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Stride, Soviet!
(1926)

This Soviet documentary was directed by Dziga Vertov.

Flicker Alley
2011 DVD edition

Landmarks of Early Soviet Film (1924-1930),
black & white, 595 minutes total, not rated, including Stride, Soviet! (1926), black & white, 69 minutes, not rated.

Flicker Alley, FA0022, UPC 6-17311-67639-0.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc (four DVDs in the set); 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 6.6 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate; Russian language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; 15 chapter stops; 28-page insert booklet; four slimline DVD keepcases in cardboard slipcase; $69.99.
Release date: 20 September 2011.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 5 / additional content: 6 / overall: 6.

This DVD edition has been mastered from an archival 35mm print. The visual quality of images varies depending the condition of the footage when acquired by director Vertov for the film. For the most part, the source print is very-good, with some dust and speckling, fine vertical scratches, mild frame jitters, processing flaws, and other issues.

The film is accompanied by a music score composed and performed on synthesizers by Eric Beheim.

Supplemental material includes a 28-page insert booklet with short essays and notes on the films by Maxim Pozdorovkin and Ana Olenina.

This is our recommended home video edition of the film, which may be the only disc released. The collection is now out-of-print.

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