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The Phantom Carriage : KTL Edition [1920] [DVD]

DVD ~ Victor Sjostrom
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  • Actors: Victor Sjostrom, Hilda Borgstrom, Astrid Holm
  • Directors: Victor Sjostrom
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Tartan Video
  • DVD Release Date: 11 Feb 2008
  • Run Time: 91 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000UZPMC6
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 11,501 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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One of the great films of the silent era. It's set on New Year's Eve, when three drunkards evoke the legend of the phantom carriage, which tells that the last person to die in the year, if he is a great sinner, will spend the following year driving the carriage that picks up the souls of the dead. One of the three men, David Holm, played by Sjostrom himself, dies at the very last stroke of midnight... With magical special effects, Sjostrom evokes a world of shadows and crafts a tale of repentance and a love wasted through alcohol. Limited Edition release with soundtrack by KTL; Specially created artwork by Stephen O'Malley; Film notes by the Quay Brothers.


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Classic silent horror THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE takes as its premise the legend that anyone who dies on New Years Eve is condemned to drive the coach of death for all of the following year. This edition features an intense new soundtrack recorded exclusively by leading sonic innovators KTL.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Swede Emotion, 25 Feb 2008
By Brett L. Stewart "brettstew" (St.Peter Port) - See all my reviews
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Wonderful, if dark, film.Similar to Dickens' A Christmas Carol is some respects - an awful individual shown the error of his ways and forced to confront his demons.Full of rich and sinister imagery, The Phantom Carriage is a compulsive watch, as the lead characters life is unravelled.The soundtrack by KTL deserves a special mention as it contemplates the film superbly with haunting authority.It'd be nice if the soundtrack was available separately.To top things off KTL's Stephen O'Malley has designed a rather excellent DVD sleeve.I cannot recommend this KTL edition enough.One complaint however, the subtitiles in the last 15 mins only flash up on the screen breifly, blink and you miss them.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting Double Bill, 28 May 2009
By Colin C "Colin C" (Glasgow) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Phantom Carriage (Sjostrom) & The Image Makers (Bergman) [DVD] [1921] (DVD)
This double DVD pairing of Sjostrom's early horror classic 'the Phantom Carriage' and Ingmar Bergman's theatre piece 'The Image Makers' is well worth a look.

First up, the Phantom Carriage is a film packed with eerie scenes and images, and ingenious special effects, all of which add up to what seems to be a genuine lost classic of cinema, more than deserving of mention in the aame breath as Nosferatu, for example. The print looks good, having clearly been heavily restored, and the film rushes by at considerable pace, never losing your attention. the Phantom carriage is worth the investment here on its own.

The Image Makers is basically a filmed chamber-theatre piece from very late in Bergman's career, made for television. It's set during the making of The Phantom Carriage so, I suppose, makes a good double bill, as Victor Sjostrom is the central character - however in itself, the film is a real disappointment. It is filmed on one single set throughout, and the characters (all four of them) seem inert and lifeless. the film is overlong, and lacks any real interest for anyone other than hardcore Bergman completists. I am a great admirer of Bergman's work throughout his career, and he succeeded in making brilliant films with small casts and limited sets at the height of his career, but sadly this film was a real disappointment.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Very Clear Print But Somewhat Jerky Motion, 4 Jul 2008
By G. Ratcheson (Washington) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Phantom Carriage (Sjostrom) & The Image Makers (Bergman) [DVD] [1921] (DVD)
This review is of the orchestral 2 disc edition.

The title of my review pretty much says it all. The print is quite clear & watchable, but there is a moderate jerkiness in the entire film to motion that looks like somehow a percentage of frames was dropped in the original mastering process, or perhaps the transfer started out as NTSC (though I have no idea why that would be) & there was a poor NTSC to PAL conversion. The bit rate is quite high, that's not the problem.

If anyone has info on this, I'd appreciate your sharing it.

Fine film.
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4.0 out of 5 stars One Of Sjostrom's Finest.
Until I ran across reviews for THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE I was totally unfamiliar with it which is odd because I love silent movies, am fond of the supernatural, and am familiar with... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Chip Kaufmann

5.0 out of 5 stars The KTL edition is fine and powerful stuff
A fine classic silent film is given a powerful and compelling music score by KTL that enhances the film's power and spookiness. Read more
Published 20 months ago by DH Dixon

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