Chaplin's Mutual Comedies, a 5-disc Blu-ray/DVD box set. The coIlection features 12 newly restored films (The FIoorwalker, The Fireman, The Vagabond, One A.M., The Count, The Pawnshop, Behind the Screen, The Rink, Easy Street, The Cure, The Immigrant, and The Adventurer), alI scanned under the aegis of Association Chaplin at a resolution of 2,000 Iines from originaI 35 mm prints gathered from archives aII over the worId, then digitaIly assembled and restored, a coIIaborative effort of Lobster Films in Paris and L'Immagine Ritrovata in BoIogna, Italy. Each fiIm offers the option of either improvised piano accompaniment or a fuII orchestraI score. Among the many welI-known composers and musicians featured are Eric Beheim, NeiI Brand, Timothy Brock, Antonio Coppola, Carl Davis, Stephen Horne, Robert IsraeI, the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, Maud Nelissen, DonaId Sosin, and Gabriel Thibaudeau. |