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Rediscover
Jacques Feyder
French Film Master
(1921-1925)
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Contents: Queen of Atlantis [L’Atlantide] (1921), Crainquebille (1923) and Faces of Children (1925).
Jacques Feyder directed this fantasy film of the not-so-mythical Atlantis, starring Jean Angelo, Stacia Napierkowska and Georges Melchior.
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 Home Vision Entertainment
2006 DVD edition
Rediscover Jacques Feyder, French Film Master (1921-1925), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 163 minutes, not rated,
including Queen of Atlantis [L’Atlantide] (1921), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 163 minutes, not rated, Crainquebille (1923), color-tinted black & white, 77 minutes, not rated, and Faces of Children (1925), color-tinted and color-toned black & white, 117 minutes, not rated.
Home Vision Entertainment, distributed by Image Entertainment, HVE3520DVD, UPC 0-14381-35202-3.
Three 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; three-disc DVD keepcase; $49.99.
Release date: 24 October 2006.
Country of origin: USA
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Our first look at this NTSC DVD collection, originally produced for home video by Lobster Films, Paris, reveals a full-frame, natural-speed video transfers from very-good to excellent 35mm source prints. Tonal ranges are generally broad, with highlight and shadow details well-maintained in this transfer that looks great on standard and high-definition television equipment.
The films are accompanied by music scores by Eric le Guen and by Antonio Coppola, performed by the Octuor de France.
At first blush, we enthusiastically recommended this three-disc Jacques Feyder set.
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