Dialogue comes through nice and clear mostly focused on the center channel. Subtitles are formatted clearly in an aesthetically pleasing manner. The Blu-Ray comes with a dandy of a DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio track in the original Serbian. There is some minor banding on display in a few instances, but Unearthed Films has done quite a nice job with this release overall. This transfer provides a great amount of texture to the clothing and production design that makes the film more immersive. The detail level here is pretty insane, as the audience gets a perfect view of the grisly carnage on display. Black levels hold up pretty well with some admirable depth to the image. Colors pop off the screen quite nicely, especially in the deep red of the copious amounts of blood. The visual aesthetic leans more into the warmer side of the color spectrum. As grotesque as the content of the film may be, the production value and cinematography are out of this world.
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This new Blu-Ray from Unearthed Films gives A Serbian Film an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 2.35:1 derived from an excellent 4K master. The film has stuck with me in a way that few films have, and there is a masochistic part of me that wonders if there may be an encore viewing at some point in my future. I did not enjoy the experience of watching A Serbian Film, but I cannot say that I regret watching it. The same could be said of the performers, who are putting on genuinely great performances under the most extreme circumstances. You may dismiss the film for its content, but you cannot say its downfall is a lack of professionalism behind the camera. The editing is a thing of beauty, and the careful implementation of reveals throughout the runtime keep this as one propulsive journey. This is a sleek and well put together piece of filmmaking.
This is not some lowdown, grungy affair that was shot on a handheld camcorder. Perhaps the most shocking aspect of A Serbian Film – I mean, outside of the decapitations, necrophilia, pedophilia, incest, rape, etc – is that the film is presented with a truly gorgeous visual aesthetic. Even so, the brutality, especially against women, is hard to take even when positioned as part of a larger artistic statement. There may be copious amounts of nudity throughout, but you are supposed to be disgusted by what is going on.
One thing that can be said in this film’s favor is that very few moments of exploitation are done for titillation. It is not just that you are seeing some brain-scarring gore and violence, but it is the psychological elements that accompany it that make the experience something truly disturbing. Those who have seen a film such as Hostel may feel like they are ready for what this film has in store for them, but the brutality of A Serbian Film is much different than that film. The director of the film has posited that the basic idea behind the film is that Serbia “fucks you when you are born, fucks you when you are alive, and fucks you when you are dead.” He takes these ideas to the literal extreme as one man embarks on an odyssey that will crush any ounce of spirit he once had within himself. Is there any artistic merit in A Serbian Film ? My gut reaction would say yes, but I cannot honestly say I can answer what that may entail. To answer the question of if the film is as bleak and upsetting as legend would have it, the answer is a definite yes.
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Well, the days of needing a torrent are long gone as Unearthed Films has brought this notorious film to Blu-Ray with a stunning 4K master so you can see the visceral carnage in unsparing high definition.
You may have even found a torrent of the film so you could see if the hype matched the reality. Upon its debut at the SXSW Film Festival in 2010, the film quickly became a hushed phenomenon in certain pockets of the internet as legend of its sheer brutality and morality-crushing actions flourished. Perhaps you have heard the lore of A Serbian Film. To try to properly harness all of the genuine feelings I have about this film would be a genuinely taxing effort that would benefit next to no one. A Serbian Film is not a typical film, and thus it shall not receive a typical review.