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09-11-2001, 08:59 PM
<B><I>ROADSHOW ENTERTAINMENT.</I>
<center><H2>BAMBOOZLED</h2>
Release Date:</b> November 21, 2001.
<B>Roadshow Entertainment. </B>
<b>Rating: MA15+</B>
<b>RRP: $34.95</center>
<UL>Special features and specs…..</b>
<LI>Audio commentary with Spike Lee.
<LI>'The making of Bamboozled'.
<LI>Deleted Scenes
<LI>Music Videos: Mau Maus "Blak is Blak", Gerald Levert "Dream with no love".
<LI>Artwork Gallery.
<LI>Cast & Crew.
<LI>Theatrical Trailer.
<LI>Running Time: 130 minutes.
<LI> English Dolby Digital 2.0/ Dolby Digital 5.1
<LI>English Subtitles.
<LI>Aspect: Widescreen (1.78:1) 16:9 enhanced.
<LI>Dual Layer/ single sided.</ul>
<b>Cast…</b> Damon Wayans, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Michael Rapaport, Savion Glover, Tommy Davidson, Mira Sorvino, Matthew Modine.
<center><B>From the back cover….</b></center>
<I> <B>"A comedy of shocking gravity, which leaves you shattered"</i>- Rolling Stone.
"Bamboozled is a defining film for Spike Lee."-New York Post.</b>
</I> Shot in guerilla style, with a title taken from a speech by civil rights activist, Malcolm X, BAMBOOZLED is revolutionary cinema-shocking, confronting, and explosively provocative. But the real stinger is that it’s also brutally funny.
Wayans is Pierre Delacroiz, a pretentious Ivy League television writer who has been ordered by his wannabe home-boy boss (Rapaport) to create a hit television show skewed to African Americans. As a protest, he develops a new millennial minstrel show, so offensive he believes it will start riots. But it is a massive hit and his whole belief system explodes in his face.
What follows is a biting satire on media and manipulation delivered with a fierceness not seen the Oscar® winning Network and a structure reminiscent of Mel Brooks’ hit comedy, The Producers. </i>
<b>Audio/Visual….</b>
"Bamboozled" has been shot using hand held Sony VX 1000 Digital Video Cameras which in Spike Lees own words is a "consumer camera" and because of this the movie has a unique look .
His clever use of various and sometimes unusual camera angles also add to the unique look of "Bamboozled".
The picture is very sharp and clear and I didn't notice any blemishes or marks, but there are scenes where grain is present (especially in the darker scenes). It's not too bad and only adds to the unique look of this film in my opinion.
Colours are bright and the blacks look good (no pun intended).
I chose the DD 5.1 audio mix which I found adequate for this movie.
There isn't any real movement between speakers or sound effects going off around the room, but the quality of the audio is very good and the front sound stage works well with the rears and sub only really showing themselves when helping with the many musical tracks in the background.
This is a very "talky" movie and thankfully the speech is pretty clear and easy to understand at all times.
<B>Extra features…..</b>
<LI><U><I> Audio commentary with Spike Lee.</I></U> - A very informative commentary by the man himself who goes into all kinds of details about production and is able to respond to critical comments made towards him and this movie after it was release theatrically.
<LI><U><I>'The making of Bamboozled'.</I></U> - This very detailed making of goes for about an hour and is packed with interviews from all kinds of people including cast & crew, and even a historian. It also has behind the scenes filming and a section on filming the movie using the Digital Video cameras.
<LI><U><I>Deleted Scenes.</i></u>- There are 19 deleted scenes to look at here and some of them are pretty funny.
<LI><U><I> Artwork Gallery.</I></U> - Is various pictures of "Bamboozled" artwork that is set to music and goes for about two and a half minutes.
<LI><I><U> Music Videos: Mau Maus "Blak is Blak", Gerald Levert "Dream with no love".</i></u> Two very different styles of music here. "Blak is Blak" is in DD 2.0 and shown in 4:3.
"Dream with no love" is in DD 2.0 and is in widescreen.
<LI><I><U>Cast & Crew. </u></i> - This is a list featuring the major cast and Spike Lee, where you can select any of their names and see their filmographies.
<LI><U><I>Theatrical trailer</i></u> - Shown in widescreen and to my surprise, it's also in DD 5.1.
<B>Overall…..</b>
This is Spike Lee's 15th movie (or "joint" as they say) and he takes a very satirical look at television, ratings and the racial stereotypes that are exploited within it.
Well, this isn't a movie for everyone, and I can understand why it received mixed reaction when it was initially released in the United States.
Acting is very well done by all involved and the style of the camera work was a little distracting at the start, but I soon got over that, took it all in and enjoyed it. There is some very funny stuff in this movie.
As for the DVD, it's has some very nice extra features that are well worth looking at and I couldn't wait to listen to the audio commentary by the man himself after seeing this film. I was not disappointed.
Spike Lee fans will love this movie and I'm sure they'll feel it is a must have DVD.
