Pure Formality (1994) (Thriller) (VCD) (VHS)

John_Doe · **Posted:** Mon Apr 19, 2004 5:55 am **Post subject:**

I'm searching for a place where I could buy it on dvd, but it seams it hasn't been released yet?
http://www.101cd.com/video/info.asp?id=6203703
says Release Date 14/06/2004

and there's also
http://www.choicesdirect.com/templates/ ... D=NKLK9042
which has the same rel date. none of them says anything about subs though.

John_Doe · **Posted:** Mon Apr 19, 2004 9:04 am **Post subject:**

Polityk · **Posted:** Mon Apr 19, 2004 4:26 pm **Post subject:**

Oh, so they're planning to release it? I believe it was only released on DVD with the Italian dubbing.

carlos66 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 19, 2004 7:52 pm **Post subject:**

right, after all those sleepless nights, when I almost finished English subs,
you tell me it's going to be released on :matrix:

DVD?

John_Doe · **Posted:** Mon Apr 19, 2004 9:56 pm **Post subject:**

eh. sorry. I take it back.

carlos66 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:28 pm **Post subject:**

wow, the more I did the more strange things I see...

I've got English subs and synchronized to VCD rip. Then I wanted to synchronize them (and sound) to DVD and they just don't fit

Ffirst I checked how many frames there are in both rips and it turned out that VCD has 20 frames more (both counted as 25fps)... so I thought: OK, I'll stretch it 'a bit'. Doesn't fit either, if it plays good at the beginning and the end it's bad in the middle :lol:

it seems some 'scene' is missing... When I was after it i've found this:

LOL

I was looking for some info about Italian version but I don't speek Italian, so...
but I've found many places with incoming DVD (?7.99), the same release date as John Doe said

(I've even found Polityk's post at osloskop warning about italian dub :lol:

)

I'll definitely buy a DVD (someday when I can afford it

), by then I'll try to end what I started.
Sorry but with such strange things I can not promise you anything anymore...

John_Doe · **Posted:** Wed Apr 21, 2004 12:03 am **Post subject:**

damn, that's alot of work they put into making it seam itallian. silly buggers.
if you don't buy and rip it however, I will. =)

Polityk · **Posted:** Wed Apr 21, 2004 1:14 am **Post subject:**

Hahaha, let me know if you find some place to buy it cheap @carlos66, I'd love to have this one on DVD too. With the DVD release date set, I'm wondering if it's worth your effort. On the other hand, I'll download whatever comes out of it. Do they say if it's going to be in French?

LOL @ the book, silly thing, but annoying too.

John_Doe · **Posted:** Wed Apr 21, 2004 3:23 am **Post subject:**

remember though that none of the sites I've seen pre-selling it has said anything about subs.

Polityk · **Posted:** Thu Jun 10, 2004 9:49 pm **Post subject:**

HAH!

I've just ordered this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 61-9806240

Expect a rip very soon. :mrgreen:

John_Doe · **Posted:** Fri Jun 11, 2004 3:53 am **Post subject:**

Not very expensive I've there

Whoops this microphone typing in working perfectly

I said ain't working perfectly

And that's better finally

John_Doe · **Posted:** Wed Jun 16, 2004 7:58 pm **Post subject:**

I got mine today. how about you polityk?

Polityk · **Posted:** Wed Jun 16, 2004 8:01 pm **Post subject:**

You already got it?
Amazon says it will be dispatched on June 23th, so it will be about two or three weeks before I get it. Anyway, leave me the pleasure of ripping it please.

I don't buy too many original DVDs...

John_Doe · **Posted:** Thu Jun 17, 2004 5:41 am **Post subject:**

sure sure. Wasn't planning on releasing it. Got too many others lined up anyway.
And I'm sure you can make a perfect quality release of it in every way, not just a simple AutoGK rip as I am doing.

It's just a movie that I'd be proud to have on dvd. Especially since it's so rare/unknown. I love boasting great flicks, noone else have heard of.. hehe.

Polityk · **Posted:** Thu Jun 17, 2004 11:35 am **Post subject:**

Hehe, that's what I'm always doing. Convincing ppl something they've never heard of can be good too.

As for quality, I think AutoGK works perfectly with standard rips, if you don't need to use any fancy options. The only thing that annoys me is that you don't have any access to video codec settings.

John_Doe · **Posted:** Mon Jun 28, 2004 4:58 am **Post subject:**

Watched it today, and I can't say I'm completley satisfied. I think the subs are hardsubbed (couldn't turned it off anyway) and the audio got a little out of synch in the middle of the film. Then it was corrected towards the end. That couldn't be an error on my machine could it? I used WinDVD5 to watch it...
Of cource I'm happy to have the film, but still...

One thought that struck me though, seing it on a lesser quality vcd rip doesn't nessesarily lessen the viewing experience, because it actually enhances the gray, soggy, run-down, dreamlike atmosphere even more.

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