Good film, garbage dvd


"Night Train Murders" is a classic cult Italian horror film, but it deserves a better dvd presentation than this one from Blue Underground. After going through the trouble to remaster the uncut version, couldn't they provide the Italian audio?? I say this because that English version is completely ridiculous, and almost totally ruins the experience of watching this film. The actors who did the English voices cannot act. Films like this are finally being recognized for their artistic value, so why not give us the language choices? Blue Underground, we are not idiots, we can read subtitles. Have some more respect for movie fans, and for the films you are releasing...

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Actually, all Italian films are shot without audio so that they can dub it later on, and this is how is was dubbed. That's why a lot of Italian films are dubbed into English.

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oh great, rolls eyes I've just ordered the dvd

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You gotta understand that Bill Lustig, CEO of Blue Undergroud tries to find the best existing print possible of the films he puts on DVD and many times the English dubbed version is the only one available in these foreign imports. Also you have to take into account that these days many American video viewers don't like to see subtitled versions of foreign films and prefer to see them dubbed into English. I personally don't have this problem since I can watch these films either way, dubbed or with subtitles, but I guess that I belong to another generation of movie lovers that feel that way. compared with some of today's movie going generation.

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--- "But why would they do that though?" ---

To save money. It's cheaper to dub sound on later rather than worry about having to get a "clean" audio on every take.







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Perhaps you need to pay closer attention when you are reading. I was merely stating that I have seen this film in Italian, as well as in English; and the actors who voiced the Italian version sound much more authentic than the people who provided the English voices. i have worked on post dubbing of Super 8 and 16 mm film, for years, and OBVIOUSLY i am aware that mostly ALL Italian productions from this era were shot with no audio at all. The reason for that is mostly because of the International cast usually involved in these productions. Even large budget Italian arthouse films, by directors like Luchino Visconti, (one of my personal favorites; ever heard of him?) were filmed without audio. His 1969 film "La Caduta Degli Dei" featured a very international cast. The dvd can be watched in English, Italian, or German. Because it is a film based on the German industrialist Krupp family, I prefer to watch it in German, as this is the language that they would realistically be speaking. A dvd that gives you a choice like that is one of high quality. I was merely criticizing the Blue Underground dvd for not providing a choice of audio options. I must say that the suggestion that I didn't know this fact about Italian cinema did make me smile though; thank you for that. I just wonder if you know what people say about others who call strangers 'idiots' on the internet. Maybe your life sucks, or maybe you are just having a bad day? I hope it's the latter..

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