Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
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The Growth
of the Soil
(1921)
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Thought to be the first feature film produced in Norway, this drama from director Gunnar Sommerfeldt features Karen Poulsen, Amund Ryland and Gunnar Sommerfeldt.
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 Grapevine Video
2009 DVD edition
The Growth of the Soil (1921), black & white, 67 minutes, not rated.
Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 8-42614-10173-1.
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 7.0 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 384 Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; 12 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $14.95.
Release date: 2009.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 3 / audio: 3 / additional content: 0 / overall: 3
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This DVD-R edition from Grapevine Video has been mastered from a good 8mm reduction print that is contrasty, with dark, plugged-up shadow details, and with a significant amount of dust, speckling, schmutz, emulsion chipping, and other print flaws. If better source materials survive, there is a great deal of room for improvement over this edition.
The film is accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting, low-fidelity orchestral music recordings.
Currently, this is the only known DVD home video edition of The Growth of the Soil.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .
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 Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition
The Growth of the Soil (1921), black & white, 107 minutes, not rated.
Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, unknown 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.
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.
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This
Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .
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Other NORWEGIAN FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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