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Real Life 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Review

Score: 79

from 3 reviewers

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Albert Brooks’ 'Real Life' is an eerily prescient satire on reality TV, now presented in a fabulous 4K restoration by Criterion with high-quality video, audio, and valuable extras.

Real Life 4K UHD Blu-ray Front Cover

Disc Release Date

True 4K

HDR10

Video: 83

Criterion’s 4K UHD remaster of 'Real Life' offers a clean and crisp visual experience with bold colors, noticeable grain, and enhanced detail; despite the film's unpolished look, the HDR in the 1.85:1 transfer brings improved clarity and color balance, making this the definitive version.

Audio: 90

The 4K UHD Blu Ray of 'Real Life' features a restored English LPCM 1.0 mono audio track, delivering clear, stable dialogue and rich music with no signs of aging. Despite the inherent limitations of mono, the track is well-preserved, maintaining crisp vocals and minimal distortion, suited for its late-1970s origin.

Extra: 57

The 4K UHD Blu-ray release of 'Real Life' lacks bonus features on the 4K disc, but offers a substantive collection on the Blu-ray disc including new interviews with Albert Brooks and Frances Lee McCain, a 3D trailer, and an illustrated booklet featuring an essay by critic A. S. Hamrah.

Movie: 71

Albert Brooks' 'Real Life' (1979), now on 4K UHD Blu-ray from Criterion, sharply satirizes the concept of reality television with innovative head-mounted camera systems and a mockumentary format that predates modern reality TV. Despite moments of absurdity and unintentional self-destruction, it remains a fascinating, hilarious glimpse into Hollywood's delusion of "real" America.

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