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This early drama from director Ernst Lubitsch features Pola Negri as Carmen. |
 2006 Grapevine Video DVD edition
Gypsy Blood [Carmen] (1918) [1921 USA release version], black & white and color-toned black & white, 80 minutes, not rated, Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD-R 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, 12 chapter stops, standard DVD keepcase, $19.95 (reduced to $14.95). DVD release date: 2006. Country of origin: USA |
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This edition from public-domain home video company Grapevine Video has been transferred from a good to very-good 16mm reduction print of the edited version prepared for release in the United States in 1921, which features English language intertitles. The source print is, as is to be expected, soft of image detail, contrasty with blasted-out highlights, some speckling and dust, and a higher than usual amount of schmutz at the edges of the frame early in the film. The picture is jittery throughout. The video master has been transferred at slightly faster than natural speed. The film is accompanied by a music score of abruptly-edited prerecorded orchestral and Spanish-style guitar music. To be sure, this isn’t an ideal edition of the film, with its OK visual quality and edited American source print, but it is likely the better of the available home video editions.
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 2009 TeleVista DVD edition
Gypsy Blood [Carmen] (1918), black & white, 65 minutes, not rated. TeleVista, unknown catalog number, 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 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, standard DVD keepcase, $19.95. DVD release date: 9 June 2009. Country of origin: USA |
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| This budget edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
Don’t expect much. We would be very surprised if this edition looked better than the Grapevine Video edition noted above.
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| Other silent era ERNST LUBITSCH films available on home video.
Other silent era POLA NEGRI films available on home video. Other GERMAN FILMS of the silent era available on home video. |
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