Tony Palmer's Film of Toward the Unknown Region, Malcolm Arnold, A Story of Survival

ID: TPDVD112 (EAN: 9781844497966)  | 1 DVD
Ausgefolgt: 2008

LABEL:

Tony Palmer

Kolektion:

Documentary

Subkolektion:

Biography Movie

Komponisten:

ARNOLD, Sir Malcolm

Interpreten:

PALMER, Tony

Andere Infos:

Region Code: PAL.Region 0, Plays in all territories. , Used in most of Western Europe, Australia and some other countries.
Language: English (Stereo)
Color mode: Colour
Screen (Picture) Format: 16:9
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Duration: 132 minutes


This documentary celebrates Malcolm Arnold, one of Britain's most underestimated and yet most popular composers, who wrote scores to altogether 132 films including 'Whistle Down the Wind', 'Hobson's Choice' and the Oscar winning 'Bridge Over the River Kwai'. Sir Malcolm also composed ballets, symphonies and operas. The DVD features interviews with friends and family, and includes extracts from his works, however, it does not shirk the darker side of Arnold's life full of complications caused by mental illness.

This is a first rate biography and a magnificent film about a composer I care about. Perhaps it is the finest example of this type of film ever made. Years ago I loaned it to a friend who lost it but last week found it and returned it. As originally this DVD played well on my system I thought it was NTSC. It wasn't. It was just like the ones on sale here and it can be played on some DVD players, but not all. On my Blu-Ray it plays not at all; all though an NTSC copy I had made plays fine. On another DVD player it plays quite well but the copy I had made does not work. My friend said the original played on his computer. On the DVD player that I had years ago a copy I had purchased for fear that I would never see the one I loaned again played the black and white segments correctly but distorted the colored segments badly. So perhaps you have the DVD player that can play this DVD - perhaps not. If you do, it's an excellent film.