Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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Assunta Spina
(1914)
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This feature drama, directed by Gustavo Serena, stars Francesca Bertini, with Gustavo Serena, Carlo Benetti, Luciano Albertini, Amelia Cipriani and Antonio Cruichi.
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 Flicker Alley
2017 DVD edition
Assunta Spina (1914), color-tinted black & white and color-toned black & white, 62 minutes, not rated, with The Last Diva: Francesca Bertini (1982), color and black & white, 85 minutes, not rated.
Flicker Alley, distributed by MovieZyng,
FA-MD3-030, UPC 8-89290-47820-7.
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; $19.95 (raised to $21.99).
Release date: 14 March 2017.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD-R edition has been mastered from a good to very-good 16mm reduction print. A significant amount of dust, speckling, emulsion scrapes, and other print flaws mar the viewing experience.
The film is presented with a delightful music score performed by Rodney Sauer and The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
Supplemental material includes the documentary The Last Diva: Francesca Bertini, originally produced for Italian television, transferred from a 16mm print. The documentary is in Italian, with permanent English subtitles. The heartbreaking fact revealed is that many of Bertini’s films were burned by German forces during World War II.
For now, this is our recommended home video edition of the film.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available from
FLICKER ALLEY through . . .
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 Kino on Video
2003 DVD edition
Assunta Spina (1914), color-tinted black & white and color-toned black & white, 62 minutes, not rated, with The Last Diva: Francesca Bertini (1982), color and black & white, 85 minutes, not rated.
Kino International, K306, UPC 7-38329-03062-1.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 6.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles (feature); 8 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 12 August 2003.
Country of origin: USA •
Ratings (1-10): video: 5 / audio: 8 / additional content: 7 / overall: 6.
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This DVD edition has been mastered from a good to very-good 16mm reduction print. A significant amount of dust, speckling, emulsion scrapes, and other print flaws mar the viewing experience.
The film is presented with a delightful music score performed by Rodney Sauer and The Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra.
The disc is supplemented with the documentary The Last Diva: Francesca Bertini, originally produced for Italian television, transferred from a 16mm print. The documentary is in Italian, with permanent English subtitles. The heartbreaking fact revealed is that many of Bertini’s films were burned by German forces during World War II.
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This Region 1 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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Other ITALIAN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
Other silent era EPIC FILMS available on home video:
Cabiria (1914)
Intolerance (1916)
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