Tuesday, November 26, 2024

HD Alert!


Claude Dantes and the mysterious Masked Man (who shall remain nameless to avoid spoilers) in THE MASKED MAN AGAINST THE PIRATES (1964)

I recently bought a batch of German Blu-rays and DVDs recently and this title was part of it. I like the movie but I also bought it because I want to support any HD releases of movies from the Golden Era of the genre. This HD print is something else. The colours are so vivid the movie looks like the Muppet Show. I have an old print, in English, and the colours and look of the movie is more subdued. This ultra vivid print is a bit of getting use to. The HD also shows some of the productions errors, like the shadow on the blue sky (bottom image). This was the first movie for the director and it shows. Fun movie nonetheless. Guessing who the Masked Man is is not so difficult if one notices his body type. The Blu-ray has German, Italian and French audios. No English audio. Santo of the Caribbean!




The whole cast of the movie, including George Hilton, Dantes and Giovanni Vari. The vivid colours makes the movie look like a kid's movie.

 

1 comment:

Jón Páll said...

The most piratey pirates who ever pirated!