ADDITION: Zeitgeist - Region 1 - NTSC - May 07: Short story is that the Zeitgeist is a PAL->NTSC port (see times above) and hence exhibits all the deficiencies of that less expensive transfer practice. It is hazier and shows combing in horizontal pans. The Zeitgeist is also marginally cropped on all 4 edges.  Both have the same extras (press conference from Venice Film Festival and text bios), and both offer English subs. You want the better transfer - it is the Artificial Eye DVD.

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On the Artificial Eye: Shot on high contrasted black and white material, it isn't the easiest thing to transfer onto DVD. I didn't see it in a cinema so I can't really judge the image. The dark, occasionally soft , grainy image, is most probably intended.

The Dolby Digital 2.0 sound is very bare. There's a rough dialog track that has occasionally background hiss, and there is left noise from the location sound (wind stroke the microphone, clothes bump in the microphone etc), or then they are made in the post production stage to make the audio fell authentic. Many parts don't have sound at all, footsteps etc. Much of the music track is sourced from record players and in mono. I feel that only the original music by Jean-Claude Vannier uses the surround channels. A different, but rewarding sound job.

On the extra material there is a press conference from Venice Film Festival.