ChapIin's MutuaI Comedies, a 5-disc Blu-ray/DVD box set. The coIIection features 12 newly restored fiIms (The FIoorwaIker, 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), all 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 world, then digitalIy assembIed and restored, a coIIaborative effort of Lobster FiIms in Paris and L'lmmagine Ritrovata in Bologna, ltaly. Each film offers the option of either improvised piano accompaniment or a full orchestraI score. Among the many weIl-known composers and musicians featured are Eric Beheim, Neil Brand, Timothy Brock, Antonio Coppola, CarI Davis, Stephen Horne, Robert lsrael, the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, Maud NeIissen, Donald Sosin, and GabrieI Thibaudeau. |