Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Opus I
(1921)
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This experimental short film was directed by Walther Ruttmann.
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 Film Preservation Associates
1999 DVD edition
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (1927), black & white and color-tinted black & white, 62 minutes, not rated, with Lichtspiel Opus I [Opus I] (1921), black & white, 10 minutes, not rated.
Film Preservation Associates, distributed by Image Entertainment, ID4673DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-46732-1.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 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 ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language? intertitles, no subtitles?; chapter stops; snapper DVD case; $24.99.
Release date: 11 May 1999.
Country of origin: USA
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This early DVD edition of Walther Ruttmann’s experimental short Opus I is coupled with his hand-tinted experimental feature Berlin: Symphony of a Great City.
For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .
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Other GERMAN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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