Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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J’accuse
(1919)
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Abel Gance’s first major work, a mammoth indictment of war, stars Marise Dauvray, Séverin-Mars and Romuald Joubé.
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 Flicker Alley
2018 Blu-ray Disc edition
J’accuse (1919), color-toned and color-tinted black & white and black & white, 166 minutes, not rated, with Paris pendant la guerre (1915), color-toned black & white and color-tinted black & white, 32 minutes, not rated.
Flicker Alley, distributed by MovieZyng,
FA-MOD-057, UPC 8-10162-03846-5.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at ? Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Mbps audio bit rate; French language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $18.99.
Release date: 15 November 2018.
Country of origin: USA
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has likely been
remastered from the 35mm nitrate positive held by the Eye Film Instituut Nederland. A joint effort of Lobster Films, and the EYE Film Instituut Nederland, with assistance from Kevin Brownlow, David Shepard and Lenny Borger, the film has been restored as closely as possible to its 1919 premiere form.
The film is accompanied by an excellent orchestral music score arranged, composed and conducted by Robert Israel.
Supplemental material includes a presentation of the spoof of French crime serials, Paris During the War (1915), with musical accompaniment on a Fotoplayer by Robert Israel (31 minutes).
This is our recommnded home video edition of the film.
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This Regions ABC Blu-ray DIsc (BD-R) edition is available directly from FLICKER ALLEY through . . .
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 Flicker Alley
2008 DVD edition
J’accuse (1919), color-toned and color-tinted black & white and black & white, 166 minutes, not rated, with Paris pendant la guerre (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated, and Fighting the War (1916), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Flicker Alley, FA0009,
UPC 6-17311-67399-3, ISBN 1-893967-39-5.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, French language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; insert booklet; standard two-disc DVD keepcase; $39.95.
Release date: 16 September 2008.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition reveals an excellent full-frame video transfer that has chiefly utilized a 35mm nitrate positive held by the Eye Film Instituut Nederland. A joint effort of Lobster Films, Paris, and the EYE Film Instituut Nederland, with assistance from Kevin Brownlow, David Shepard and Lenny Borger, the film has been restored as closely as possible to its 1919 premiere form.
The film is accompanied by an excellent orchestral music score arranged, composed and conducted by Robert Israel.
Among the supplemental material is a booklet containing essays by historians Kevin Brownlow and Leslie Hawkins.
Based on our early viewing of this disc, we enthusiastically recommended it — not only for its tremendous disc production but also for this full-length version of this highly-prized film. This is our recommended DVD home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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Other silent era ABEL GANCE films available on home video.
Other FRENCH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
Other WORLD WAR I FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
Other silent film music scores by ROBERT ISRAEL available on home video.
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