Mother 4K 2017 Ultra HD 2160p REMUX

Centers on a couple whose relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

Mother 4K 2017 Ultra HD 2160p REMUX Review
mother! was shot by Aronofsky's frequent collaborator Matthew Libatique on 16mm film, which has become the director's preferred medium not only for its texture but also for the freedom allowed by the smaller camera rigs and less frequent reloads. Effects work was done in 35mm, and post-production was completed on a 2K digital intermediate. The 2160p master derived from that DI and presented on this HEVC/H.265-encoded UHD reflects the director's stylized vision, in which most of the color has been leached from the image and a haze has been cast over much of the proceedings, usually greenish but sometimes yellow or brown. HDR grading has not brightened or intensified the colors—blood is still barely red—but it has refined the textures of the image, tightening detail in closeups and using more refined blacks and contrast to create a greater sense of depth in the shadowy recesses of the house where so many strange events play out. Despite the additional resolution and sharpness, the image retains the softness reflecting its origination on 16mm film, and "that little patina that stands between reality and cinema" of which Libatique speaks in the extras remains intact and, if anything, more expressive. mother!'s treatment on UHD is a tribute to restraint in the melding of new and old technologies, both respecting and subtly enhancing the director's distinctive vision.