Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Boondocks
[Le Bled]
(1929)
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This late feature comedy-drama, directed by Jean Renoir, stars Jackie Monnier and Diana Hart, with Renée Rozier, Enrique Rivero, Manuel Raaby, Aïssa Bérardi, G.A. Martin and Jacques Becker.
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 Grapevine Video
2012 DVD edition
Le bled [The Boondocks] (1929), black & white, 104 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; French language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 10 October 2012.
Country of origin: USA
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This PAL DVD edition has likely been mastered from archival film elements.
The film is accompanied by a custom music score.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film. North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.
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This Region 2 PAL DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Loving the Classics
202? DVD edition
Le bled [The Boondocks] (1929), black & white, 104 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, no UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; French language intertitles, optional? English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99.
Release date: 202?
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print or pirated from the 2012 Gaumont European DVD noted above.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other FRENCH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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