A Midsummer Night's Dream
by Ross MacGibbon
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Actor: Julie Tobiason, Patricia Barker, Paul Gibson, Ross Yearsley, Seth BellistonDirector: Ross MacGibbon
Producer: Bob Lockyear
Producer: Hazel Wright
Producer: Nighel Shepherd
Writer: William Shakespeare
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.0; English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.0
Format: Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-09-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC / Opus Arte
Movie Reviews of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Movie Review: Near Perfection
Summary: 5 Stars
Opus Arte deliver yet another solid disc where the sublime classic A Midsummer Night's Dream is treated with a VC-1 encode and 1080i transfer. An incredibly difficult to stage ballet A Midsummer Night's Dream is comprised of different musical items linked in a specific manner making it danceable. As noted by the producers of this disc each chapter also represents a sectional break from the ballet. Not surprisingly casual viewers are given an excellent opportunity to follow and analyze the progression of the story with the actual transitions well defined. Crystal clear picture quality, excellent detail, and at times unbelievably natural looking colors is what we have here. The 2.0 track appear more balanced and with weaker obertone amplitude - the nuanced interactions between the winds and the strings for example are hardly distinguishable to the non-trained ear. The 5.1 track changes all that. There is notably more depth here, the two groups are very easy to identify, and the degree of clarity is very, very impressive. I spent a great deal of time comparing how the overture sounds on each mix and there is no doubt in me that you could hear more with the PCM 5.1 track. Take my words for granted and do some experimenting, play with the two tracks.
To sum it all up this is a very strong presentation with all-around excellent basics which Opus Arte appear to have mastered to near perfection.
Summary of A Midsummer Night's Dream
Choreographed by an artistic genius, Shakespeare's comedy of magic and love's delusions set to the music of Felix Mendelssohn is a guaranteed audience pleaser. Pacific Northwest Ballet displays all the vitality, brilliance and versatility of its wonderful dancers in this award-winning production of Balanchine's first original full-length ballet.Art House & International DVD Video
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