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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD EAN: 0014381595529 Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC Label: Image Entertainment Languages: Manufacturer: Image Entertainment Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Image Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 27, 2004 Running Time: 165 minutes Studio: Image Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: September 24, 1933 Editorial Review: Description: Two Russian Classics by Boris Barnet! Out of U.S. distribution for decades, Outskirts is an internationally renowned masterpiece of early sound cinema. In a remote Russian village during World War I, colorful and nuanced characters experience divided loyalties: family loyalty vs. personal desire, nationalism vs. transcendent humanism. Moving with the speed and grace of the best American silent comedies, The Girl with the Hat Box established Barnet's reputation. The charming Anna (Anna Sten) works in a hat shop, sharing her small apartment with a penniless student. A supposedly worthless lottery ticket from her employer turns into a gold mine, leading to a madcap chase for the ticket - and her love. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A nice double bill of early Russian filmsThese two Russian classics - an early sound film from 1933 and a silent comedy from 1927 - both seem to move along at an easy, slow pace, almost as if nothing is happening, yet there is still a lot going on, mainly visually. My first impressions were that both films are pleasant and interesting to watch, even if there are no particularly intriguing plots, fascinating characters or exciting action scenes. Director Boris Barnet obviously had a good sense of telling a story with images, characters ... Read More Rating:  - Eye-opening comedies from the USSRAs I write this the DVD is not out yet, but I have seen both films theatrically and am confident that preservationist David Shepard will bring them to DVD in fine form. Shepard has brought out several releases which would change anyone's preconception of heavyhanded, doctrinaire Soviet cinema, and this pair ranks with the remarkable comedy Bed and Sofa (also highly recommended) and establishes the little-known-outside-Russia Barnet as sort of the Billy Wilder of Soviet cinema, a cynical yet warm ... Read More |
