Product description

The Blue Bird [DVD] [1918] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Price: £12.42
Average customer rating: 2.0

Binding : DVD
EAN : 0738329041823
Label : Kino
Manufacturer : Kino
Publisher : Kino
Release date : 2005-09-06
Title : The Blue Bird [DVD] [1918] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Actor : Array
Format : Array
Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Original release date : 1918-01-01
Region code : 1
Running time : 81
Studio : Kino
Theatrical releaseDate : 1918-03-31
MPN : D1918D

Customer reviews

review by: Little Raven date: 2007-08-18 rating:

Leaden Wings
You may have noticed that word of this silent film HASN'T come down thru the generations extolling it as a classic not to be missed. That omission seems to be well deserved. br / br /I found this to be a ponderous movie. It took almost a half hour to start on its journey to find the Blue Bird of Happiness. That time was spent in a claustrophobic room in a peasant's cottage introducing characters who would accompany the young boy and girl on their journey. Accompany. Most of them barely participated. br / br /When the journey finally starts, it begins promisingly. Before long I realized that they were just going to visit various palaces (eg, the Palace of the Night) which were supposed to be magical. And, a graveyard for reasons that you should discover yourself. br / br /The fault appears to be the other Maurice -- Maurice Maeterlinck -- who wrote the play this movie was based on. Maeterlinck evidently lacked the lofty imagination required to make this fantasy take flight. Too many discoveries felt flat. Then, things got worse. It turned preachy (messages that many people echo today -- but not me). br / br /As a final disappointment, there really wasn't a dramatic resolution to the story. It's ending will remind you of a couple other movies. And this film suffers in comparison since those films were so much better. br / br /As for Maurice Tourneur's contribution, there are only a few visual treats. He relied too much on primative camera tricks to entertain the audience. br / br /My stingy rating doesn't even take into account the severe deterioration suffered by the film master. This film is about 90 years old, after all. And age hasn't improved it.

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