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1.0 out of 5 stars
Where is the official release?, June 1, 2010
As of this writing the only home format available for this particular film is this mediocre offering from Video Yesteryear which is derived from a print of inferior quality made worse by the fact the company chose to hastily transfer an existing VHS copy (tracking lines and all) to DVDR.
The film itself is masterful and worth every penny; so this is why viewing it in this sad state has motivated me to call upon the original rights holders in an effort to remaster the original French negative (assuming it still exists) and release an official DVD.
In my opinion this 1938 remake is better than the original in terms of execution; with the help of sound and added atmospheric cinematography it taps into nerves the 1919 silent film cannot.
La Fin du Monde; another forgotten Abel Gance film has also yet to see an official DVD release in its original French form.
At some point the studio who owns these films should really consider putting together a box set of Gance's work.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Tragic, October 2, 2010
The original "J'accuse" stands on it own for the period in which it was filmed 1918-19. This is exceptional in its own right - but the tragedy is the horrid copy of what appears to be one of the greaest anti-war films of all time.
There is nothing worse than captializing on an inferior product and this has to be the worst transfer that I have ever purchased.
Hopefully, Criterion or Kino will do something about this and bring forth a restoration worthy of this great film on dvd.
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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A very great masterpiece, September 12, 2002
This review is from: J'accuse [VHS] (VHS Tape)
Before Orson Welles, Fritz Lang and Buñuel...there was Abel Gance! Before Dr. King, Mandela, Gandy, Solyentizin, Romero or Manchú...there was Gance. If you really love good movies this is a must in your very private collection; the "kind of" you will see again and again, the "kind of" make you think a lot. Abel Gance took the post from Erich Remarque and Henry Dunnant and very well ahead of his time spoke his mind asserting that in wars eventually, even weapons makers and weapons traders, bloodthirsty beligerant people LOST! Gance was not only clever but brave to make this beauty...the interesting thing is that even when the firs version was lost, Gance start working and made it again. Is a legacy for those who don't belive war has ever solve the problems of the world. A real masterpice from a time when special effects were in diappers. Bertollucci, Lean, Costa Gavras and Orson Wells himself acclaimed this movie. Get it you will not regret.
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