Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Glumov’s Diary
(1923)
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This early film by Sergei M. Eisenstein was produced to be part of a stage play production.
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 Kino Classics
2011 Blu-ray Disc edition
Strike (1924), black & white, 89 minutes, not rated, with Glumov’s Diary (1923), black & white, 4 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K783, UPC 7-38329-07832-4.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) progressive scan AVC (MPEG-4) format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Mbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase in cardboard slipcover; $34.95.
Release date: 30 August 2011.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been transferred in high-definition from the 35mm restored version by the Cinémathèque de Toulouse.
The film is accompanied by prerecorded music.
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This Region A Blu-ray Disc edition is available directly from . . .
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 Kino Classics
2011 DVD edition
Strike (1924), black & white, 89 minutes, not rated, with Glumov’s Diary (1923), black & white, 4 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC 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; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 30 August 2011.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been transferred in high-definition from the 35mm restored version by the Cinémathèque de Toulouse.
The film is accompanied by prerecorded music.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Films-sans-frontières
2006 DVD edition
L’Intégrale des films de S.M. Eisenstein (1923-1944), black & white, 784 minutes total, not rated, including Glumov’s Diary (1923), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Films-sans-frontières,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided?, dual-layered?, Region 2 PAL DVD disc (four DVDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 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; Russian language intertitles, optional French and English language subtitles; chapter stops; four standard DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; €90,00.
Release date: 2006.
Country of origin: France
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We have not viewed this PAL DVD edition, but have received reports that the visual quality ranges from very-good to excellent.
This edition features a music score by Meisel.
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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Other silent era SERGEI EISENSTEIN films available on home video.
Other RUSSIAN and SOVIET FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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