Australia.2008.EXTRAS.1080p.BluRay.H264-RMXTRAS

Section

Movies/HD

Group

RMXTRAS

Size

7,08 GB

Files

78

Date

2024-07-27

NFO

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 │ Release    : Australia.2008.EXTRAS.1080p.BluRay.H264-RMXTRAS               │
 │ Source     : BluRay                                                        │
 │ Size       : 7.07GB                                                        │
 │ Reldate    : 28.07.2024                                                    │
 │ Video      : various                                                       │
 │ Audio      : AC3 224kbps                                                   │
 │ Resolution : 1920x1080                                                     │
 │ Playtime   : various                                                       │
 │ Language   : English                                                       │
 │ Imdb       : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455824/                         │
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 │ Subtitles: Russian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Greek, Portuguese            │
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 │ Featurette: "Australia: The People, the History, the Location" (HD, 7      │
 │ minutes) û The worst extra in the bunch, this drab bit of promotional      │
 │ drivel features catatonic narration and provides the barest overview of    │
 │ the production. Some archival footage links scenes from the film to actual │
 │ locations, and there's a brief nod to the plight of indigenous, mixed-race │
 │ children, but most of this draggy piece features sweeping shots of the     │
 │ Australian landscape, glimpses of jovial actors gallivanting on horseback, │
 │ and Kidman talking about giving back to her native country. Yuck.          │
 │ Featurette: "Photography" (HD, 5 minutes) û The film's official still      │
 │ photographer, James Fisher, displays some of his striking on-set images,   │
 │ while guest photographers Douglas Kirkland and Annie Leibovitz talk about  │
 │ their experiences on location and in the studio.                           │
 │ Featurette: "Production Design" (HD, 5 minutes) û Sketches, models,        │
 │ computer images, and blueprints help us get a grasp on set design,         │
 │ courtesy of production designer Catherine Martin, who is also Luhrmann's   │
 │ wife.                                                                      │
 │ Featurette: "Costume Design" (HD, 7 minutes) û Martin (busy lady) is also  │
 │ the film's costume designer, and she discusses creating and culling more   │
 │ than 1,800 costumes for principals and extras, as well as the body         │
 │ decorations used on indigenous cast members.                               │
 │ Featurette: "Locations" (HD, 6 minutes) û A look at how the location team  │
 │ discovered the film's "epic expanses" in the wild Australian outback, and  │
 │ made the areas suitable for shooting.                                      │
 │ Featurette: "Cinematography" (HD, 7 minutes) û Mandy Walker, director of   │
 │ photography, talks about her extensive prep process and close              │
 │ collaboration with Luhrmann. We also learn about the difficulties of       │
 │ seamlessly matching location shots with blue-screen studio work.           │
 │ Featurette: "Sound" (HD, 11 minutes) û The five elements of movie audio û  │
 │ dialogue, music, sound effects, foley, and atmospherics û are examined in  │
 │ this interesting featurette that also provides an inside look at looping.  │
 │ Featurette: "Editing" (HD, 11 minutes) û A "birthing process" is how       │
 │ Luhrmann defines editing, and his dedicated team addresses the challenge   │
 │ of sorting through a whopping two-and-a-half million feet of film and      │
 │ piecing it into a flowing, visually pleasing finished product. Luhrmann    │
 │ also discusses editing's progression from a tactile, film-based process    │
 │ through its electronic stage to its present digital status. A brief look   │
 │ at editing visual effects is also included in this fascinating piece.      │
 │ Featurette: "Music" (HD, 10 minutes) û This featurette examines the        │
 │ transformative power of music, and how it shapes our emotions and enhances │
 │ our cinematic journey. Composer David Hirschfelder calls film music "quite │
 │ devious" in that regard, and we're shown how 'Australia' is a melting pot  │
 │ of various forms, from bush music and Filipino influences to Big Band      │
 │ standards and the pop stylings of Elton John.                              │
 │ Featurette: "Visual Effects" (HD, 9 minutes) û Technical personnel explain │
 │ how safety, cost, and feasibility determine whether visual effects will be │
 │ used for a certain scene, and discuss the complex process of merging       │
 │ studio and location work in a single shot. According to the staff,         │
 │ Luhrmann employed the "Lean and Lucas approach" on 'Australia,' combining  │
 │ the beauty of actual locations ß la David Lean with the control of         │
 │ soundstage settings that George Lucas favored, and before-and-after clips  │
 │ show the striking enhancements the visual effects team was able to         │
 │ produce.                                                                   │
 │ Deleted Scenes (HD, 3 minutes) û Just two scenes are included, and only    │
 │ one contains any substance. Neither adds much to the film, but they're     │
 │ certainly worth a peek.                                                    │
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