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The Extraordinary
Adventures of
Mr. West in
the Land of the
Bolsheviks
(1924)

Lev Kuleshov’s Soviet satire stars Porfiri Podobed and Aleksandra Khokhlova with Boris Barnet and V.I. Pudovkin.

Flicker Alley
2011 DVD edition

Landmarks of Early Soviet Film (1924-1930), black & white, 595 minutes total, not rated, including The Extraordinary Adventures of Mr. West in the Land of the Bolsheviks (1924), black & white, 73 minutes, not rated.

Flicker Alley, FA0022, UPC 6-17311-67639-0.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (four DVDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 4.6 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; Russian language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; 15 chapter stops; 28-page insert booklet; four slimline DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; $69.99.
Release date: 20 September 2011.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 7 / additional content: 6 / overall: 7.

This DVD edition has been mastered from a very-good to excellent 35mm print. The print has a moderate amount of dust and speckling, with some emulsion scrapes, exposure fluctuations, markings, and other flaws.

The film is accompanied by a music score compiled by Robert Israel, performed on piano, violin, percussion and theatre organ.

Supplemental material includes a 28-page insert booklet with short essays and notes on the films by Maxim Pozdorovkin and Ana Olenina.

We highly recommend this DVD edition. The collection is now out-of-print.

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