directed by William Cameron Menzies
UK 1936
A global war begins in 1940. This war drags
out over many decades until most of the people still alive (mostly those
born after the war started) do not even know who started it or why. Nothing
is being manufactured at all any more and society has broken down into
primitive localized communities.
In 1966 a great plague wipes out most of what people are left but small
numbers still survive. One day a strange aircraft lands at one of these
communities and its pilot tells of an organization which is rebuilding
civilization and slowly moving across the world re-civilizing these groups
of survivors. Great reconstruction takes place over the next few decades and
society is once again great and strong. The world's population is now living
in underground cities.
In the year 2035, on the eve of man's first flight to the moon, a popular
uprising against progress (which some people claim has caused the wars of
the past) gains support and becomes violent...
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Theatrical Release: 20 February 1936 (London)
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DVD Review: Image Entertainment - Region 0 - NTSC
Big thanks to Daniel Mott for the Review!
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| Runtime | 1:32:45 | |
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| Comments | The DVD Cover boasts "a pristine new Film-to-Video transfer from original source materials". The problem is the source material is both severely cut and not in great shape. Even so, this is the best the film has ever looked (and may ever look) on DVD as the film is in the public domain and a full restoration and a clean negative probably is not on the horizon. The print is a bit dirty and scratched but definitely watchable. The transfer is progressive and looks relatively un-manipulated, possibly with some contrast boosting. It also seems a bit too tight and is probably cropped, not too much though. The sound is hiss-free and has relatively few crackles and pops, but it is a bit harsh. At $9.99 this is highly recommended DVD and film for sci-fi suckers like myself. It might never look any better than this. |
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