This DVD edition of The Strong Man, produced by David Shepard, has been mastered from an excellent 35mm print, which is nearly free of dust and speckling, and features a broad range of greytones. It is one of the best-looking prints we have seen, but we are not as happy with the windowboxed natural-speed video transfer. While the picture looks great on standard televisions, viewing the disc on a high-definition system capable of upconverting an NTSC signal to a 1080-line progressive-scan HD signal only shows that the analog transfer isn’t as sharp as it could be and reveals a bit of red fringing on the right side of highlights and intertitles type.
The film is accompanied by a well-composed music score by Eric Beheim performed on annoying synthesizers. — Sigh. — How about Carl Davis instead?
This edition of The Strong Man is recommended as is, but we would love to see a new high-definition video transfer of this great-looking source material, coupled with new music, released on Blu-ray Disc.
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