
The Big Blue (1988)
Le Grand Bleu
Romance, Drama, Adventure • 2h 48m
Overview
Two men answer the call of the ocean in this romantic fantasy-adventure. Jacques and Enzo are a pair of friends who have been close since childhood, and who share a passion for the dangerous sport of free diving. Professional diver Jacques opted to follow in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy; to the bewilderment of scientists, Jacques harbors a remarkable ability to adjust his heart rate and breathing pattern in the water, so that his vital signs more closely resemble that of dolphins than men. As Enzo persuades a reluctant Jacques to compete against him in a free diving contest -- determining who can dive deeper and longer without scuba gear -- Jacques meets Johana, a beautiful insurance investigator from America, and he finds that he must choose between his love for her and his love of the sea.
Director: Luc Besson
Cast: Jean-Marc Barr, Jean Reno, Rosanna Arquette, Paul Shenar, Sergio Castellitto, Jean Bouise, Marc Duret, Griffin Dunne, Valentina Vargas, Kimberly Beck, Alessandra Vazzoler, Andréas Voutsinas, Patrick Fontana, Geoffrey Carey, Jan Rouiller, Pierre Semmler, Pierre-Alain de Garrigues, Claude Besson, Bruce Guerre-Berthelot, Gregory Forstner, Eric Do, Jacques Lévy, Paul Herman, Franco Diogene, Konstantin Aleksandrov, Luc Besson, Valentina Castellani, Christian Gazio
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StudioCanal / Gaumont / Sony 4K Blu-ray
SC caps. Great-looking 4K master except for DNR'd higher-gen shots such as the opening sequence. Studiocanal resolves finer detail but has encoding issues in highlights, the non-OCN shots and traces of chroma noise. Sony used a low-pass filter which makes the film look less sharp and finely detailed but the encode is more consistent.
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StudioCanal / Gaumont / Sony 4K Blu-ray
SC caps. Great-looking 4K master except for DNR'd higher-gen shots such as the opening sequence. Studiocanal resolves finer detail but has encoding issues in highlights, the non-OCN shots and traces of chroma noise. Sony used a low-pass filter which makes the film look less sharp and finely detailed but the encode is more consistent.
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