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Finis terræ
(1929)

Jean Epstein’s final silent film are grouped into three presentation categories: Chez Albatros featuring films Epstein directed for Albatros Films (4 discs); Première Vague which features films Epstein directed for his own production company (2 discs); and Poèmes Bretons (2 discs). The three sets are also available separately.

Potemkine Films / Agnès B. DVD
2014 DVD edition

Jean Epstein (1924-1948), black & white, 945 minutes total, not rated, including Finis terræ (1929), black & white, 82 minutes, not rated.

Potemkine Films / Agnès B. DVD,
EDV2390, UPC 3-545020-028278.
Eight single-sided, dual-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, French language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; chapter stops; three standard multidisc DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; €99,90.
Release date: 3 June 2014.
Country of origin: France

This PAL DVD boxset edition has been mastered from high-quality 35mm source materials, likely held by La Cinémathèque française film archive.

The silent films are presented with music scores performed by Mathieu Regnault, Karol Beffa, Neil Brand, Stephen Horne, Gabriel Thibaudeau, and others.

The supplemental material includes a 160-page booklet; interviews with Bruno Dumont, Viva Paci, Cristophe Wall-Romana, Éric Thouvenel, Léon Rousseau, James June Schneider and Jacques Ayroles; and the documentary, Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema (2011) by James June Schneider (68 minutes).

This high-quality edition is recommended to all with a PAL disc player. North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.

France: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 2 PAL DVD edition from Amazon.fr. Your purchase supports Silent Era.

Potemkine Films / Agnès B. DVD
2014 DVD edition

Jean Epstein: Poèmes Breton (1929-1948), black & white, 268 minutes total, not rated, including Finis terrae (1929), black & white, 82 minutes, not rated, Mor-Vran (1930), black & white, 25 minutes, not rated.

Potemkine Films / Agnès B. DVD,
EDV2390, unknown UPC number.
Three single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 PAL DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo and mono sound, French language intertitles (Finis terræ only), optional English language subtitles (Finis terræ only); chapter stops; three-disc DVD keepcase in cardboard slipcase?; €39,90.
Release date: 3 June 2014.
Country of origin: France

This PAL DVD edition has been mastered from high-quality 35mm source materials, most of them held by La Cinémathèque française film archive. Several of the sound films were mastered in high-definition.

Finis terræ is presented with a custom music score.

The supplemental material includes an interview with Bruno Dumont (30 minutes); a restoration featurette (13 minutes); and the documentary, Jean Epstein, Young Oceans of Cinema (2011) by James June Schneider (68 minutes).

North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.

France: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 PAL DVD edition from Amazon.fr. Your purchase supports Silent Era.

Gaumont
2012 DVD edition

Finis terræ (1929), black & white, 82 minutes, not rated.

Gaumont, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 2 PAL DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 576 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, French language intertitles, optional English? language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase?; €19,99.
Release date: 10 October 2012.
Country of origin: France

This PAL DVD edition has been mastered from high-quality 35mm source materials.

The film is presented with a music score.

North American collectors will need a region-free PAL DVD player capable of outputting an NTSC-compatible signal to view this edition.

France: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 2 PAL DVD edition from Amazon.fr. Your purchase supports Silent Era.

Loving the Classics
201? DVD edition

Finis terræ (1929), black & white, 80 minutes, not rated.

Loving the Classics,
no catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; English language intertitles, no subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.99.
Release date: 201?
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition has likely been mastered from a 16mm reduction print.

The film is likely accompanied by a soundtrack compiled from preexisting music recordings.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .