Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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La terre
(1921)
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This sensual rustic drama, directed by AndrÃĐ Antoine from the Ãmile Zola novel, features Armand Bour, RenÃĐ Alexandre, Germaine Rouer, Jean HervÃĐ, Berthe Bovy and Jeanne Grumbach.
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 The Milestone Collection
2003 DVD edition
La terre (1921), black & white, 97 minutes, not rated.
Milestone Film & Video, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID1975MLSDVD, UPC 0-14381-19752-5.
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 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 14 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $24.99.
Release date: 9 December 2003.
Country of origin: USA
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Based on the Ãmile Zola novel, this French film adaptation by AndrÃĐ Antoine has been produced for the small screen by Photoplay Productions by Kevin Brownlow, Patrick Stanbury and the late David Gill.
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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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
La terre (1921), black & white, 97 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics, no 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 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.99 (raised to $15.49).
Release date: 201?.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.
The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.
Note that this company apparently has a history of pirating other home video editions or pirating television network recordings to produce their products. Be aware that purchasing pirated home video editions does not benefit the original edition producers nor the composers whose music is often pirated as well.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other FRENCH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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