The score written by Thomas Newman, which weaves a haunting recurring theme, provides the proper measure of uplifting spirit to serve the story to best effect. Resolution is extracted to the fullest. The punchy picture is perfectly balanced. Dark prison cells or the ice blue of the prison yard are rendered accurately. Shadow is revealing in every circumstance.
Color saturation is vibrant with no hint of smearing.
The range of skin tones is outstanding. Newman s score is airy and maintains a fine balance with dialogue. Paulo Roberto Elias pointed out our initial mistake in citing 2.0 matrixed sound. The Feature Archive has articles ranging from Akira Kurosawa to Blonde Bimbos and John Ford . Everyone knows what it feels like to get angry at the movies these days.