The included trailers have a similar look, complete with the green tint, though I can’t say whether the colour grading of those trailers have been modified for this edition, or are sourced from less-than-ideal elements. Since Bong is known to be a fan of David Fincher (it’s mentioned through the supplements he is a huge admirer of Zodiac at the very least, made after this film mind you) I wouldn’t doubt that Fincher’s Seven-a film that used the same process-came to mind while making this one. Bong mentions right off in one of the included commentaries that, outside of the opening and closing sequences, the film went through a bleach-bypass process, with mention in the included making-of documentary (from 2004) that they were going for a “monochromatic” look. I had never seen the film prior to this, yet I still managed to be a bit stunned at not only how dull the colours are, but also at how green the image ends up looking. Unfortunately, like a handful of other titles released recently by Criterion, there was some online controversy around the presentation's colour grading. The image is also clean and free of noise, at least as far as I could see on my television. Outside of a few minor blemishes damage is not an issue, and the presentation ends up being incredibly sharp and clear, retaining a mostly film-like consistency to it. The 1080p/24hz high-definition encode is sourced from a new 4K restoration. Bong Joon-ho’s Memories of Murder comes to Blu-ray through The Criterion Collection, presented on the first dual-layer disc of this two-disc set in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1.
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