A French-language review of La Roue on French Blu:
http://retro-hd.com/tests/blu-ray/2942-la-roue.html
Abel Gance
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Re: Abel Gance
The Cinémathèque française is streaming La Folie du docteur Tube in HD with some valuable programming notes. It looks great and a cursory internet search suggests this is probably the only copy of the film in what I assume is its original aspect ratio. But I don't have the Lucrezia Borgia DVD. Can anyone confirm/deny? Anyway, I loved this. Had I seen it at the time of our pre-1920s list project, it would've received a high ranking on my list.
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Re: Abel Gance
I just checked my DVD. It's in the same ratio but there is more image on the right and less on the left. It also doesn't look as good and runs four minutes shorter, due at least in part to playing at a faster speed
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Re: Abel Gance
Video lecture on Gance, in French, no subs:
https://vimeo.com/175241788
https://vimeo.com/175241788
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Re: Abel Gance
La Fin du Monde announced for Blu release (Gaumont) in France. See post by Phibes, Feb. 17, 2021:
https://www.dvdclassik.com/forum/viewto ... 2#p2880081
https://www.dvdclassik.com/forum/viewto ... 2#p2880081
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Re: Abel Gance
An article on La Roue -- only one reel (12 mins.) is missing; outtakes were used in the restoration:
https://www.cnc.fr/cinema/actualites/la ... se_1251825
https://www.cnc.fr/cinema/actualites/la ... se_1251825
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Re: Abel Gance
On Gance films released in the Netherlands:
https://therealmofsilence.com/2023/05/3 ... therlands/
https://therealmofsilence.com/2023/05/3 ... therlands/