Anthology of Surreal Cinema
Volume 1
(1924-1928)
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Contents: Le ballet mécanique (1924), Entr’acte (1924), Anémic cinéma (1926) and La coquille et le clergyman (1928).
A lousy DVD collection of four great French avant-garde films.
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 2005 Risqué Cinema edition
Anthology of Surreal Cinema, Volume 1 (1924-1928), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated.
Risqué Cinema, RC003, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 4 chapter stops, keep case, $24.95.
DVD release date: 26 April 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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 At $24.95, this DVD collection of avant-garde films is a total rip-off of consumers. All of the films have been transferred from good to totally-substandard 16mm reduction prints, with much of the framing being excessively cropped. Poor-quality prints always mean poor-quality DVDs.
See our DVD reviews of the individual films: Le ballet mécanique (1924), Entr’acte (1924), Anémic cinéma (1926) and La coquille et le clergyman (1928).
Let’s hope there’s never a second volume in this series. Avoid this set and invest in one of the quality collections noted below.
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com. |
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Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca. |
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