This is a 4K UHD release fit for one of the masterpieces of the cinema.
Kino’s 4K disc maximizes the sickly beauty of this definitive film version of Jack Finney’s novel.
Imprint’s Blu-ray is further proof that Terence Malick’s sophomore feature is among the most visually dazzling films ever made.
This Blu-ray makes a fine case for the film being a highpoint in the careers of David Cronenberg, Stephen King, and Christopher Walken.
Shout! Factory’s disc is an attractive restoration of a funny and terrifyingly sensual portrait of conformity.
One major reason that Malick’s films are so divisive is that they’re so nakedly emotional, that he’s so blatantly aiming for the sublime.
The film’s atmosphere of simultaneous intimacy and disconnection is haunting.
The most valuable reason to reinvest in the film after Paramount’s bare-bones 1999 release is this disc’s impeccable widescreen transfer.
Don’t let the fact that visible breath and frosty misery take priority over exploding heads and fetus-licking snow you.
It belongs firmly in the good company of the early auteurist “Masters of Horror” period of Stephen King adaptations.
The key to understanding Terrence Malick’s intent can be found in a camera move that begins the denouement of Days of Heaven.