Ken Russell's Valentino (Bel Air Classiques)

[Frank Leonidas]

Originally Posted by tenia

I asked a forumer at DVD Classik who did some screencaps there, and he confirmed me that :

- the BD is 1080p
- the runtime is 127 min
- the runtime for the DVD is 123 min

It would thus point to an uncut print, and a misinfo from Amazon which put the runtime of the DVD instead.

that's great news, tenia! Thank you so much for your brilliant detective work I just placed an order for the BD from Amazon.fr -- it came to just about $40 USD -- that's probably a little steep for most buyers who aren't already fans of the movie or Ken Russell, but it's definitely worth discovering for the adventurous cinephile.

It's a shame more people aren't aware of this BD, especially since I understand it's also region free.

While the film may not be one of Russell's all-time best, it does evoke the Twenties and early-Hollywood quite beautifully. The sets and costumes are simply gorgeous. It's also the last of Russell's great run of biopics concerning composers, artists and dancers from his classic Sixties/Seventies period. The Ken Russell BBC DVD set in a must-have for anyone interested in this great director. Let's hope The Devils (Russell's masterpiece, although I'd wager Women in Love, The Music Lovers and The Boy Friend are close contenders) makes it's way to BD soon...as well as his infamous Dance of the Seven Veils!

thanks, again!

I added a link to the screencaps you mentioned. While it's a bit difficult for me to tell conclusively how an image looks when it's not actually in motion, these grabs look far superior to the image quality of MGM's made-on-demand DVD-R of Valentino which sells for around $20 USD.
http://www.dvdclassik.com/forum/view...p?f=32&t=34588