Give ‘Em The Boot
by John on Jan.05, 2009, under Main Stuff
I’d suspected that my copy of The Usual Suspects was a bootleg for quite some time, but had no real proof. Tonight I encountered said proof: shakycam transfer, audio so quiet that I can’t hear it with my player turned to maximum, no menus, no subtitles, and the date on the case– on further reflection– reads 1996. (DVDs weren’t commercially available in the US until 1997, and then only in test markets. Even if it was legit, it would have to have been a Japanese disc, making it Region 2 and therefore unplayable.) It kind of screws up the 30/30 thing, but then again I’ve been making substitutions as needed, so there’s no real problem.
On related business, I have now discovered that I like the Marx Brothers.
