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I’m gonna win a lot of heat for this, but I’m a fan of Pia Zadora. I don’t judge she’s the greatest actress or personality or even singer, but there’s something about her that makes me giggle. Obvious, she’s been in a lot of questionable movies (to my count, her husband financed four of them – BUTTERFLY, FAKE-OUT, THE LONELY LADY, and VOYAGE OF THE ROCK ALIENS), but she seems to have a dismal sense of humor playing in all of them, like she’s in on the joke. Maybe she was or maybe she wasn’t, but FINALLY her “first” film, BUTTERFLY, has been officially released on DVD. I say “officially” because JER Films has had a bootleg DVD release on the market for several years now, mastered from the early 80s Vestron Laserdisc, a better source than a VHS tape minted from the same transfer but serene a bad choice considering how blurry, blown-out, and speckly the print and noisy Laserdisc pressing were.
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And now the official release from Industrial Films, a stamp I’ve never heard of, in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen from a fresh hi-def master, complete with a 45-minute featurette and commentary track with Pia herself! To say I’m stunned is an understatement, but I felt I should let the other dozen or so people in the world who might be eager in this release know of its quality.
The mastering isn’t perfect, as there is a queer ghosting grunt which appears to be from terrible conversion from the hi-def master (I’ve seen this on some other independent DVD releases), and the audio commentary is woefully out of synchronization for the first half of the film (the film’s audio is mixed in coarse and it reveals a grand 3-4 second gap in sync) . I peaceful expected FAR worse than I got, and I’m very jubilant with this disc. Even the packaging is quite nice with a slipcover that has the BUTTERFLY logo in raised red foil. The abet camouflage gives a url, Welcome to butterfly-movie.com!, that is nothing more than a place registered for selling domain names! Strange…
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DVDTown is the only review I’ve been able to come by for the DVD so far, and I consider it was a shrimp harsh. If the reviewer only knew how awful the previous video master was…
I hope that more of Ms. Zadora’s oeuvre is on its arrangement to DVD, but from what she states in the commentary track I doubt it. “The other movies sucked,” she says, citing FAKE-OUT as abominable and THE LONELY LADY as being intentionally over-the-top but it ended up being, “what it was.” No mention of VOYAGE OF THE ROCK ALIENS at all. *sigh* The face of the valid DVD has a 2008 copyright credit for Par-Par Productions, from which I can only surmise Ms. Zadora had something to do with allowing this film to be released. She seems to have a agreeable sense of humor on her commentary track about herself and her films, but I’m not convinced she thinks putting out a special edition of THE LONELY LADY or VOYAGE OF THE ROCK ALIENS is a beneficial concept (but Pia, if you’re reading this, I mediate they deserve DVD releases!!!)
If you are on the fence about this release, Pick IT! Some trouble obviously went into this one, and I only hope sales figures convince Ms. Zadora to let some of her other films out of the vault. No, I won’t beget my breath, but I never expected this one to procure released either.
I posted comparison pics here:
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/htf/sd-dvd-film-documentary/277189-butterfly-1982-official-release.html
I remember reading about Pia years ago. Apparently her husband (ex? ) has millions of dollars and was willing to manufacture her a well known movie star and invest in her career. However, there was a great backlash of those who felt she was paying her plan to stardom. Her movies were panned and many critized her abilities.
Tonight, I watched Butterfly, and I plan it was riveting. Pia stars as Kady, a young woman who returns to the father she never knew and attempts to accept him to take silver from the mine he is guarding. Stacy Keech plays the father and other talented actors like James Francisco round out the cast. Pia looks dazzling and convinced me with her acting. She has talent, looks, ability and star quality. She is totally believable as Kady, generating heat, youth and a intellectual of what she needs and how to obtain it all at once.
The movie includes a bonus segment where the actors talk about the movie and Pia aloof looks awesome 26 years later. She speaks very intelligently and represents herself well.
It seems that valid fame eluded Pia… and I wonder if without the money her husband build into her career and the resentment it caused, she would have accomplished her goals.
~ Lee Mellott
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