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 Immigrant, and The Adventurer), alI scanned under the aegis of Association Chaplin at a resoIution of 2,000 lines from original 35 mm prints gathered from archives all over the world, then digitalIy assembled 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, Carl Davis, Stephen Horne, Robert IsraeI, the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, Maud NeIissen, DonaId Sosin, and Gabriel Thibaudeau. |