The Age of Innocence 4K 1993 Ultra HD 2160p

The romantic story shows the splendor and hypocrisy of the high society of the late 80s of the 19th century. Newland Archer is a prosperous lawyer who deep down desires real passion in his mundane existence. An engagement to the lovely and well-meaning Mae Welland promises him a complacent and peaceful life. But when cousin May returns to New York after a public scandal, Newland finds himself caught in the web of her secret power and ineffable beauty. Now he is forced to choose between the world he knows and the world he could only dream of.

User Review
Those who think Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson are the ideals of female beauty, look at Michelle Pfeiffer in The Age of Innocence, and be ashamed of your preferences. Can caricature faces with silicone lips a la Playboy compare to Michelle's pure, clear, refined beauty, the spirituality, the radiance of her face?

Of course not, but this opinion is subjective, and I dare not insist on it. I will only say that Pfeifer perfectly fit into the entourage of costume melodrama, and hairstyles, dresses and manners of the century before last suits her as if she was born and lived in those distant years.

Edith Wharton, like Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters, has a special style of writing, largely dictated by the leisurely rhythm of life at that time, and therefore modern readers, and at the same time the audience, should not expect from the book or movie any dynamics, events and unexpected turns. Unprepared viewers may find Martin Scorsese's movie immensely tedious, tedious and uninteresting.

One might even think that Scorsese's lauded meticulousness in recreating the era this time played against the maestro, and he overdid it with specifics (interiors, dishes, genealogical trees of famous families, idle small talk), but how, excuse me, could he ignore these details, if Wharton's novel consists of 90% of them? Oscar Wilde style, only without the irony and vivacity of the latter.

However, one can find a kind of charm in all this, if one immerses oneself in the atmosphere and dissolves in it, without caprice and pretentious demands. Daniel Day-Lewis, not at all like Bill Katinga from his next joint project with Scorsese, “Gangs of New York,” I like less, because neither the appearance does not dispose, nor the behavior of his character - too indecisive, faltering (if you are engaged, then sit and do not dash, and if you have decided, then act).

But Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder look like they've stepped off the pages of a book. Noni plays a wastrel, and Michelle - a heartbreaker, and both look great. Ryder in her 19th century outfits resembles Mina Harker, only without the stamp of intelligence on her face, and this omission makes you want to revisit the Coppola romantic horror.

Bottom line: a very high-quality costume movie with good actors, claims tiny and purely personal: Scorsese could have chosen as the fruit of his efforts novel podramatichnoe, sharper, and Day-Lewis to change, say, on Sean Penn or Oldman, because black-browed Daniel, a double Jeremy Irons, in my opinion, unpleasant.

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Codec: HEVC / H.265 (59.5 Mb/s)
Resolution: 4K (2160p)
HDR: Dolby Vision, HDR10
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1

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#English: Dolby TrueHD with Dolby Atmos 7.1
#English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
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#French: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
#German: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
#Italian: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
#Korean: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
#Spanish (Latino): DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
#Spanish: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0

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