This time however, it is also available separately, again as a bonus, this time on BFI's Aguirre blu-ray release.ġ) 2002 AB DVD 2) 2006 Herzog DVD 3) 2014 SF BD 4) 2014 BFI BD.Īt a slightly overly skinny 1.31:1, the two DVDs seem to share the same core transfer. And on blu, Shout and BFI both included it in their massive boxed sets. Anyway, Werner Herzog also included it in his massive Documentaries and Shorts boxed set he only sold directly through his own website. Except it's a 2-disc set bby itself, while they're crammed onto the same disc in the set. I'm not sure it comes together as whatever it was intended to be, but packed with beautiful images, eccentric characters and an eclectic soundtrack, it still adds up to an essential viewing experience.įata Morgana debuted on DVD as a bonus featured on Anchor Bay's 2002 Lessons of Darkness DVD, which yes, also wound up in their 2004 Werner Herzog Collection.
Ultimately, it winds up working simply as a fascinating document of Herzog's travels through an exotic dessert locale. The whole thing is then edited into a strange, three part Creation story of sorts, though I'm not sure how much that all adds up to. And while he's out there, he winds up exploring the lifestyles of its various, disparate residents and fellow travelers. Yes, Herzog treks out to the Sahara dessert on a mission to capture actual mirages on film. Next we have Fata Morgana, Herzog's 1971 quest for mirages. In this case I'd guess the former, however grain is a somewhat patchy you can tell this predates our recent years where everything is either a fresh 2 or 4k scan, but for a 2014 release, it still holds up rather well. The book speaks a bit generally about the transfers, so we're left to guess whether most of their blus were scanned from the original negatives or the original CRI (camera reversal intermediate). If you've been following along with my coverage of Shout's Herzog blus, you know black crush has been an intermittent issue in them, but here they actually restore information that was lost in the DVD's shadows. The framing is also slightly corrected, going from 1.30:1 to 1.33 and revealing additional picture around all four sides.
Detail really is lost on the DVD, like buttons on shirts, and the blu brings it back. The contrast is washed and detail is smudged away, whereas the blu-ray brings it all back, giving us a crispy and grainy image.
But once you give it some genuine scrutiny, you can see how smeary and artifact-ridden it is. So on a small set, maybe you could still get away with it. If you don't click through to look at these screenshots fullsize, you could be forgiven for thinking the DVD holds up pretty well.
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