{"product_id":"battleship-potemkin-drifters-dual-format-ed","title":"BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN \/ DRIFTERS - BLU-RAY","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe Soviet Influence: Battleship Potemkin + Drifters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFilms by Sergei Eisenstein and John Grierson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the 1920s and 1930s, Soviet propaganda films profoundly influenced the emerging luminaries of British documentary filmmaking. Sergei Eisenstein's groundbreakin \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBattleship Potemkin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was not seen in the UK until the momentous London Film Society screening in 1929, where it was double-billed with John Grierson's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDrifters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. This new restoration of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBattleship Potemkin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is presented with the 1926 Edmund Meisel score, while the digitally remastered transfer of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDrifters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e employs the original tinting and toning and features a newly commissioned score by innovative British composer\/performer Jason Singh.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSpecial Features\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"a-unordered-list a-vertical\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll films presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBattleship Potemkin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e presented in a new restoration by Film Museum Berlin and partners,accompanied by the 1926 Edward Meisel score\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDrifters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e presented in a new HD transfer, tinted and toned as originally intended, with a score by innovative composer\/performer Jason Singh\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGranton Trawler\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (John Grierson, 1934, 11 mins): Grierson's follow up to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDrifters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, one of the GPO Film Unit's first experiments with sound\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTrade Tattoo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Len Lye, 1937, 6 mins): celebratory animation made from off-cuts of EMB and GPO films, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDrifters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNight Mail\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNorth Sea\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Harry Watt, 1938, 32 mins): dramatic reconstruction of sea farers battle with the elements, produced by the GPO Film Unit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFully illustrated booklet with credits and essays by Henry K Miller, Patrick Russell and Michael Brooke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDisc 1: BD50 | 1080p | PCM 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo audio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDisc 2: DVD9 | PAL | Dolby Digital 5.1 surround (448 kbps) and 2.0 stereo audio (320 kbps)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUSSR + UK \/ 1925 +1929 \/ black and white, with hand-coloured detail + tinting and toning \/ silent, with Russian intertitles and English subtitles + English intertitles \/ 69 minutes + 41 minutes \/ Original aspect ratio 1.33:1 \/ Region B blu-ray \/ Region 2 DVD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BFI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46600834941102,"sku":"BFIB1058","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/battleship-lime-light.jpg?v=1754409497","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-eu\/products\/battleship-potemkin-drifters-dual-format-ed","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}