David Oberman wrote:
>>>"Vampyr" is considered one of the greatest, uncanniest vampire films.
>>
>>It is. But the ugly Image Entertainment DVD is a shame. So I hope the
>>forthcoming British DVD will show the restored version.
>
>I never saw that disc. Sorry to hear about that; Image transfers
>usually please me.
It has poor image and *very* poor sound quality. And it has *huge*
English subtitles (not removable), which are so large, because
they have to cover underlying Danish subtitles. It's very annoying.
An interesting article on the different versions of "Vampyr" and the
restoration process can be found here:
http://www.mastersofcinema.org/dreyer/resources/vampyr/koerbervampyr.htm
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