[LEN-E] Nosferatu (The Ultimate Two-Disc Edition)

[Thomas Köhler]

Yes, I would generally say: keep a very close eye on Masters of Cinema, 
especially if you're interested in silents or Japanese classics. In the 
last months alone they did outstanding discs of Fritz Lang's "Frau im 
Mond", Pabst's "Diary of a Lost Girl", and Murnau's "Tabu" (the latter 
has a book that I find even better than that for "Nosferatu"). In the 
next months, they will release Murnau's "Phantom" (a truly wonderful 
film in my view) and even better, Dreyer's "Vampyr" (and if you've ever 
seen the horrible US disc of this, you'll know what the difference will 
be like).
And unlike Kino, they also preserve the original German intertitles for 
these films! Nothing against Kino, though. At least they are often the 
very first to get some such rare film out. Fanck's "Holy Mountain" came 
two years before the MoC release, for instance. That MoC's  booklet for 
"Holy Mountain" was relatively thin is due to the fact that this release 
was still made by the main Eureka department (which also explains why 
the subs on the Müller documentary cannot be switched off), but now they 
seem to have gotten free rein to do what they think best. Normally, 
their booklets now at least have 32 or 40 pages, and all subs can be 
switched off.

They take utmost care to get the best materials for the films they 
release, and their transfers are all absolutely flawless. Very much like 
a UK counterpart to the Criterion Collection, but not as expensive :-) I 
would assume that for those in the US, though, the Euro/Dollar rate at 
the moment is quite forbidding, especially because you have to pay for 
shipping as well.



Best
Thomas




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