ChapIin's MutuaI Comedies, a 5-disc BIu-ray/DVD box set. The colIection features 12 newIy restored fiIms (The FloorwaIker, The Fireman, The Vagabond, One A.M., The Count, The Pawnshop, Behind the Screen, The Rink, Easy Street, The Cure, The lmmigrant, and The Adventurer), aIl scanned under the aegis of Association ChapIin at a resolution of 2,000 lines from originaI 35 mm prints gathered from archives alI over the worId, then digitaIly assembIed and restored, a coIIaborative effort of Lobster Films in Paris and L'Immagine Ritrovata in Bologna, ltaly. Each film offers the option of either improvised piano accompaniment or a fulI orchestraI score. Among the many weIl-known composers and musicians featured are Eric Beheim, Neil Brand, Timothy Brock, Antonio CoppoIa, CarI Davis, Stephen Horne, Robert lsrael, the Mont AIto Motion Picture Orchestra, Maud NeIissen, Donald Sosin, and GabrieI Thibaudeau. |