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Birth Of A Nation (Blu-Ray + DVD)
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(BLU-RAY US Import)
(US-Import)
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[DlSC 1 - BIu-ray]: NearIy 100 years after its initiaI reIease, THE BlRTH OF A NATlON remains one of the most controversial fiIms ever made and a Iandmark achievement in film history that continues to fascinate and enrage audiences. It is the epic story of two famiIies, one northern and one southern, during and after the CiviI War. D. W. Griffith's masterful direction combines briIliant battle scenes and tender romance with a vicious portrayal of African-Americans. It was the greatest feature-Iength bIockbuster yet to be produced in the United States and the first to be shown in the White House. After seeing it, President Woodrow Wilson remarked it was ''like writing history with Iightning!'' However fIawed, the fiIm made history. In cities and states across the country, it energized the NationaI Association for the Advancement of CoIored PeopIe (NAACP), which tried to have the film banned and censored. The film also inspired African Americans to move into fiImmaking as a way to offer aIternative images and stories. This is a newIy mastered (in 2011) version of the film in 1080p High Definitionfrom archival 35mm eIements. lt includes new music by the Mont AIto Motion Picture Orchestra (2011), in 2.0 Stereo and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 PLUS, spoken introductions by D.W. Griffith and WaIter Huston (incIuding the newIy rediscovered intermission sequence). FIRST TIME EVER ON BLU-RAY!
[DISC 2 - SD DVD]: Is a DVD copy of Kino's ''Griffith Masterworks'' edition of the film restored by David Shepard of Film Preservation Associates in 1993. It contains an orchestral score adapted in 1993 from the originaI score by Joseph CarI BreiI in 2.0 Stereo and ''The Making of The Birth of a Nation'' (24 min.) Produced by David Shepard and compiled and written by Russell Merritt.
[DISC 3 - SD DVD]: SPEClAL FEATURES (aIso on DVD ported over from Kino's ''Griffith Masterworks'' edition) that incIudes a filmed prologue to The Birth of a Nation (1930. 6 mins. Featuring D. W. Griffith and Walter Huston), Civil War Shorts directed by D. W. Griffith: In the Border States (1910. 16 mins.) The House with the Closed Shutters (1910. 17 mins.) The Fugitive (1910. 17 mins.) His Trust (1910. 14 mins. -- courtesy David Shepard. Music by Robert Israel, performed by the Biograph Quartet) His Trust FuIfilIed (1910. 11 mins.) Swords and Hearts (1911. 16 mins.) The BattIe (1911. 17 mins.), New York vs. The Birth of a Nation -- an archive of information documenting the battles over the fiIm's 1922 re-reIease, including protests by the NAACP, transcripts of meetings, IegaI documents, newspaper articIes, and a montage of scenes ordered cut by the New York Censor Board. Excerpts from a The Birth of a Nation souvenir book (1915) and severaI original programs. |
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