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Last Night
Description by Tim DiGravina

Don McKellar's Last Night works as a stylish, absurd, and small-scale look at the final hours of life on Earth for a group of assorted individuals. It's disappointing that the DVD is presented in a 1.33:1 aspect ratio. While Last Night is not a special-effects extravaganza, it still deserves more than the pan-and-scan treatment. At least the digital transfer is quite good; the movie's apocalyptic-minimal look, bizarre colors, and lighting are intact. The sound is quite good as well; all dialogue is clear and the musical soundtrack is allowed to be appropriately funny, edgy, or sad as required. The Last Night DVD also skimps on the usual features associated with movies that play to an arthouse crowd. Supplementary materials consist only of a chapter list with scene selection, a theatrical trailer (which is best avoided until one has watched the movie, as it gives away key moments in the plot), and language options. While the bare-bones supplementary material is common to low-budget movies, the 1.33:1 aspect ratio is a minor crime.

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