The Last Days Of Pompeii (1913) On DVD
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Actor: Fernanda Negri Pouget, Eugenia Tettoni Fior, Ubaldo Stefani, Antonio Grisanti, Cesare Gani Carini
Director: Eleuterio Rodolfi, Mario Caserini
Genre: Silent Films
Year: 1913
Studio: Kino Lorber films
Length : 88
Released November 7, 2000
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: Blac k & White
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
DESCRIPTION:
An influential 1913, silent Italian epic that paved the way for the elaborate costume drama, The Last Days of Pompeii romanticizes the final hours of those ill-fated souls living in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. In this rendition of Edward Bulwer's classic novel, set in 79 A.D., the lives of prominent statesmen, a beautiful woman, a pagan priest, a spiteful witch and a blind beggar girl are carefully interwoven. The intrigues that connect them are brought to a climax in the gladiatorial arena at the moment the sleeping mountain unleashes its molten fury. The Last Days of Pompeii is among the last of the great tableaux films, in which most scenes are explained by a title, then dramatized within a single wide shot, a presentational style whose origins are more theatrical and literary than cinematic. Within a few short months, this technique would be forever outmoded, due to such films as D.W. Griffith's The Birth Of A Nation and Giovanni Pastrone's Cabiria, which helped rewrite the laws of cinematic expression. This Kino on Video edition was digitally mastered from a remarkably crisp 35mm print. It is color tinted with newly translated intertitles and a dramatic piano score adopted by Beatrice Jona Affron from a variety of classical works.
Actor: Fernanda Negri Pouget, Eugenia Tettoni Fior, Ubaldo Stefani, Antonio Grisanti, Cesare Gani Carini
Director: Eleuterio Rodolfi, Mario Caserini
Genre: Silent Films
Year: 1913
Studio: Kino Lorber films
Length : 88
Released November 7, 2000
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: DVD
Misc: Blac k & White
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
DESCRIPTION:
An influential 1913, silent Italian epic that paved the way for the elaborate costume drama, The Last Days of Pompeii romanticizes the final hours of those ill-fated souls living in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. In this rendition of Edward Bulwer's classic novel, set in 79 A.D., the lives of prominent statesmen, a beautiful woman, a pagan priest, a spiteful witch and a blind beggar girl are carefully interwoven. The intrigues that connect them are brought to a climax in the gladiatorial arena at the moment the sleeping mountain unleashes its molten fury. The Last Days of Pompeii is among the last of the great tableaux films, in which most scenes are explained by a title, then dramatized within a single wide shot, a presentational style whose origins are more theatrical and literary than cinematic. Within a few short months, this technique would be forever outmoded, due to such films as D.W. Griffith's The Birth Of A Nation and Giovanni Pastrone's Cabiria, which helped rewrite the laws of cinematic expression. This Kino on Video edition was digitally mastered from a remarkably crisp 35mm print. It is color tinted with newly translated intertitles and a dramatic piano score adopted by Beatrice Jona Affron from a variety of classical works.
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