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Wall Street (1987/Blu-ray)

 

Picture: B-     Sound: B-     Extras: C+     Film: B-

 

 

Oliver Stone’s Wall Street (1987) is often considered the great statement on 1980s greed that Platoon (1986) was to Vietnam, but in both cases, I felt the films did not go far enough or as far as he was about to go in greater films like JFK and Nixon.  However, at least it was ambitious and we recently covered the 20th Anniversary DVD set by a fellow critic who really liked it:

 

http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/6150/Wall+Street

 

 

Though I was not as big a fan of American Psycho either, that may have captured some of the psychosis (outside of its murders) this film lacked.  Both capture different aspects of what went wrong in the 1980s, but the ultimate film has yet to be made on the subject.  So does this Blu-ray show the film in a new light?

 

Sadly, no.  The 1080p 2.35 X 1 AVC @ 16 MBPS digital High Definition image is just too soft and lacking in detail that a good print at the time (like a few I saw) should possess.  The amazing Robert Richardson shot this film with a distinct look and some of that look is lost here.  The DTS HD 5.1 MA (Master Audio) Lossless mix is better than any of the previous DVDs, but also shows some flaws in the material from the recording of the time.  Some clean-up should be considered, though this was always a 4.0 mix, so there is only so much room for improvement.

 

Extras include deleted scenes, intro by Stone, two documentaries (Greed Is Good and Money Never Sleeps: The Making Of Wall Street) and an audio commentary by Stone.  This is a 50GB Blu-ray and a lack of extras would have been a disaster.  But once again, why are the trailers and teasers missing?

 

 

-   Nicholas Sheffo


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