Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Faces of
Children
(1925)
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Jean Forest shines as the young, troubled Jean Amster in this tremendous Jacques Feyder film, with support from Pierrette Houyez, Rachel Devirys, Henri Duval and Victor Vina.
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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 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, English language intertitles, no foreign 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 edition, originally produced for home video by Lobster Films, Paris, reveals a full-frame, natural-speed video transfer from a very-good to excellent 35mm source print. 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 film is accompanied by a music score 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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Other silent era JACQUES FEYDER films available on home video.
Other FRENCH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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