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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Nothing prime about this Koch set, December 19, 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: The Artist In His Prime - 3 DVD Set - Starring Charlie Chaplin (DVD)
This set literally steals the image from earlier (1980s and early 90s) laserdisc and video editions put out by David Shepard and Kino-- so clumsily it leaves on a credit for Shepard's accompanist when in fact there's a new score on it! Stay away from this cheapie and look for the latest Shepard/Blackhawk Films restorations of the same titles, which have much better print quality-- plus you'll be supporting the people who do the real restoration work, not bootleggers.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A solid value, December 11, 2000
This review is from: The Artist In His Prime - 3 DVD Set - Starring Charlie Chaplin (DVD)
The box set for Chaplin: An Artist in his Prime represents a solid value for the price. Collected together on 3 DVDs are 9 separate titles, including such greats as "The Gold Ruch", "The Cure" and "The Kid". The picture quality for the 9 titles varies slightly, however they are all much improved over ealier versions available on video. One striking drawback to this DVD collection is that source Koch Vision used for "The Gold Rush" is different than what was available on video tape years ago. As well as missing all the descriptive dialog screens, the film also omits two key sequences: The Death of Black Larson, and the last shot in the movie where Chaplin and Georgia kiss.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I am a major Chaplin fan, September 2, 2002
This review is from: The Artist In His Prime - 3 DVD Set - Starring Charlie Chaplin (DVD)
I was impressed with the picture quality overall, however what infuriated me was how the makers of this set made the claim that the music in the films was Chaplin's. It was NOT, and yet the titles clearly stated that it was. His music was far, far superior to the music on these DVDs. His music fit the atmosphere of the movies much better. AND, I was also infuritated that they used the 1942 print of Chaplin's reissue of The Gold Rush, but they did not include his narration. Thus, there are no dialogue titles, as someone else noted, for the simple reason that in the 1942 version, Chaplin spoke the narration himself. ...
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