Renting first is definitely the way to go for everyone else though.
Thanks for reading…
<center><H2>BAMBOOZLED</h2>
Release Date:</b> November 21, 2001.
<B>Roadshow Entertainment. </B>
<b>Rating: MA15+</B>
<b>RRP: $34.95</center>
<UL>Special features and specs…..</b>
<LI>Audio commentary with Spike Lee.
<LI>'The making of Bamboozled'.
<LI>Deleted Scenes
<LI>Music Videos: Mau Maus "Blak is Blak", Gerald Levert "Dream with no love".
<LI>Artwork Gallery.
<LI>Cast & Crew.
<LI>Theatrical Trailer.
<LI>Running Time: 130 minutes.
<LI> English Dolby Digital 2.0/ Dolby Digital 5.1
<LI>English Subtitles.
<LI>Aspect: Widescreen (1.78:1) 16:9 enhanced.
<LI>Dual Layer/ single sided.</ul>
<b>Cast…</b> Damon Wayans, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Michael Rapaport, Savion Glover, Tommy Davidson, Mira Sorvino, Matthew Modine.
<center><B>From the back cover….</b></center>
<I> <B>"A comedy of shocking gravity, which leaves you shattered"</i>- Rolling Stone.
"Bamboozled is a defining film for Spike Lee."-New York Post.</b>
</I> Shot in guerilla style, with a title taken from a speech by civil rights activist, Malcolm X, BAMBOOZLED is revolutionary cinema-shocking, confronting, and explosively provocative. But the real stinger is that it’s also brutally funny.
Wayans is Pierre Delacroiz, a pretentious Ivy League television writer who has been ordered by his wannabe home-boy boss (Rapaport) to create a hit television show skewed to African Americans. As a protest, he develops a new millennial minstrel show, so offensive he believes it will start riots. But it is a massive hit and his whole belief system explodes in his face.
What follows is a biting satire on media and manipulation delivered with a fierceness not seen the Oscar® winning Network and a structure reminiscent of Mel Brooks’ hit comedy, The Producers. </i>
<b>Audio/Visual….</b>
"Bamboozled" has been shot using hand held Sony VX 1000 Digital Video Cameras which in Spike Lees own words is a "consumer camera" and because of this the movie has a unique look .
His clever use of various and sometimes unusual camera angles also add to the unique look of "Bamboozled".
The picture is very sharp and clear and I didn't notice any blemishes or marks, but there are scenes where grain is present (especially in the darker scenes). It's not too bad and only adds to the unique look of this film in my opinion.
Colours are bright and the blacks look good (no pun intended).
I chose the DD 5.1 audio mix which I found adequate for this movie.
There isn't any real movement between speakers or sound effects going off around the room, but the quality of the audio is very good and the front sound stage works well with the rears and sub only really showing themselves when helping with the many musical tracks in the background.
This is a very "talky" movie and thankfully the speech is pretty clear and easy to understand at all times.
<B>Extra features…..</b>
<LI><U><I> Audio commentary with Spike Lee.</I></U> - A very informative commentary by the man himself who goes into all kinds of details about production and is able to respond to critical comments made towards him and this movie after it was release theatrically.
<LI><U><I>'The making of Bamboozled'.</I></U> - This very detailed making of goes for about an hour and is packed with interviews from all kinds of people including cast & crew, and even a historian. It also has behind the scenes filming and a section on filming the movie using the Digital Video cameras.
<LI><U><I>Deleted Scenes.</i></u>- There are 19 deleted scenes to look at here and some of them are pretty funny.
<LI><U><I> Artwork Gallery.</I></U> - Is various pictures of "Bamboozled" artwork that is set to music and goes for about two and a half minutes.
<LI><I><U> Music Videos: Mau Maus "Blak is Blak", Gerald Levert "Dream with no love".</i></u> Two very different styles of music here. "Blak is Blak" is in DD 2.0 and shown in 4:3.
"Dream with no love" is in DD 2.0 and is in widescreen.
<LI><I><U>Cast & Crew. </u></i> - This is a list featuring the major cast and Spike Lee, where you can select any of their names and see their filmographies.
<LI><U><I>Theatrical trailer</i></u> - Shown in widescreen and to my surprise, it's also in DD 5.1.
<B>Overall…..</b>
This is Spike Lee's 15th movie (or "joint" as they say) and he takes a very satirical look at television, ratings and the racial stereotypes that are exploited within it.
Well, this isn't a movie for everyone, and I can understand why it received mixed reaction when it was initially released in the United States.
Acting is very well done by all involved and the style of the camera work was a little distracting at the start, but I soon got over that, took it all in and enjoyed it. There is some very funny stuff in this movie.
As for the DVD, it's has some very nice extra features that are well worth looking at and I couldn't wait to listen to the audio commentary by the man himself after seeing this film. I was not disappointed.
Spike Lee fans will love this movie and I'm sure they'll feel it is a must have DVD.
Renting first is definitely the way to go for everyone else though.
Thanks for reading…