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SILENT ERA FILMS ON HOME VIDEO
Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
Copyright © 1999-2009 by Carl Bennett.
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 1998 Image Entertainment edition
October (1928), black & white, 103 minutes, not rated.
Corinth Films, distributed by Image Entertainment,
ID4576CODVD, UPC 0-14381-45762-9.
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, Russian language intertitles?, English language subtitles?, chapter stops, snapper case, $24.99.
DVD release date: 29 December 1998.
Country of origin: USA
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This early DVD edition, from Corinth Films (U.S. distributor of the film), has been transferred from a 35mm Russian preservation print. The film is accompanied by the modern Russian music score attached to commonly-available prints of the film.
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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 2000 Eureka Entertainment edition
October (1928), black & white, 104 minutes, Classification PG.
Eureka Entertainment, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 PAL, one single-sided, dual-layered? DVD disc, Region 2, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, Russian language intertitles, English language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, £19.99.
DVD release date: 8 May 2000.
Country of origin: United Kingdom
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This high-quality PAL edition has been mastered from a 35mm Russian language print.
United Kingdom: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 2 PAL DVD of this edition from Amazon.co.uk. |
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2006 Films-sans-frontières edition
October (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated,
with Glumov’s Diary (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Strike (1924), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Battleship Potemkin (1925), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Old and New [The General Line] (1929), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Sentimental Romance (1930), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Que Viva Mexico! (1932), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Bezhin Meadow (1937), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, Alexander Nevsky (1938), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and Ivan the Terrible (1944), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Films-sans-frontières, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 PAL, four single-sided?, dual-layered? DVD discs, Region 2, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo? sound, Russian language intertitles, French and English language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, €90,00.
DVD release date: 2006.
Country of origin: France
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We have not viewed this edition, but have received reports that the visual quality ranges from very-good to excellent. This edition features a music score by Meisel.
This Region 2 PAL DVD is available directly from Films-sans-frontières.
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 2003 Grapevine Video edition
October (1928), black & white, 103 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, no UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD-R disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, PCM 2.0 mono sound, Russian language intertitles, English language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $9.95 (raised to $12.95).
DVD release date: 2003.
Country of origin: USA
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This budget edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R is available directly from Grapevine Video.
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Other silent era Sergei Eisenstein films available on home video:
Battleship Potemkin (1925)
Glumov’s Diary (1923)
Old and New (1929)
Strike (1924)
Plus:
Earth (1930) with 31-minute reconstruction of Sergei Eisenstein’s Bezhin Meadow (1937)
About Sergei Eisenstein:
Sergei Eisenstein: Autobiography (1996)
Other RUSSIAN silent era films available on home video.
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