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July 11, 2010

Stream War and Peace Online

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Movie Title: War and Peace
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When I purchased this film, I wasn’t paying obedient attention, thinking that I was buying yet another version of Tolstoy’s noted work; however, it is, in fact, the 1968 Bondarchuk story which I already owned in widescreen (letterbox) and which has now been packaged and edited by another distributor. Yet, in the demolish, it’s quite a different film!

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First of all, this version has been “panned and scanned” to better facilitate a regular cloak television — so, this product is what we generally refer to as “full-screen”. Second, there are a few editing differences including some scenes that were not in the widescreen (letterbox) version and misssing a few scenes that were. This does not radically change the film but it was certainly inviting to glimpse.

Finally, the voiceovers and subtitles are COMPLETELY different, being pleasant to the novel widescreen (letterbox) version. Many more conversation parts are picked up in this version and the translation is far noble. In some cases, the two translations are quite different, this one aligning more with the highly recommended Maude translation of the novel book.

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In the ruin, I’m ecstatic to acquire both versions, as each has its advantages and disadvantages. In characterize quality, this one cannot compare to the widescreen (letterbox) version as the clarity was somewhat compromised by the blow-up of the negatives during the “pan and scan” process. Detached, it’s quite watchable.

As far as the memoir goes, this is one of the finest war films ever produced. The Hollywood version of War and Peace starring Henry Fonda is a pathetic joke compared to this Russian masterpiece. You can reference my further descriptions of both the book and the widescreen (letterbox) film version on this position for more details concerning the accurate chronicle.

I have two final comments: 1. Read the book prior to watching either version of Bondarchuk’s fable and you’ll be powerful more contented in your idea of the epic of Napoleon’s invasion of Austria and later of Moscow. 2. If you maintain a regular TV then this is the version that you want. If you have a widescreen TV and already enjoy the widescreen (letterbox) version, I highly recommend that you grab this one too!

I had the opportunity to perceive this Kultur DVD edition of “War and Peace” enough to evaluate its presentation. Firstly, it’s not letterboxed, but full-frame. The opening title sequence only is letterboxed to some extent so as not to lop off all the titles, and this looks as though the unusual aspect ratio is not particularly wide to start with. So while not a enormous deal of report is reduce off from the sides, there is some missing. The print is a helpful one, and the beauty and power of the film reach through, but it does not appear to have been restored to any big extent. This means that the color intensity, dissimilarity, and brightness of the image fluctuates from scene to scene, and sometimes even within one scene (reel changes, perhaps? ) . The image throughout is a bit soft-focus, and it benefits greatly if you turn up the sharpness control on your monitor. There does not seem to be a titanic deal of blemishes, dirt, or distress, though.

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The English subtitles are printed on the film itself, and therefore not removable. In the scenes where French is spoken, there is a dispute superimposed on the soundtrack translating what is being said into Russian, which is of no interest to the English-speaking viewers who will be watching this DVD. In these cases, you have an actor speaking French, an additional lisp speaking Russian, and an English subtitle simultaneously, which is distracting to say the least. It’s hard to imagine why a print with this feature was chosen, unless it was the absolute best-looking print available.

That brings up the subject of the alternate dispute of this film due at the ruin of December from the Russian Cinema Council (Ruscico) . Judging from past Ruscico DVD releases, it may well be a restored, archive-quality print (hopefully letterboxed) . Ruscico releases appear at a very unimaginative rate, but when the do they are worth waiting for, which is what you may want to do.

The film composed makes a sparkling impact, even in this less than perfect presentation. If you occupy full-frame presentation, you may even take this one. It seems to me, however, that most cinemaphiles whose interests are arcane enough to extend to this film would want it presented in its unusual aspect ratio, in an edition as cessation to the source material as possible. Those people may well purchase to stare what Ruscico offers.
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