By Fred Topel | Image property of respective holders
Risky Business
There seem to be two schools of thought on catalog Blu Rays. One is to restore the hell out of them and make them look better than they naturally could, and better than modern movies. Or, you just preserve the integrity of the original film and make it look like the best version of the film it can be. Risky Business is the latter.
Blu-Ray Review: Risky Business
You can still tell this is an old ‘80s movie. There’s no unreal clarity like a window into 1983, but there’s also no movie theater in 1983 that would have kept a print so spotless. Certainly no retro house could show it like this. You’ll see the grain, but it’ll be like having a private film projector in the back of your living room, with a front row seat. It is clear enough that you can see the chest outlines in the tight ‘80s clothes, both male and female.
A big setting of the film is suburbia, which has a lot of green. It’s solid, but not outrageous. The interior of the house is fairly white. All the young actors look very fresh faced, like a soft focus shiny fantasy of youth. It makes the sex scene really hot, emphasizing Ms. De Mornay’s smooth perfect curves.
If I had to single out one detail that shows up on Blu Ray, it would be the hair. In close-ups, Tom Cruise’s floppy ‘80s bowl and De Mornay’s long blonde locks seem to keep every hair distinct. You’ll see all the strands flow together. But that’s reaching. Risky Business is the film you would remember, if it had ever existed in this condition before.
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