Product: Detour [VHS] (1945)
Rating: 5.0
Image is better than Alpha and A2zcds.com Remastered Edition
Five stars for the movie. I agree that this is a great work of film noir.I knew upfront that the print quality of this film would be less than perfect. So, in order to get the very best print, I purchased all three DVDs that were available - Alpha Video, Image Entertainment, and the A2zcds Remastered Edition.The A2zcds Remastered Edition of "Detour" is a piece of junk. Don't waste your money. It has the picture quality of an amateur You Tube video. The various shades of black and gray are broken down into large digital cubes. The digital cubes are about a half inch in size and dance all over the screen when there is any movement - which is very distracting. Also, for more than half of the movie, from the point of the movie where Tom Neal picks up Ann Savage and they begin talking in the car - the voice audio track is not in sync with the lip movement. You hear what the person says before their lips even move.The Alpha Video release of "Detour" has problems with its grays. The grays are not crisp and have a very small hint of sepia color. Also, the audio seems a little muffled.The Image Entertainment release of "Detour" while far from perfect is the better one of the three versions currently available.