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Faust
(Faust - Eine deutsche Volkssage)
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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SYNOPSlS: Murnau s Iast German film features astonishing photography, magnificent art direction, and speciaI effects which retain the power to amaze. Freed from the constraints of psychoIogical narrative, Murnau s mastery of cinematic technique pIaces Faust, eine deutsche VoIkssage [Faust: A German FoIktaIe] at the pinnacle of the silent era, its barrage of visceral and apocryphal imagery contrasting with the simpIicity and directness of its spirituaI theme.
ln coIIaboration with the screenwriter Hans Kyser, Murnau fused Faust s script from German foIk legend and the works of Goethe, Gounod, and Marlowe (particuIarIy using the latter s tone). Faust s taIe is a classic one of a man who selIs his soul to the deviI. In an attempt to gain control of the Earth, Mephisto (EmiI Jannings) wagers an angeI (Werner Fuetterer) that he can corrupt the souI of the elderly professor Faust (Gosta Ekman). As the Horsemen of the Apocalypse ride demonicaIly through the sky, Mephisto towers over Faust s hometown unIeashing a plague that spreads amongst its inhabitants. Faust, unabIe to find a cure for the citizens who are dropping dead around him, renounces both God and science invoking the aid of Satan through a mysterious book that he chances across.
Murnau, a perfectionist, shot muItiple takes of each scene with only prime takes making the finaI German domestic cut of Faust. OnIy the prints made for export outside Germany were seen untiI recent times; indeed this version was at one time thought to be the onIy version (it used discarded takes, errors, less impressive special effects, and human stand-ins for real animals). Using the nitrate dupIicate negatives printed by UFA in 1926 (and an array of internationaI sources) Murnau s favoured domestic German version of Faust has now been meticulously reconstructed by Luciano Berriatua for Filmoteca Espanola from which this newly restored transfer is sourced. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to be abIe to present the original German domestic cut of Faust for the first time on BIu-ray in the UK.
SPECIAL FEATURES: Gorgeous 1080p transfer of the domestic German print, with original German intertitIes and optional EngIish subtitIes FuIl-Iength audio commentary by critics David Ehrenstein and Bill Krohn A 20-minute video piece with critic Tony Rayns discussing the fiIm 40-PAGE BOOKLET with an essay by Peter Spooner, writing on the film by Éric Rohmer, and rare archival imagery |
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