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Summary: Wish I'd listened to the warnings
Review: Horrid sound that gets worse as the movie progresses. I'd read the customer comments and bought it anyway. The sound is so bad at the end of the film that I had to turn the volume up to 9/10ths to hear anything at all. Instead of enjoying the film I was constantly reaching for the volume control. By far this is the worst transfer of a film to DVD that I've seen/heard. If you're thinking of buying, think again or go get a video copy.
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Summary: Wish I'd listened to the warnings
Review: Horrid sound that gets worse as the movie progresses. I'd read the customer comments and bought it anyway. The sound is so bad at the end of the film that I had to turn the volume up to 9/10ths to hear anything at all. Instead of enjoying the film I was constantly reaching for the volume control. By far this is the worst transfer of a film to DVD that I've seen/heard. If you're thinking of buying, think again or go get a video copy.
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Summary: Cinematography A+ : Sound C-
Review: I bought the DVD version since an old Betamax recording had worn out. Most of the film has pretty sharp picture quality, better than VHS but the mono soundtrack is a disgrace-there is actually some audible wow on parts of the instrumental score.I was glad of the sub-titles!
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Summary: DIVA is Devine
Review: I loved this film. DIVA has the most amazing chase scene that I have ever seen - on a motorcycle in the Paris Metro.
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Summary: Don't waste your money!
Review: I recall this movie fondly--Unfortunately, the DVD quality is so poor, this cannot be watched. Pity Amazon does not allow negative stars the their ratings. Don't waste your time until someone cleans this up. But it makes a nice coaster, though.
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Summary: Dreadful
Review: I recall this movie fondly--Unfortunately, the DVD quality is so poor, this cannot be watched. Pity Amazon does not allow negative stars the their ratings. Don't waste your time until someone cleans this up. But it makes a nice coaster, though.
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Summary: Excellent movie -let's hope they redo the DVD
Review: I was about to buy the DVD since I found it in a store near home. I am glad I read the reviews and hope that the poor sound gets fixed for the DVD... and that the poor reviews get deleted (the ones about sound quality, that is). This is one of my favorite movies and I'd really like to have a copy. I wish there were far more foreign films in this site. There's a whole world out there that people do not understand because there is too much of the same around...
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Summary: The greatest detective film, i ve seen!
Review: I was seen this film about 20 times. First time, when I seen this film, was 1983 year. I like it!
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Summary: Terrific movie, ruined by horrible sound
Review: I was trying to replace my copy of Diva taped off the television with the DVD. That copy was infinitely better than the DVD. The sound was like an AM radio stuck under a pillow. Pretty ironic for a movie about some quality sound recording equipment. It is definitely not worth the money. Do not buy!
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Summary: Good, I'm not crazy
Review: I'm very relieved to see the near-unanimous animosity toward the audio quality of this DVD. I thought either a) something was wrong with my system, b) I was projecting my feelings toward the movie itself onto the sound quality, or c) both. YES, if you're still not a believer, the sound is THAT BAD. If you're thinking that all the complainers are audio snobs or nerds, think again. I know jack about sound, but I know the sound on THIS DVD sucks! Not as in "sucks considering that it's a DVD," but SUCKS PERIOD. I sat there wondering: If the DVD is this bad, is the VHS version WORSE somehow? All in all, I didn't think the movie was anything special. The premise forced us to swallow a HUGE coincidence right off the bat, i.e., the protagonist makes a tape that's dangerous to have in his possession, and then the NEXT DAY, someone HAPPENS to toss, OF ALL THINGS, ANOTHER DANGEROUS TAPE into his bicycle. C'mon! Hitchcock would have walked out. And the romance between the diva and the sneaky twerp was just absurd. Good moments here and there, but JEEZ ALMIGHTY was this thing over-praised! You want a good thriller from overseas, rent a John Woo. You want a good McGuffin movie, rent a Hitchcock. End of story.
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