Wednesday, May 21, 2014

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS - Diamond Entertainment Corporation (1990)

                  Gulliver week continues with this tape from Diamond Entertainment Corporation, the cover is surprising as it actually credits Paramount Pictures, which most of these companies tended not to do, instead they slapped their name on it and fooled people into thinking that they made it. The cover also boasts the wonderful original poster art from 1939 and includes a 16mm first generation transfer of the original theatrical trailer at the end of the feature. The feature itself is also a decent transfer, I'm supposing of 16mm elements as well. The downside about this and many tapes of the era is that it is yet again duplicated in low quality EP mode, with massive amounts of color bleed throughout. I think it is rather disrespectful to present the film in such piss-poor quality, as it detracts from the enjoyment of an otherwise full color, and breathtaking animated feature. The description on the back cover is also a fun read and the image on the back cover must be a publicity still of some sort, where DEC may have gotten such a thing is unknown to me, but it is beautiful nonetheless.




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