One day, years after the war has ended, Paul D shows up on Sethe's doorstep hoping to spend some time with a very old and very dear friend. Much to his surprise, Paul D discovers that a violent spirit haunts Sethe's home. After a confrontation with Paul D, the apparition that has been tearing Sethe's house apart seems to vanish. However, Paul D finds that the peace is short-lived when an odd young woman named Beloved enters Sethe's life. Although, I'm sure that anyone whose tastes run towards ninety minute action movies are going to have some difficulties with this nearly three hour film.
Dark sequences have marvelous detail and exquisite, inky blacks that appear very natural.
Film grain is held in check for the most part, but there are some sequences where the film stock is pushed to the limit of its low-light capacity. Additionally, there are flashback sequences that have been purposely overexposed and filtered by the filmmakers for effect. Fortunately, the DVD format is able to faithfully render them without incident. All traces of digital compression artifacts are well concealed by solid DVD authoring and the use of dual layer technology. The Dolby Digital 5.1 channel soundtrack is very nicely mixed- offering a very realistic soundstage instead of distracting the viewers with overwhelming effects.