Steve Reeves in THE GIANT OF MARATHON (1959)
A good news/bad news day!
The good news: the German Blu-ray has arrived. It's beautiful.
The bad news: it has issues.
The first issue I quickly noticed: the English audio being out of sync early on in the movie. This was after a quick scan. I'm not aware if there are other scenes but comparing that specific scene at the beginning with the US public domain copy and it's obvious the US version is editing ever so slightly differently.
The other issue: the movie is cropped. One of my sources in Europe pointed this out. Below is a comparison.
The top one is the original framing. The below image is from the German Blu-ray. The German BD is more zoomed in. They had to cropped the top, bottom and sides to zoom it in.
It's still nice but not the original framing. And, yes, it's one gorgeous and excellent film!
Sergio Fantoni, Ivo Garrani, Mylène Demongeot and Steve Reeves
Steve Reeves and Alberto Lupo
