Shooting stars /
"Offering a fascinating insight into the workings of a 1920s London film studio, and boasting a boldly expressionists shooting tyle, dramatic lighting and great performances from its leads ... Shooting stars is at once a sophisticated morality tale and an affectionate critiqu of the film indust...
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| Format: | DVD Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | English |
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BFI,
[2016]
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| Summary: | "Offering a fascinating insight into the workings of a 1920s London film studio, and boasting a boldly expressionists shooting tyle, dramatic lighting and great performances from its leads ... Shooting stars is at once a sophisticated morality tale and an affectionate critiqu of the film industry, teasing its audience with revelations about how the fantastic world of th photoplay conceals irony and hidden truths."--Container. |
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| Item Description: | One booklet (36 pages : illustrations, 15 cm) laid in container. DVD and Blu-Ray discs. Originally produced in Great Britain as a motion picture and released in 1928. Full screen 1.33:1. Special features include: Pathés screen beauty competition (1920, 2 min) -- Around the town: British fim stars and studios (1921, 2 min.) -- The lovely hundred (1922, 25 sec.) -- Secrets of a world industry - The making of cinematograph film (1922, 8 min.) -- Meet Jackie Coogan (1924, 11 min.) -- Starlings of the sceen (1925, 15 min.) -- Opening of British Instructional Film Studio (1928, 4 min.) -- stills and special collections gallery (2016, 6 min.) -- Original screenplay (PDF on DVD only). |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (101 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD Region 2. Colour. PAL. |
| Audience: | Cert. PG. |
| Production Credits: | Directors, Anthony Asquith and A.V. Bramble ; scenario, John Orton ; cinematography, S. Rodwell and H. Harris ; production company British Instructional Films Ltd. ; score composed and orchestrated by John Altman ; score performed by Live Film Orchestra. |