Someone's Watching me! BD region-A (John Carpenter)

Myydään John Carpenterin ohjaama harvinaisempi elokuva Someone's Watching Me! blu-ray. Kyseessä on yllättävän laadukas tv-elokuva vuodelta 1978, jonka Carpenter ohjasi juuri ennen Halloweenia. Itse julkaisukin on tasokas Shout Factoryn restauroitu julkaisu, jossa on runsaasi extroja.

Lauren Hutton stars as stylish career girl Leigh Michaels, who lives in an ultra-modern, glassed-in high rise apartment. Leigh's relatively tranquil existence is shattered when she begins receiving disturbing phone calls -- and ostentatious gifts -- from a man living in the high-rise next to hers. Despite the increasingly threatening tone of her mystery caller, Leigh is unable to get any help from the police, simply because there's no real evidence that she's in danger.

Levyltä löytyy alkuperäinen 4:3 tv-julkaisu, sekä 1.85:1 widescreen versio elokuvasta.

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC (25.00 Mbps)
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1, 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1

Audio

English: DTS-HD Master Audio Mono (48kHz, 24-bit)
English: Dolby Digital 2.0 (192 kbps)

Subtitles: English SDH

Discs: Single disc (1 BD-50)

Packaging: Inner print

Playback: Region A-locked

kunto: uutena ostettu, kerran katsottu. Levyssä ei ole jälkiä.

Extrat: 

• NEW Audio Commentary With Author Amanda Reyes (Are You In The House Alone?: A TV Movie Compendium 1964-1999) - in the future, Reyes needs to stick to her script as she rambles through this feature-length track with a lot of ahs and ums. She provides a bevy of factoids and nuggets about Carpenter, the actors, other TV movies of the period, Laura Mulvey and the male gaze, et al. The problem is she can get so caught up in a shot or scene that she'll try to comment on a different aspect than what's she speaking about at the moment. Her several digressions indicate that she needs to focus more on timing. Still, this is an informative listen and I'm glad that Shout! asked her to record this audio essay. In English, not subtitled.

• NEW Adrienne Barbeau: Looking Back at Someone's Watching Me! (10:32, 1080p) - Carpenter's first wife recalls how the California filmmaker saw her in Maude (1972-78) (leading to her casting in this telefilm), how Carpenter directed her in Someone's Watching Me!, and how her lesbian character Sophie bucked a trend. In English, not subtitled.

• NEW Carpenter's Enforcer – An Interview With Charles Cyphers on His Career in John Carpenter's Films (9:43, 1080p) - an unrecognizable Charles Cyphers reminisces on his casting audition on Assault on Precinct 13 as well as the combined eight feature and TV movies that he's done with Carpenter. Cypher proclaims that he'd be interested in reprising his role as Sheriff Brackett on a future Halloween if Carpenter calls. This interview seems trimmed as there are several quick fades to the next snippet. In English, not subtitled.

• NEW Horror's Hallowed Grounds – A Look at the Film's Locations Today (7:12, 1080p) - another featurette revisiting original filming locations hosted by Sean Clark, who guides viewers to several LA venues where Someone's Watching Me! was shot. In English, not subtitled.

• John Carpenter: Director Rising (6:14, upconverted to 1080i) - a brief interview with Carpenter that's carried over from the 2007 Warner DVD. Carpenter explains this TV movie's origins, his favorable impressions of Lauren Hutton's acting, and working at the Warner Bros. lot. In English, not subtitled.

• NEW TV Promos (1:01, upconverted to 1080p) - two TV spots (including a teaser) advertising Someone's Watching Me!.

• NEW Still Gallery (1:19, 1080p) - a brief slide show made up of seventeen images: black-and-white photos from the Warner press kit, production stills (in color), and foreign VHS covers of Someone's Watching Me! depicting some erotic artwork.