'Electric Edwardians'
Restored by The British Film Institute (and BBC)
UK
2005
Film
footage shot between 1900-1913
The films of Mitchell & Kenyon take us on a tour of everyday life in Edwardian
Britain.
The Lost World of Mitchell & Kenyon, the
hugely successful BBC TV series, subsequently released on DVD by BFI Video,
introduced audiences to these miraculous views of the past. Now this new DVD
offers the opportunity to explore the Collection in greater depth.
The material is taken from 28 hours of footage and represents a cross-section of
the subjects covered in the Collection. From factory gates to football matches,
the leaving of Liverpool to the leaving of work, the workers on holiday and at
play, it provides an unparalleled opportunity to see the world through the eyes
of the working communities of the time.
The films are grouped into five sections: Youth and Education, The Anglo-Boer
War, Workers, High Days and Holidays and People and Places; a total of 35
full-length films in all, plus five 'hidden' items. They are set to a specially
commissioned score by Sheffield-based duo In The Nursery and presented in a
digipack, with extensive extras offering much background material.
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DVD Review: BFI Video - Region 2 - PAL
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| Distribution | BFI Video - Region 2 - PAL | |
| Runtime | 1:25:24 | |
| Video | 1.33:1
Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 6.19 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
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| Audio | Silent with music - English (Dolby Digital 2.0) - Narration and Commentary | |
| Subtitles | English, None | |
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Release Information: Edition Details: • Commentary
And Filmed Interview With Vanessa Toulmin Of The National Fairground
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For
those who were as enthralled as I was with
The Lost World of Mitchell & Kenyon,
both BBC TV and BFI DVD, this more of the same magic. Not only does this
delve deeper into this mammoth cinematic find, but it is also a superior
image. Although I saw some very minor combing (possibly as a function of
the frame rate conversion), this must be progressively transferred - it
is very smooth.
Further relevant additions include well-appointed subtitles and an adept
commentary. This is only approx 1 1/2 hours, where 'The Lost World...'
was almost 3 hours. This DVD has 45 minutes of valued extra features
including a featurette on the restoration, a voice over introduction and
a beautiful 24 page booklet covering more interesting facts about the
historical significance of these films. I really can't find any flaws in
this wonderful package. BFI are known as champions of this type of
under-appreciated cinema. They deserve our support.
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The Lost World of Mitchell and
Kenyon: Edwardian Britain on Film by Vanessa Toulmin, Simon Popple, Patrick Russell |
Movie Posters of the Silent Film Era To Color by Rex Schneider, Christopher Buchman |
American Film Cycles: The Silent Era
(Bibliographies and Indexes in the Performing Arts) by Larry Langman |
Family Secrets: The Feature Films of D. W.
Griffith by Michael Allen |
A Social History of England 1851-1990 by Francois Bedarida, A.S. Forster |
Silent Players: A Biographical and
Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses by Anthony Slide |
The Silent Cinema Reader by Lee Grieveson, Peter Kramer |
Silent Stars Speak: Interviews With Twelve
Cinema Pioneers by Tony Villecco |
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Gary Tooze
Mississauga, Ontario, CANADA |
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