Irrational
Man (2015/Sony Blu-ray)
Picture:
C+ Sound: C+ Extras: C Film: B+
Professor
Abe Lucas (Joaquin Phoenix) moves to a small town college teaching
philosophy, with a most questionable reputation (from sleeping around
with all women/students). Immediately, he becomes desired by two
woman, Rita (Parker Posey), another lonely college professor is
trapped in a loveless marriage and Jill (Emma Stone) his student who
into the whole student and professor love affair and attracted to the
macabre. After overhearing random conversation, Abe makes a choice
and starts a chain reaction between Rita and Jill in Woody Allen's
Irrational Man (2015).
Abe is depressed college
philosophy professor who believes life is boring and has lost the
zest for life. Rita become attracted to Abe because she is a married
woman and needs a man who doesn't have any moral problems with having
affair. Jill become attracted to Abe's depression and she could be
his muse, experiencing of the whole teacher/student affair taboo too.
After hearing a random conversation of a terrible judge, Abe decides
to try and get away with the 'perfect' murder, but things get even
more dangerous when Rita and Jill begin to talk with each another and
begins to suspect Abe.
This is a film was a almost a comical
drama about a man in a mid-life crisis, a desperate woman, girl who
gets a kick seeing others worst off than her, and getting away with
murder. As things begin come to a head, will the main character get
away with murder or get caught because of his love affairs?
The
1080p 2.35 X 1 digital High Definition image was shot on 35mm film,
but the transfers of it looks odd throughout and does not quite work
despite some good shots coming through, while the lossless DTS-HD MA
(Master Audio) 5.1 mix is too much towards the front channels and
almost just plain stereo. Extras include On the Red Carpet, Photo
Gallery and Trailer.
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Ricky Chiang
