Blu-ray

Pillow Talk

Anton van Beek  |  Aug 17, 2012

Love is a many-splendored thing. And this Blu-ray isn't too shabby either

A key film in the development of the romantic-comedy, this 1959 vehicle for Doris Day and Rock Hudson finds them lighting up the screen as an uptight career woman and the carefree playboy she is forced into sharing her telephone line with. While this new restoration does wonders for the film’s vibrant palette, the AVC 2.35:1 1080p encode is let down slightly by DNR (most obviously on the split-screen opticals).

The extras aren’t particularly plentiful, but the informative commentary with film historians Jeff Bond, Julie Kirgo and Nick Redman, and 22min Back in Bed… retrospective documentary prove to be well worth checking investigating. It also offers up a trio of featurettes to celebrate 100 years of Universal Studios.

Universal Pictures, All-region BD, £20 Approx, On sale now
HCC VERDICT: 4/5

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