Tuesday 3 February 2015

Wings (1927)

Directed by William A. Wellman and starring Clara Bow, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Richard Arlen, and Gary Cooper.



3-disc Blu-ray + DVD bought in 2014
Eureka - Masters of Cinema Series
138m 36s









  • Gorgeous newly restored 1080p transfer
  • Video documentary Wings: Grandeur in the Sky
  • Video documentary Restoring the Power and Beauty of Wings
  • Video piece Dogfight!
  • 40-PAGE BOOKLET featuring a new essay on the film by critic Gina Telaroli; excerpts from a vintage interview with Wellman; a 1930 profile of stuntmen from the film; a vintage piece on the production of the film; personal anecdotes from Wellman; rare archival imagery.

Metropolis (1927)

Directed by Fritz Lang and starring Brigitte Helm, Gustav Frohlich and Rudolf Klein-Rogge.


Blu-ray bought in 2013
Eureka - Masters of Cinema Series
150mins

Steelbook DVD bought in 2014
Giorgio Moroder version
84mins

DVD bought in 2004
2-disc set with commentary and documentary
118mins


Blu-ray







Steelbook DVD




2-disc DVD





Blu-ray Extras -

150-minute reconstructed and restored 2010 version (including 25 minutes of footage previously thought lost to the world)
- Wraparound embossed sleeve
- Pristine new HD transfer (1080p on Blu-ray)
- New 2010 symphony orchestra studio recording of the original 1927 Gottfried Huppertz score in 5.1
- Newly translated optional English subtitles as well as the original German intertitles
- Full-length audio commentary by David Kalat and Jonathan Rosenbaum
- Die Reise nach Metropolis (2010, 53 minutes), a documentary about the film
- 2010 re-release trailer
- 56-page booklet featuring archival interviews with Fritz Lang, a 1927 review by Luis Buñuel, articles by Jonathan Rosenbaum and Karen Naundorf, and restoration notes by Martin Koerber.
and more! 

Faust (1926)

Directed by F.W. Murnau and starring Gosta Ekman and Emil Jannings.



Blu-ray bought in 2014
Eureka - Masters of Cinema Series
115m 40s










  • 1080p transfer of the domestic German print, with original German intertitles and optional English subtitles
  • Full-length audio commentary by critics David Ehrenstein and Bill Krohn
  • A 20-minute video piece with critic Tony Rayns discussing the film
  • 40-PAGE BOOKLET with an essay by Peter Spooner, writing on the film by Éric Rohmer, and rare archival imagery

The Phantom of the Opera (1925)

Directed by Rupert Julian and starring Lon Chaney and Mary Philbin.


3-disc Blu-ray + DVD bought in 2014
89mins









* Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition
* The original 1925 version, (black & white, 103 mins): with newly commissioned piano accompaniment by Ed Bussey
* Original 1925 trailer and 1929 sound re-issue trailer
* Reel 5 from lost 1929 sound re-issue (12 mins): the only surviving element, newly discovered in the Library of Congress archives.
* The 'man with a lantern' sequence: mysterious footage thought to have been shot for non-English speaking territories
* Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000, Kevin Brownlow, 86 mins, DVD only): Kevin Brownlow's definitive documentary on the legendary actor.
* Channel 4 Silents restoration souvenir programme (PDF)
* Fully illustrated booklet featuring new essays, review and film credits

The Lost World (1925)

Directed by Harry Hoyt and starring Bessie Love, Lewis Stone and Wallace Beery.



DVD bought in 2003
93mins






Audio Commentary by Roy Pilot, Author of The Annotated Lost World
Restored and Remastered Footage
Two Alternate Orchestral Scores
More than 12 minutes of Animation Outtakes
Reproduction of the Original Souvenir Program.

The Thief of Baghdad (1924)

Directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Douglas Fairbanks.




Blu-ray bought in 2014
Eureka - Masters of Cinema Series
140m 20s







  • New high-definition 1080p presentation of the film on the Blu-ray
  • Audio commentary by Fairbanks biographer Jeffrey Vance
  • 20-PAGE BOOKLET including new and exclusive writing on 
  • Douglas Fairbanks and Raoul Walsh

Die Nibelungen (1924)

Directed by Fritz Lang and starring Paul Richter and Margarete Schön.


Blu-ray bought in 2014
Eureka - Masters of Cinema Series
290 mins.









  • Long-awaited expert HD restoration by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Germany
  • Immaculately presented in the film's original frame rates and aspect ratio, in 1080p on the Blu-ray
  • Newly translated optional English subtitles for the original German intertitles
  • An hour-long documentary: The Heritage of Die Nibelungen
  • Illustrated booklet featuring the words of Lang, rare archival imagery, and more