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La Folie du
Docteur Tube
(1915)
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This experimental one-reeler makes extensive use of warped mirror distortion for comic effects.
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 Film Preservation Associates
2000 DVD edition
Lucrèzia Borgia (1935), black & white, 93 minutes, not rated,
with La Folie du Docteur Tube (1915), black & white, 11 minutes, not rated.
Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID5744FPDVD, UPC 0-14381-57442-5.
One single-sided, single-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) 1.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, English language subtitles (Lucrèzia Borgia only); chapter stops; snapper DVD case; $24.99.
Release date: 4 July 2000.
Country of origin: USA •
Ratings (1-10): video: 5 / audio: 0 / additional content: 5 / overall: 5.
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Of the three films included in this DVD edition of Abel Gance’s Lucrèzia Borgia, we are only familiar with the pioneering avant-garde short film La Folie du Docteur Tube, which has been available for several years on public-domain videotapes transferred from tolerable 16mm reduction prints. This edition has been mastered from a tolerable 16mm reduction print as preserved by the Cinémathèque Française.
The film is presented without any musical accompaniment.
We are certain that this DVD will aid viewers in a reassessment of Gance’s cinematic career.
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 Nostalgia Family Video
2010 DVD edition
Avant Garde Short Subjects from France (1915-1928), black & white, 70 minutes total, not rated,
including La Folie du Docteur Tube (1915), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Nostalgia Family Video, 5253D, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; clamshell CD case; $14.99.
Release date: 2010.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition was likely mastered from 16mm reduction prints.
To order a DVD edition, you must enter “Replace My VHS Title with Standard ‘No Frillz’ DVD” in the comments section at order checkout.
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NOSTALGIA FAMILY VIDEO has discontinued business
and this DVD-R edition 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 AVANT-GARDE FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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