The Complete Story of Film (2011-2015) (Music Box Films)

[HillSprinter]

Originally Posted by Trekkie313

He's so slow and stilted, it's not the accent it's the delivery.

Some would say, deliberate and lyrical.

[JimDiGriz]

Originally Posted by HillSprinter

Some would say, deliberate and lyrical.

And oh so very precious. Irritated me too much within 20 minutes.

[The Blufather]

Price dropped to $65.52, almost 19 hours. First time hearing about this one. Is there a better documentary on the history of film out there?

[baloobas]

Anyone know if this is region locked?
It’s a gift but the recipient only has a region B player.

[jibboo]

Originally Posted by baloobas

Anyone know if this is region locked?

I tested it last night in my all region player set to Region B and it would not play. It displayed the "This disc is for Region A" error.

[nicwood]

Can confirm the region lock to A despite no indication whatsoever on the cover.

All in all, this is a solid release and a small step up from the UK Network BD from 2021.
Compression on the Music Box is slightly better, but not by much.
Network encoded just the original Story of Film on five discs, Music Box crammed it onto three. The problem is that the 1080i presentation on the Network makes the film clips look horrible to look at, likely due to the frame rate conversion.

Music Box also cheapened when it comes to the packaging. The discs come in a fold-out digibook with very tight sleeves. It's difficult to get the discs out without fingerprinting them or damaging the digibook. I immediately took them out and stored them in paper sleeves.

Very positive though is the booklet with a Cousins interview and a full list of referenced films over the course of the two documentaries. Despite that, I wish they'd given his magnum opus a little more love here and there and delivered a top-notch edition instead of just a solid one.

[gotBlu]

$53 on amazon rn when you clip the 20% off coupon

[Yakuza_Bengoshi]

Did anyone else experience unrelated forced subtitles during parts of Disc 2, episode 10? For example at 39:21 there's a forced subtitle "Thank you for giving me ears to enjoy beautiful songs."