunately "Deep End" with its disturbing final minutes, the reason Skolimowski was drawn to help write (along with Jerzy Gruza and Boleslaw Sulik) and direct the picture in the first place, an otherwise engaging coming-of-age story/comedy about obsessive love starring Jane Asher and John Moulder-Brown. Diana Dors has a brief role that is a bit over-lauded, but Moulder-Brown (who appeared in "Vampire Circus") and especially Jane Asher should receive extraordinary high marks. The film is especially well-photographed and edited with Cat Stevens and the Can providing much of the score. The sad thing here, is that you might be more familiar with the tune by Cat Stevens (as it appears on his "Tea for the Tillerman" album) than you would the film which is finally presented here in a stunning Blu-ray with a Reg. 2 PAL DVD from the BFI with loads of extras that the film truly deserves to have created about it. Also included is a trailer and a very lovely short film starring Jane Asher called "Careless Love" from 1976 by Francine Winham. "Deep End" really shows that Asher was quite an amazing actress giving a BAFTA nominated performance. See it now for an amazing cinematic experience. And remember, this is how truly valuable is what we leave behind.

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