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For starters, I agree with all the clear things said about this 2-disc location.
Unfortunately, there a couple of things about the discs that unprejudiced contaminated the whole experience for me and may do so with you.
First, there is a “motion blur” or “ghosting” artifact that runs throughout the 1929/30 restoration. It looks similar to what a transfer from PAL video format to NTSC video format looks like only more exaggerated (images appear to be overlapped or double–sometimes triple–exposed) . During the unmasking, Chaney’s face is unnecessarily blurred, even when using freeze frame and stepping through the scene frame by frame.
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Milestone has acknowledged the “ghosting”, attributing it to adjusting the frame rate of the film during transfer from video master to video master. Incidentally, the fresh video master was in PAL format and was converted to NTSC for US, but Milestone claims PAL to NTSC was not the cause. Since they performed the additional restoration/picture cleaning on the overly “ghosted” transfer, it became a trade-off as to whether to note the cleaned up version or the “unghosted” version. Why such extensive restoration was done to a video master with excessive motion blur is beyond me.
For some folks, this will be a minor thing. For others, it will be very distracting and cast a shaded cloud over what looks like to be the cleanest `print’ of this movie in existence. I will be keeping the other Image DVD edition with the David Shepherd restoration.
Secondly, for the special features, the quit, posthaste forward, and reverse functions have been disabled. This can be a bit of a nuisance. For example, there is a 21 slight “restored version” of the films’ novel premiere utilizing stills and expository text. This I was wrathful about. However, unless you are a urge reader, you won’t be able to read everything in one viewing. You can’t end it, or “rewind” to read what you missed. It is like trying to be pleased a book (both text and pictures) with someone else turning the pages for you. If you miss something, you have to commence over from page one and go through again.
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Again, some of you won’t care about the motion blur one iota. Others will feel as I do: This disc should’ve been a contender but instead, it feels like a missed opportunity.
Warning to all purist. The DVD of the PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is not the triumph of preservation its advertised as being. First and most distinguished to home theatre owners, the transfer is simply not in focus! Unlike in the movie theatre you cant ask the projetionist to refocus the image.. you are stuck with it. Secondly: if the “preservationists” found the best pre-print material in the 1929 synchronized re-edit as described on the liner notes, why in heavens name don’t they display it as originally shown? Pretending that it is the calm version by replacing the soundtrack may be the loophole by which the film could be categorized as public domain but it is inherently dishonest to expose it as an example of “film preservation”. The modern quiet slash, the synch sound release and the demonstrate (refocused) remaster would be grand more apreciated service to posterity. Notice to other soundless film transfers for guidence in image quality limits.If the box indicates that the contents are a “SPECIAL COLLECTOR’S EDITION” and advertises “PRIME..35mm QUALITY” one wishes it lived up to its promise. (DVD version)
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