The Big Combo

Man, this looks great.

Very noir indeed.

I could only find this on bluray in a Portuguese edition. I mean, it has the original English audio, so it doesn’t matter, but it’s pretty weird, eh? Because this edition has been restored really well — except that it’s in 16:9! But whyyy

Man, they’re using lenses with a low f in this movie. The focus puller works really hard in some scenes. And in some scenes, like this, only one person is in focus even if they’re standing pretty close to each other.

It’s a pretty weird choice, but it looks really dramatic.

Very dramatic! This bluray is in 16:9, though, which means that they’ve probably chopped… something. What was this originally? Er… Oh, it was 1.85:1? OK, they’ve chopped bits from the left and right?

Man, that’s some torture.

That’s some excellent henchman work!

I have to admit that I don’t quite follow the plot of this movie, but I like each individual scene. The cinematography is wonderful (when the focus puller manages to keep up), and the performances are so noir…