Rain Man - Ultra 4K Blu Ray addition out
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11 Jun 2023, 9:17 am
4K Ultra HD Review – Rain Man (1988)
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This new edition of the film features a new 4K restoration approved by director Barry Levinson. It’s not one of those movies that people are necessarily clamoring for on 4K, since Blu-ray is more than capable of making a film like this look very good on a typical home theater setup, but it’s nice to have a presentation that’s as close as possible to what Rain Man looked like when it opened in theaters in 1988.
No new bonus features were commissioned for this release, but what’s here in terms of legacy extras is enough to get a well-rounded view of the movie, starting with a trio of commentary tracks found on the 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray discs. Levinson and screenwriters Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass each get their own track.
There’s the obvious question of why the three didn’t participate in a joint track — or at least have the screenwriters do one together — but after watching the included 22-minute featurette The Journey of Rain Man, it’smclear that each of them has a specific perspective on the film.
Levinson was the fourth and final director attached to the film, so his point-of-view is of someone who came into the project late but was still able to improve the film, such as by figuring out a way to force the brothers onto more-scenic back roads during their journey.
Morrow was the original writer on the film, so his perspective is of someone who based Raymond Babbitt on two people he knew personally. Meanwhile, when Bass came onto the movie, his goal was to apply a structure to the story without worrying too much about how it fit into what’s known about autism. While Bass could have derailed that part of the movie, autism’s spectrum means that those decisions could be molded around Raymond’s basic rigidity.
That aforementioned featurette serves Levinson and the two screenwriters looking back on the movie, along with a few other folks, and the 20-minute Lifting the Fog: A Look at the Mysteries of Autism stars one of the people Hoffman spent time with while researching his role, along with other ASD folks and some experts. Lifting the Fog is a good primer for anyone curious about the subject.
A deleted scene that wouldn’t have added anything to the film if it had been left in and the theatrical trailer round this one out.
No new bonus features were commissioned for this release, but what’s here in terms of legacy extras is enough to get a well-rounded view of the movie, starting with a trio of commentary tracks found on the 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray discs. Levinson and screenwriters Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass each get their own track.
There’s the obvious question of why the three didn’t participate in a joint track — or at least have the screenwriters do one together — but after watching the included 22-minute featurette The Journey of Rain Man, it’smclear that each of them has a specific perspective on the film.
Levinson was the fourth and final director attached to the film, so his point-of-view is of someone who came into the project late but was still able to improve the film, such as by figuring out a way to force the brothers onto more-scenic back roads during their journey.
Morrow was the original writer on the film, so his perspective is of someone who based Raymond Babbitt on two people he knew personally. Meanwhile, when Bass came onto the movie, his goal was to apply a structure to the story without worrying too much about how it fit into what’s known about autism. While Bass could have derailed that part of the movie, autism’s spectrum means that those decisions could be molded around Raymond’s basic rigidity.
That aforementioned featurette serves Levinson and the two screenwriters looking back on the movie, along with a few other folks, and the 20-minute Lifting the Fog: A Look at the Mysteries of Autism stars one of the people Hoffman spent time with while researching his role, along with other ASD folks and some experts. Lifting the Fog is a good primer for anyone curious about the subject.
A deleted scene that wouldn’t have added anything to the film if it had been left in and the theatrical trailer round this one out.
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