Surrealist Motion Vol. One Blu-ray
By Samantha Clark -- Video Business, 1/21/2009
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Street: Feb. 24
Prebook: Jan. 27
> Stunning imagery shows off Blu-ray's crisp picture.
Since the release of the virtual fireplace, TV screens have been used as showcases as well as entertainment centers. With this release, Microcinema is turning the TV into an art gallery. Surrealist Motion Vol. One transforms the works of two Surrealists, Rene Magritte and Salvador Dali, into slow-moving images. The producers of the disc, FilmicArt, took Magritte's The Human Condition II (1935), Poison (1939), Perspective: Madame Recamier By David (1949), Castle in the Pyrenees (1959) and Voice of the Winds (1928) and Dali's Persistence of Memory (1931) as inspiration for the set of four moving images on the disc, including houses that rise into the air as they disintegrate and ruins that float through a cloudy sky. The result is both relaxing and mesmerizing.
Shelf Talk: There's no doubt that Microcinema's disc has a limited audience, but those who like beautiful and interesting art will enjoy having this in their collection, even if just to show off their HDTV's picture during cocktail parties. A Baroque Motion Vol. One disc also is being released. Both also will be on DVD priced at the same amount, however, fans will most likely be attracted to the high-def version to best showcase the art.
Special interest, color, NR (nothing offensive), 41 min., BD $34.95, reviewed on a PlayStation 3 with 118-inch Carada screen, Sony VW60 projector and HDMI connection
Extras: none
Producer: FilmicArt
First Run: DVD/BD premiere
