Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Civilization
(1916)
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 Grapevine Video
2010 DVD edition
Civilization (1916), black & white, 77 minutes, not rated,
with The Cost of High Living (1916), black & white, 12 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10415-2.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 6.0 Mbps average video bit rate, 224 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 8-bit 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 12 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: November 2010.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a 16mm reduction print of the synchronized sound rerelease version.
The film is accompanied by a low-fidelity soundtrack compiled from preexisting recordings, which can make the film tough going.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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