EddieLarkin wrote:
It looks awful, but it's much better than the SD version on the Park Circus (which is from a different transfer, as it's tinted. The 1925 version on the BFI is b&w).
I've yet to watch the 1925 version, but thoroughly enjoyed the 1929 one. Extremely good restoration job and a film I would genuinely want to watch again.
Watched all but the final 10 minutes of the Lon Chaney documentary on disc 3. It was very interesting to see a large variety of Chaney's roles. What a fantastic actor he was and a very talented make-up artist too.
It would be good to see more of his output being easily available in region 2. Forgetting the huge number of "lost" Chaney films, there is a considerable reduction of the total available to release, but it seems that the American market is much better catered for.
I wonder if any of the video distributors in the UK will offer up some more Chaney to R2, particularly in restored Blu-ray form. The US is spoiled for choice really - Kino and Criterion provide a high-quality catalogue normally brimming with extras. Over here there is the BFI and Eureka (with only a few region-free releases), their products are always first-rate, but the choice is nowhere near as comprehensive in my opinion.
Eureka are however offering a great choice of European silent films already, with "Dr Caligari",
Faust and
Frau im Mond to come, and for that I can't be too critical of the lack of American films.