Blu - Ray Review: CRONOS

by Rodney Perkins, 5 December 2010 11 H 44 name of Guillermo del Toro seems to pop in a new project, every week, but it has not in fact made of many films. Instead of pick up everything happens, usually chosen projects that call for very specific interests. first film del Toro CHRONOS (1993), which is now available on Blu - ray collection criteria - outlines the stylistic and thematic approach that del Toro still follows so far. Chronos is a good film - not a big one - that paved the way for greater works such as Devil's backbone antiques dealer the PAN Labyrinth.An named Jesus grey (Federico Luppi) lives with his wife, Mercedes (Isabel Margarita) and young granddaughter Aurora (Tamara Shanath). One fateful day, it is a mechanical gold scarab. The ancient device that gives mysterious powers slowly turns grey in a new series of strange uncontrollable passions. Possession of grey the scarab made him the target of a dying man only known as the Guardia (Claudio Brook) who is determined to possess the scarab he sends his nephew, Rogue Angel (Ron Perlman) on a mission to acquire some it.Cronos is an intelligent on the history of classic vampire spin. Leech is never explicitly mentioned. nature of distress of Jesus grey is implied by the film and literary references. Ultimately, Cronos uses the legend of Dracula as a means to explore broader themes of family obligations, disease and death.?Guillermo del Toro becomes gray, which is initially as a kind, caring grandfather in sympathetic Monster. The chracter is forced to make choices between its new stark urges and true nature as a husband committed and his grandfather. It is a simple yet classic conflict which gives the film a gravity real emotional in spite of his fantastic scenario. This gift for creating engaging emotional monsters, which is evident even in large fluffy as Hellboy films is a large part of what separates del Toro's peers.Guillermo another asset of del Toro is his visual style, the veins Gallery, pulp and horror classic film of mine. Here, vision of del Toro is limited by the finance - slots are limited and some of the practical effects are gross genre. Chronos work around these limitations by using a complex framework schema unique colour, sounds and environmental information to represent the worlds of various groups of characters.The collection criterion has done work on Blu - ray quality. Duration is 93 minutes and Guillermo del Toro's favorite 1.78: 1 aspect ratio.?The new high-def transfer restored is excellent with zero scratches, spots or defects.The for MPEG-4 AVC video stream flow is an ultra 35 mbps.?The audio options are abundant. Spanish audio track is encoded in DTS - HD Master Audio.?There is also an option for the introduction of original Spanish dubbing.?Newly translated subtitles are supplied for Spanish language impaired.Two audio comments are. a Director while the other producers of Arthur h. Gorson and Bertha Navarro functionality and co-producer Alejandro Springall features. There are many interviews on this disk, including the new with del Toro, Guillermo Navarro, Director of photography and actor Ron Perlman as well as an older discussion with Federico Luppi.?unprecedented horror del Toro short analogy, which was actually finished, 1987 in 2010 is included. This comical tribute to Italian horror - dubbed into Italian style Bava / Argento lighting and inspiration Lufci gore - roughly funny.One temperature on Blu - ray extras is a tour of House/del Toro, which it designates as Bleak House. This video is a "must see" because the home is incredible. A theatrical trailer and stills Gallery round the pamphlet package.The includes an essay by Maitland McDonagh and detailed by Guillermo del Toro script notes. Hellboy Creator Mike Mignola provides new artwork for the cover and the brochure. var part; var href = $('img[id=main-asset]') .attr ('src'); part = href. $('.asset-corps_img[src='+part+']') .css ('display', 'none'); $('.asset_plus_img[src='+part+']') .css ('display', 'none'). part = part.replace('twitchfilm.com','twitchfilm.net'); $('.asset-corps_img[src='+part+']') .css ('display', 'none'); $('.asset_plus_img[src='+part+']') .css ('display', 'none'). part = /(\/[^\/]+)\.(\w+)$/.exec(href); If (party) {part = part [1] + "-thumb-"; $('_img[src*='+part+']') .css ('display', 'none') .asset-body; $('.asset_plus_img[src*='+part+']') .css ('display', 'none');} part = part.replace('twitchfilm.com','twitchfilm.net'); If (party) {part = part [1] + "-thumb-"; $('_img[src*='+part+']') .css ('display', 'none') .asset-body; $('.asset_plus_img[src*='+part+']') .css ('display', 'none');}

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