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Prix De Beaute

Louise Brooks (Actor), Georges Charlia (Actor), Augusto Genina (Director) | Rated: Unrated | Format: DVD
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5.0 out of 5 stars Louise, Feb 6 2012
This review is from: Prix De Beaute (DVD)
Must buy for Louise Brooks fans, I loved it. Kino does a great job again. This film was made in France.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Technical Issues - Film Runs Too Fast, Mar 8 2006
By G. Ratcheson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Prix De Beaute (DVD)
I'm going to comment more on the technical side of the disc, because the speed issue made it a bit tough to enjoy or properly judge the film.

Unfortunately, the film just runs too fast. I've never seen that before with a sound film; it normally effects silents due to the lack of a standard speed in the silent film era. My understanding is that this was originally shot as a silent, with dialogue & lots of sound effects added just before release. As this is the only print of the film I've seen, I am uncertain whether the frame rate was sped up in 1930 when they dubbed the dialogue, when they did this digital transfer, or at some point in between. The voices don't sound like chipmunks to me, but I am totally unfamiliar with French. The print is quite clear for the age, although there are a number of dropouts where a second or 2 is missing. My guess is that it's a largely unrestored 35 mm print in fairly good shape.

The silent version was also said to have been released in 1930 concurrent with this dubbed version. Brooks did not do any of her own dialogue, the speaking parts were dubbed by a French actress & the singing by Edith Piaf. IF there is an existing print of the silent version, I would be very interested to see it; I suspect it would be superior.

Just a couple comments on the film: The last 20 minutes or so is definitely the best part. I also was really surprised that they showed Brooks & her UNMARRIED boyfriend in bed together. The scene was totally non physical & they were both wearing heavy bed clothes; but this would have never happened in a pre 1960's US film, even pre codes only hinted at such things. Brooks is good, but it's definitely not her best performance. She appears somewhat bored until the last 20 minutes or so. Again, the film might have been more enjoyable if the motion wasn't so speeded up.

I'm a bit surprised that Kino would release something with this large of a flaw & no explanation as to why. I consider Kino to be #1 in quality of all US companies that specialize in silent film.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Beauty Prize, Mar 12 2006
By SolarFire - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Prix De Beaute (DVD)
I do own a VHS edition of this movie (© 1989 Interama Video Classics) which also seems sped up,

as mentioned by a previous reviewer, but is listed as 93 min. on the case and listed as 94:38 on the tape itself (lead-in/out?).

IMDB also lists this as a 93 min. movie. This release is 88 min.

So is this missing 5 minutes or being run at a faster fps? I'm also hearing rumours of a 108 or 109 min. restored silent version.

I'm thrilled to see more Louise Brooks on DVD, but wondering if this is a release worthy of the Screen Goddess.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Movie Making at it's Best, Oct 19 2007
By John R. Foreman "J. R. Foreman" - Published on Amazon.com
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A lot of people including my self by-pass silent films because of no sound. But if you want to see some really good early films you cannot go wrong with this film. A little on the long side it's star American Louise Brooks, as she did in Diary of a Lost Girl and Pandora's Box, is great and these movies show how great movies and acting these early works are. It's odd that German Cinema took a movie actress (Louise Brooks)from Hollywood and turned her into a star and Hollywood took this star and turned her into B film actress because of personal prejudice a great lost.
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