The Soviet Influence: From Turksib to Night Mail (DVD + Blu-ray)
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Released:19/09/2011
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Studio:BFI Video
Director:Victor A. Turin
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United Kingdom released, Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C DVD: LANGUAGES: Silent ( Dolby Linear PCM ), Silent ( Mono ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Black & White, Booklet, Interactive Menu, Remastered, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: In the early 1930s, a small number of Soviet propaganda films were shown in Britain that excited local filmmakers who were then developing their ideas of film as an art form. The Soviet Influence: From Turksib to Nightmail, a new BFI Dual Format Edition strand, explores the impact that these films had on British directors by presenting key Soviet works, along with the British films which they inspired, in specially curated editions. The first release in this occasional series, entitled From Turksib to Night Mail, explores the profound effect that the classic, yet little-seen silent Soviet documentary Turksib (Viktor Turin, 1929) had on British documentary films, including the celebrated Night Mail. Turksib is a bold and exhilarating film which brilliantly illustrates the problems faced by regional farmers and trades people, and highlights the need for the Turkestan-Siberian railway. Dazzling, arresting, and yet curiously overlooked, this fine example of Soviet montage cinema was presented to British audiences in 1930 in a version prepared by documentary pioneer John Grierson. That same version is included here, newly remastered to High Definition and with a newly commissioned score by Guy Bartell from celebrated electronic outfit Bronnt Industries Kapital. It is accompanied by a collection of archival British documentary shorts, all of which were made in the wake of Turksib by filmmakers whose debt to the film is very much in evidence. ...The Soviet Influence: From Turksib to Nightmail ( Turksib / Workers' Topical News No. 1 / Australian Wine / Shadow on the Mountain: An Experiment on the Welsh Hills / The Country Comes to Town / The Face of Britain / Night Mail ) ( Tur (Blu-Ray)
