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Carl Th. Dreyer's 1924 masterpiece MICHAEL has never been released on home video before anywhere in the world. This 2 x disc, 80th anniversary special edition features two transfers, two scores, a 20-page booklet, a 1965 illustrated audio interview with Dreyer and a full length audio commentary by Casper Tybjerg, Dreyer scholar with the University of Copenhagen.
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It is Dreyer's first masterpiece, assured, reticent, and radiant with subtle inner connections... -- The Films of Carl Dreyer (Tantivy Press, 1971) - Tom Milne
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By MarkusG
Format:DVD
Very interesting study of a master and his servant/heir. The DVD contains two discs with slightly different transfers and soundtracks (european and american). A commentary track with a Dreyer-scholar which is very informative and worth listening to containing production facts and more about Dreyer as a person - I listened to it right after watching the movie and had to listen through it all. Luxurious edition, highly recommended!
32 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Dreyer's MICHAEL is quite simply an excellent film that deserves to be appreciated by everyone. This sumptuous dvd set bleeds atmosphere and allows you to melt into the frames of this long unavailable film. Dreyer's attention to the exquisite sets and lighting is enough to carry the film alone but the liberal character driven story (featuring performances by the director Benjamin Christensen and cinematographer Karl Freund) is far in advance of its time with its deep reflection on sexuality, love and loss. A thoroughly recommended film from an always masterful director's work. The addition of a full length Caspar Tybjerg commentary only elevates this set further to the level of Criterion's discs.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By schumann_bg
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Format:DVD
Michael has become one of my favourite films from the silent era, it has such depth of feeling and is beautifully composed. As in old photographs, there is an extraordinary amount of detail in the interior shots, and many of the objects on the set are of special interest, reflecting as they do the tastes of a great artist. There is plenty of time to absorb these things, as well as the wonderfully nuanced acting, although I found I enjoyed it even more on the second viewing. The subject of the artist and the young man whom he takes on as a model and sort-of surrogate son, with a definite sense of a gay feeling, is strikingly modern, and really moves you towards the end. I can't imagine there was any other film at the time that portrayed a gay love so overtly or sympathetically, and it is no surprise that it came out of Denmark which has always been such an exemplary society, I get the impression. It is a story of a man at the height of his powers undone by a feckless youth, but it is shown with such skill and restraint that you come away feeling you have been taken into a sense of our deepest humanity. I love the European score because it has so much Schumann and Mendelssohn; it seems to fit perfectly. An alternative American score is also provided, which, together with the booklet and extras make it a very well-produced edition.
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