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Suspense
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The short thriller Suspense (1913), directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley, features impressive shots that were uncommon in 1913 to tell its concurrent timeline tale, a la Griffith, of a tramp breaking into a home while a wife is frantically relaying to her husband via telephone his progression into the house. As noted by Kevin Brownlow, the triptych shot used to show concurrent action had been developed earlier in Denmark, but the film also features a number of striking high-angle and mirror shots to indicate first and third-person perspectives.
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 Flicker Alley
2017 Blu-ray Disc / DVD edition
Early Women Filmmakers: An International Anthology (1902-1943), black & white, 652 minutes total, not rated,
including Suspense (1913), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated.
Flicker Alley, FA0052, UPC 6-17311-68529-3.
Three single-sided, dual-layered, Region A Blu-ray Discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) progressive scan AVC (MPEG-4) format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Mbps audio bit rate, DTS-HD Master Audio? 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; and three single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 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; two standard three-disc BD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; $69.99.
Release date: 9 May 2017.
Country of origin: USA
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This dual-format Blu-ray Disc / DVD edition has been mastered from 35mm print elements, primarily from the Blackhawk Films and Lobster Films collections, and features more than 10 hours of content. This edition, produced for home video by David Shepard, Serge Bromberg, Jeffery Masino and Joshua Morrison, contains 25 silent and sound films, with seven of them being feature-length films.
The film is accompanied by a music score compiled and performed by Frederick Hodges.
The collection’s supplementary material includes audio commentary for The Blot by author and professor Shelley Stamp, and a booklet essay by film historian and Women Film Pioneers Project Manager Kate Saccone.
While several of these films have appeared in earlier home video editions, the appeal of this collection will be the retrospective context of the collection and the updated, high-definition video transfers. A highly recommended collection.
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 Film Preservation Associates /
Anthology Film Archives
2005 DVD edition
Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film (1894-1947), black & white, color-toned black & white and color, 1127 minutes total, not rated,
including Suspense (1913), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated.
Film Preservation Associates with Anthology Film Archives, distributed by Image Entertainment,
ID0592DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-05922-9.
Seven single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame and windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 5.0 Mbps average video bit rate, 224 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo and mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; seven slimline DVD keepcases in cardboard box; $99.99.
Release date: 18 October 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has been transferred from an excellent 35mm print from Film Preservation Associates.
The film is accompanied by a music score performed by Eric Beheim on synthesizer.
Notes on the films have been written by Dominic Angerame, Aram Boyajian, Kevin Brownlow, William Butler, Terry Cannon, Harold Casselton, David Curtis, Susan Delson, Douglas Dreishpoon, Deke Dusinberre, R. Bruce Elder, Bradley Eros, Walker Evans, Gregory Jay Galligan, Robert A. Haller, Jan-Christopher Horak, Rogger Horrocks, Lewis Jacobs, David James, Lawrence Jordan, Paul D. Lehrman, Jeanne Liotta, Janis Londraville, Scott MacDonald, Bruce Posner, Stephanie Przybylek, Karan Sheldon, David Shepard, Paul C. Spehr, Cecile Starr, Marguerite Tazelaar and Jennifer Wild. The discs include still picture galleries of more than 250 rare production and filmmakers photos.
The collection is sponsored by Anthology Film Archives, and Deutsches Filmmuseum. Unseen Cinema is made possible in part by Cineric Inc., Eastman Kodak Company, and Film Preservation Associates, with additional sponsorships by The British Film Institute, George Eastman Museum, The Library of Congress, and The Museum of Modern Art.
More information on the original Unseen Cinema retrospective and this DVD boxset can be found at www.unseen-cinema.com.
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