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Romance of the
Western Chamber
(1927)
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This routine romance is quite fascinating on its own as a document of the traditional dress and architecture of China.
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 Cinema Epoch
2007 DVD edition
Romance of the Western Chamber (1927), black & white, 45 minutes, not rated.
Epoch Entertainment, distributed by Koch Entertainment,
no catalog number, UPC 8-91514-00116-0.
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; French language intertitles, permanent Chinese and English language subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.98.
Release date: 13 March 2007.
Country of origin: USA
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This DVD edition of this silent era Chinese romance has been transferred from a contrasty and soft-focused 16mm source print, which is moderately speckled and dusty, with processing imperfections and a little emulsion damage. It seems a pity that a better source print was not utilized for the transfer as the costumes and architecture in the film deserves a higher-quality picture.
The film is accompanied by an original music score composed and performed on synthesizers by Toshiyuki Hiraoka.
The edition’s packaging can be misleading as the artwork quality easily surpasses the visual quality of the source print.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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Other CHINESE FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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