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La Coquille et le
clergyman
(1928)
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 Kino on Video
2005 DVD edition
Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920s and ’30s (1921-1947), black & white, 360 minutes total, not rated, including La Coquille et le clergyman (1928), black & white, ? minutes, not rated.
Kino International, K402, UPC 7-38329-04022-2.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (two DVDs in the set); 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, optional English language subtitles (selected films); chapter stops; two-disc DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 2 August 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This avant-garde DVD collection contains one of the best presentations of La Coquille et le clergyman (1928) available on home video.
This is our recommended home video edition.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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 Risqué Cinema
2005 DVD edition
Anthology of Surreal Cinema, Volume 1 (1924-1928), black & white, 65 minutes total, not rated, including La Coquille et le clergyman (1928), black & white, 28 minutes, not rated.
Risqué Cinema, RC003, unknown UPC number.
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 mono sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; no chapter stops (within the film); standard DVD keepcase; $24.95.
Release date: 26 April 2005.
Country of origin: USA
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This subpar DVD collection offers a video transfer of La Coquille et le clergyman (1928) that has been prepared from a fair-to-good 16mm reduction print, which is soft of image detail, contrasty, with plugged-up shadows and blasted-out highlights, moderately speckled and dusty, and marked with a few vertical scratches.
The film is presented with, what appears to be, a custom music score performed on a synthesizer.
We recommend by-passing this release in favor of the Kino disc noted above.
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This Region 0 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
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Other FRENCH FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
Other AVANT-GARDE FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
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