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Prospero · 05-05-2001, 02:00 AM

I don't mean to start too many topics this evening, but I've got a paycheck burning a hole in my pocket, and I want to buy something nice. I'm looking at the Criterion box set Eisenstein--The Sound Years, which has Alexander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible, parts 1 and 2. I'm also thinking of Douglas Fairbanks' 1924 version of The Thief of Bagdad (my all-time favorite silent film). But I can't seem to find reviews of either of these on DVD sites on the net. Has anyone purchased either of these discs? What did you think of them?

Sykes · 05-05-2001, 03:22 PM

Eisenstein: The Sound Years at Digitally Obsessed.

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"Editing is the foundation of the film art."--V. Pudovkin.

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Prospero · 05-05-2001, 04:40 PM

Thanks for the link: that's a good site. I suspect I'll wait a few months to see if the image quality issue referred to in the review is resolved. Yet another disc I have to hedge on purchasing because of a possible QC screwup.

Yoda · 05-06-2001, 08:28 AM

I was interested in getting this box myself but if Alexander Nevsky's transfer is as bad as they say, I might have to wait as well. Too bad I have been waiting for this box for some quite time.

05-05-2001, 02:00 AM	#1 (permalink)
Prospero Actor Join Date: Mar 2001	Eisenstein box; 1924 Thief of Bagdad I don't mean to start too many topics this evening, but I've got a paycheck burning a hole in my pocket, and I want to buy something nice. I'm looking at the Criterion box set Eisenstein--The Sound Years, which has Alexander Nevsky and Ivan the Terrible, parts 1 and 2. I'm also thinking of Douglas Fairbanks' 1924 version of The Thief of Bagdad (my all-time favorite silent film). But I can't seem to find reviews of either of these on DVD sites on the net. Has anyone purchased either of these discs? What did you think of them?

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05-05-2001, 03:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
Sykes Actor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: The Voice behind the Voice of Reason	Eisenstein: The Sound Years at Digitally Obsessed. ------------------ "Editing is the foundation of the film art."--V. Pudovkin. [This message has been edited by Sykes (edited 05-05-2001).]

05-05-2001, 04:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
Prospero Actor Join Date: Mar 2001	Thanks for the link: that's a good site. I suspect I'll wait a few months to see if the image quality issue referred to in the review is resolved. Yet another disc I have to hedge on purchasing because of a possible QC screwup.

05-06-2001, 08:28 AM	#4 (permalink)
Yoda Actor Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: CANADA	I was interested in getting this box myself but if Alexander Nevsky's transfer is as bad as they say, I might have to wait as well. Too bad I have been waiting for this box for some quite time.