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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0738329024628
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Silent, Special Edition, NTSC
Label: Kino Video
Manufacturer: Kino Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Kino Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 10, 2003
Running Time: 189 minutes
Sales Rank: 74455
Studio: Kino Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 12, 1929
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - In memoriam of Sepp Innerflocker, the world famous Alpinist guide!
In the introductory lines, we may realize what the real intention the story. We use to blame the presence of "the other" as responsible of the breakthrough of most of couples but frequently we tend to forget the behavior of the husband when, the quotidian state of things and the very fact they are married would seem to confer them of a sort of Corsican's patent around the main object; the preservation of what once was their most legitimate desire the love of the conquered woman. Such is the case ... Read More
Rating:  - Historically interesting, but not really classics
The two films on this disc are both historic milestones in von Stroheim's career, though I personally found them more of historic interest than the stuff of classic films or extraordinarly captivating entertainment. 'Blind Husbands' (1919) wasn't the first film he ever acted in, but it was the first film he directed. Most people associate him with epic-length extravaganzas, but this film is only a bit over an hour long. Simply told, it's the story of a wife who goes astray while she and her husband ... Read More
Rating: - Famous color sequence is in black and white.
Even thought the Great Gabbo is supposedly restored the famous color sequence is in black and white.
Rating: - Two Thumbs Up for this Double!
This excellent DVD features a wonderful silent film from 1919 and one of the first Hollywood musicals from 1929, when "talkies" were introduced, and although I was expecting two silent films, I was not one bit disappointed. Knowing next to nothing about Erich von Stroheim (except that I had to see some of his work one day!) I watched and enjoyed both films without any expectations or preconceived ideas, and simply cannot fault either film.
Blind Husbands is visually lovely, the music is perfectly ... Read More
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