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Regular
Price $9.98
Starring:
Woody Harrelson,
Juliette Lewis,
Tom Sizemore,
Rodney Dangerfield,
Everett Quinton,
Directed By:
Oliver Stone,
Rated: Unrated
Release Date: 1994-08-26
Studio: Lions Gate
Format:
Closed-captioned,
Color,
Director's Cut,
Dolby,
DVD-Video,
Letterboxed,
Widescreen,
NTSC,
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Editorial Reviews and
DVD Information about
Natural Born Killers
Amazon.com essential video
Oliver Stone would like to have the last word on America's media culture of voyeurism and violence, but whatever he's trying to say in this grisly, unconventional movie comes across terribly garbled. Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis play traveling serial killers who become television celebrities when a Geraldo-like personality (Robert Downey Jr.) turns their madness into the biggest story in the country. Stone extensively rewrote an original script by Quentin Tarantino, and he employs a mosaic of different film stocks, video, and pop pastiches to create a sense of blurred lines between visual phenomena. (The background on Lewis's character's life as an abused child, for instance, is presented as a sitcom starring Rodney Dangerfield.) But the result of these experiments is a pompous, even amateurish effort at grasping the reins of a real-life national debate. One almost wants to tell Stone to sit down and raise his hand next time if he thinks he has something to say. The controversial director would like Natural Born Killers to be nothing less than a monumental achievement, but it's one of the emptier entries in his filmography. --Tom Keogh
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Customer Reviews for
Natural Born Killers
R-RATED Theatrical Cut, NOT UNRATED!!!!
The listing for this product is WRONG! For some reason, this is the R-RATED theatrical cut and not the UNRATED Director's Cut that appeared on DVD and VHS so many years ago. All of the deleted scenes from the DC release are contained on this disc (only in 480p standard-def), but this IS NOT the definitive version of the film. I'll have to buy this Blu-ray again when they release a DC version. The packaging for this Blu-ray release is gorgeous. It's like a hardcover book with the disc and several pages about the stars and the process of making the movie. If you MUST watch NBK in HD right now, it'll do the trick (though much of the film was shot in 16mm and grainy video anyway)- and in a pretty package- but not without a sacrifice of 2 minutes of important scenes. BUYER BEWARE!Natural Born Killers
BLU-RAY REVIEW
I don't have the greatest home theatre setup for judging a Blu-Ray professionally but I can say that in my humble opinion there was little wrong with the image or audio quality here. Colors were strong, image was sharp, alternate-format scenes (8mm, 16mm, video) all looked about as best as they should. There are plenty of entertaining supplements, including the "director's cut ending" (which is inferior) and I can say that I don't really miss the stuff Oliver Stone had to take out for this theatrical cut (4 minutes). Most of it is still in the deleted scenes.
If you're a completest then perhaps this edition isn't for you, but if you're just a fan of the film, get this Blu-Ray. About a minute of extended shots of violence does not a film make. I don't think it's really worth waiting indefinitely for the "Director's Cut".
Film: A-
Video: B+
Sound: (Tough call. I don't have surround.)Natural Born Killers
Awesome Mastering
Above great picture and sound there comes a great booklike packaging featuring a booklet on the left and the disc on the right hand side. Beyond the proper restauration of this mediacritic masterpiece it's also dubbed in German 5.1, French 5.1, Italian 5.1 and Japanese 2.0 with region unlocked...so importing is an A1 option :o)Natural Born Killers
Director's cut is much better..
I was dissapointet because of this version of the movie.
There are so many cuts in relation to the director's cut on my old dvd.
Natural Born Killers
Great Blu Disc!
I watched my VHS of Natural Born Killers about 50 times. I didn't buy the DVD version because I thought that maybe Oliver Stone (or Warner) will produce a special-director's cult edition full of extras footage in near future. Now, finally in BD, I did a great deal: clear crystal image, perfect sound and a beautiful booklet. It couldn't be better!Natural Born Killers
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