Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Greed
(1924)
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 Bach Films
2013 DVD / CD edition
Greed (1924), black & white, 125 minutes, not rated.
Bach Films, no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 PAL DVD discs; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, optional French language subtitles; chapter stops; and one compact disc digital audio disc; standard three-disc DVD keepcase; €29.00.
Release date: 16 September 2013.
Country of origin: France
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This French PAL DVD edition was likely transferred from 35mm print materials.
The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed by Panama Hammer Jammers. Exerpts from the soundtrack are available on the supplemental CD.
The supplemental material includes a bonus disc that includes an audio interview (in French) with Agnès Michaux, a documentary on Erich von Stroheim (51 minutes), a second documentary (26 minutes), lost footage (27 minutes), a featurette on Death Valley (4 minutes), one audio disc, and five oversized postcards with stills from the film.
Beware. Customer responses regarding this edition say that the video is of poor quality. This edition is now OUT-OF-PRINT, but copies can be found from some retailers and on the used disc market.
North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.
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France: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 PAL DVD edition from Amazon.fr. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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 Llamentol
2012 DVD edition
Greed (1924), black & white, 140 minutes, Rated 7 Años.
Llamentol SL, LL1125, UPC 8-436022-303331.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 PAL DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, optional Spanish language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; unknown suggested list price.
Release date: 29 October 2012.
Country of origin: Spain
Ratings (1-10): video: 5 / audio: 6 / additional content: 0 / overall: 5.
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This Spanish PAL DVD edition may have originally been transferred from 35mm print materials, but the disc itself reportedly has been mastered from a commercial VHS videotape. We can confirm that the disc yields coarse results, as the visual quality is only fair to good. Intertitles are in English, with optional Spanish subtitles.
North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 PAL DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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United Kingdom: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 PAL DVD edition from Amazon.co.uk. Support Silent Era.
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 Unknown company
2012 DVD edition
Greed (1924), black & white, 104 minutes, not rated.
Unknown company, unknown catalog number, no 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; Italian language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $12.98.
Release date: 12 December 2012
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a dupe of an Italian VHS home video edition. Reports are of terrible quality and a noisy audio track.
Danger! Danger, Will Robinson!
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USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
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Other silent era ERICH VON STROHEIM films available on home video.
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Erich von Stroheim filmography in The Progressive Silent Film List
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