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SILENT ERA FILMS ON HOME VIDEO
Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
Copyright © 1999-2009 by Carl Bennett.
All Rights Reserved.
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Faces of Children
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Jean Forest shines as the young, troubled Jean Amster in this tremendous Jacques Feyder film, with support from Pierrette Houyez, Rachel Devirys, Henri Duval and Victor Vina.
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 2006 Home Vision Entertainment edition
Rediscover Jacques Feyder, French Film Master (1921-1925),
color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 163 minutes, not rated,
including Faces of Children (1925), color-tinted and color-toned black & white,
117 minutes, not rated,
with Queen of Atlantis (1921), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 163 minutes, not rated, and Crainquebille (1923), color-tinted black & white, 77 minutes, not rated.
Home Vision Entertainment, distributed by Image Entertainment,
HVE3520DVD, UPC 0-14381-35202-3.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, three single-sided, dual-layered DVD discs, Region 0, ? 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, $49.99.
DVD release date: 24 October 2006.
Country of origin: USA
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 Our first look at this NTSC edition, originally produced for home video by Lobster Films, Paris, reveals a full-frame, natural-speed video transfer from a very-good to excellent 35mm source print. Tonal ranges are generally broad, with highlight and shadow details well-maintained in this transfer that looks great on standard and high-definition television equipment.
The film is accompanied by a music score by Antonio Coppola, performed by the Octuor de France.
At first blush, we enthusiastically recommended this three-disc Jacques Feyder set.
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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