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SILENT ERA FILMS ON HOME VIDEO
Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Griffith Masterworks 2
(1909-1993) |
Contents: Edgar Allan Poe (1909), The Avenging Conscience (1914), Way Down East (1920), Sally of the Sawdust (1925), Abraham Lincoln (1930), The Struggle (1931) and D.W. Griffith: Father of Film (1993).
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2008 Kino International edition
Griffith Masterworks 2 (1909-1993),
black & white, color-toned black & white and color, 695 minutes total, not rated,
including Edgar Allan Poe (1909), black & white, 7 minutes, not rated, The Avenging Conscience (1914), black & white, 84 minutes, not rated, Way Down East (1920), color-toned black & white, 149 minutes, not rated, Sally of the Sawdust (1925), black & white, 113 minutes, not rated, Abraham Lincoln (1930), black & white, 93 minutes, not rated, The Struggle (1931), black & white, 93 minutes, not rated, and D.W. Griffith: Father of Film (1993), color and black & white, 155 minutes, not rated.
Kino International, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, five single-sided, single-layered and dual-layered DVD discs, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $89.95.
DVD release date: 18 November 2008.
Country of origin: USA
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 This boxset contains three silent D.W. Griffith feature films, including the previously unavailable The Avenging Conscience (1914), an early Biograph split-reel short, Griffith’s two sound features, and the Photoplay Productions’ three-part documentary D.W. Griffith: Father of Film (1993), directed by David Gill and Kevin Brownlow.
The Avenging Conscience (1914) has been mastered in high-definition from a print in the Raymond Rohauer collection, and is presented with music performed by Martin Marks. Way Down East (1920) is presented from the Museum of Modern Art restoration of the film, transferred in high-definition, with musical accompaniment by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra. Sally of the Sawdust (1925) has been mastered in HD and features musical accompaniment by Donald Sosin. Abraham Lincoln (1930) and The Struggle (1931) have also been remastered in high-definition.
For reviews and notes on the individually-available discs in this boxset, see our pages for these films on DVD home video: The Avenging Conscience, Way Down East, Sally of the Sawdust and D.W. Griffith: Father of Film.
USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com. |
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Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca. |
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