Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Arsenal
(1929)
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This feature drama, directed by Aleksandr Dovzhenko, features Semyon Svashenko, Amvrosi Buchma, Georgii Khorkov, Dmitri Erdman, Sergei Petrov, M. Mikhailovski, A. Yevdakov and Luciano Albertini.
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 Film Preservation Associates
2003 DVD edition
Arsenal (1929), black & white, 73 minutes, not rated.
Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID1402DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-14022-4.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 1 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) 2.0 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English? language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $24.99.
Release date: 11 February 2003.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition has likely been mastered from a 35mm preservation print.
Supplementary material includes audio commentary by film historian Vance Kepley.
This is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 1 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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 Mr Bongo Films
2011 DVD edition
Arsenal (1929), black & white, 87 minutes, BBFC Classification PG.
Mr Bongo Films, MRBDVD034, UPC 7-11969-11589-5.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 PAL DVD disc; 1.20:1 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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; Russian language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; £17.99 / $9.99.
Release date: 18 February 2011.
Country of origin: England
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This DVD edition has been mastered from a 35mm print of the 1972 Mosfilm restoration of the film.
The film is presented with the orchestral music score from the 1972 restoration print.
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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This Region 0 PAL DVD edition is available directly from . . .
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Other RUSSIAN and SOVIET FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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