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"World" enough & time

By November 9, 2010No Comments

Small edge A very excit­ing addi­tion to the Michael Powell can­on in high-definition, the BFI’s won­der­ful recent edi­tion of the maes­tro’s 1937 adventure/melodrama/tragedy The Edge of the World is the sub­ject of my Foreign Region Blu-ray Disc Report this week, at The Notebook. This is a good ‘un, for sure. 

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  • Philmiv says:
    November 9, 2010 at 11:04 am

    Great film, almost proto-Malick. I’d love to see the Blu as it’s always been a scratchy/murky affair in avail­able prints.
    Good too see MUBI high­light­ing Kazan’s WILD RIVER (anoth­er poet­ic explor­a­tion of a dying way of life)in the art­icle above yours.

  • Mike Mazurki says:
    November 9, 2010 at 11:05 am

    Lovely review for one my favour­ite (and crim­in­ally little-known) Michael Powell films. The Red Shoes, Black Narcissus and Colonel Blimp may get the lion’s share of atten­tion these days, but The Edge of the World proves Michael Powell was every bit a true film artist before he partnered up with Emeric Pressburger.
    But – sorry to ask – I was under the impres­sion this BFI release was Region Free? Sure hope so, as I was def­in­itely going to order this one!

  • Glenn Kenny says:
    November 9, 2010 at 11:15 am

    @ MM: Ooops, my mis­take, now corrected—it is a region-free disc, order away!

  • Mike Mazurki says:
    November 9, 2010 at 11:20 am

    Thanks Glenn, will do!

  • Grant L says:
    November 10, 2010 at 12:59 am

    I’m order­ing away as we speak – can­’t wait to get it.
    Am post­ing this ques­tion here as I’m not sure where it’d be any more apro­pos: are you plan­ning on doing a little some­thing about Jill Clayburgh? You write very, very good tributes…

  • D.P. says:
    November 11, 2010 at 11:59 am

    EDGE OF THE WORLD will be play­ing at the IFC Center next week­end as the “Weekend Classic”, FYI.

  • Eric says:
    November 11, 2010 at 12:28 pm

    This is prob­ably a dumb ques­tion, but even if the Blu-ray disc is region-free, will the PAL format­ting still pre­vent it from play­ing on my play­er? My region-free, PAL stand­ard DVDs don’t play on my Blu-ray play­er. Sorry, still acquaint­ing myself with the new technology.

  • Pete Apruzzese says:
    November 11, 2010 at 12:39 pm

    Eric -
    Blu-ray is not sub­ject to NTSC/PAL con­ven­tions being that it’s not stand­ard defin­i­tion video, so the disc will play fine for you. it also means that ‘for­eign’ Blu-ray film trans­fers are not affected by PAL spee­dup prob­lems, either.