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Best of his few films. Buy blue ray for sashwinding scene
2022年11月5日にオーストラリアでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Old Film Lover
Good 2001 KINO edition of silent Blood and Sand
2014年9月7日にカナダでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Old Film Lover
2014年9月7日にカナダでレビュー済み
The run time is 109 minutes. The Amazon.ca site currently says 80 minutes, and the KINO site itself also has an erroneous time, I believe only 72 minutes. I have submitted a correction to Amazon which I hope will be accepted, as I have backed it up by posting the back cover of the edition on the site. From what I have been able to determine, this is the longest version currently available.
The image is generally pretty good. I don't know how much restoration, if any, was done, but for a 1922 picture this is in pretty good shape, and easily watchable for the average film fan. The tinting is typical of movies of the period (1922). The new soundtrack provided is suitably Spanish-sounding. I didn't think the modern castanets were well-enough coordinated with the castanets and dance steps in the scene where Valentino dances in the cafe, but that is probably a petty complaint, considering how hard a thing that must be to do with a silent film.
The special features are interesting, especially the material presented by Orson Welles. There is no commentary on the film, which is regrettable, but the package of features is generous nonetheless.
Some will ask which version is better, the Valentino silent or the Tyrone Power talkie. I saw the Power version first, and it's fixed in my mind, so I tend to see the silent as deviating from what I'm used to, and my first instinct is to fault the silent where it misses out on elements in the talkie. But if I had seen the silent first, I probably would be faulting the talkie on similar grounds. I would say that both versions are quite good. I cannot say which version is closer to the original book, because I have not read the book.
I think that overall, individual characterizations are more detailed and convincing in the talkie than in the silent. Regarding the lead character, Valentino plays the character differently from Power. Valentino's adultery is almost innocent; he is almost bullied into it and seems to regret it throughout the affair. Power's adultery seems to involve more active decision and delight on his part. And Power's character seems to swagger more than Valentino's. This makes sense: the matador is supposed to be from lower-class, poverty-stricken origin and he has the pride and stubbornness so often associated with the "self-made man." You can see fame and wealth going to Power's head more clearly than you can see it in Valentino's performance. This surprised me; I've never seen a Valentino film before, but in the bits I've seen from "The Sheik" I had the impression that Valentino played commanding, ultra-confident characters. There is a sensitivity and hesitation in his matador in this film, which is in a way touching, but which makes it harder for us to say "serves him right" when his life starts to fall apart, whereas we feel that justice is done when things start to go against Power.
Another thing which struck me about Valentino in this film is how boyish he looks. Handsome, but still boyish. In images I've seen from his Sheik movies, Valentino looks older, more mature. His character could have benefited from an older look in this film. To me, Power's harder-edged, more mature look better suits the character and the plot.
The leading ladies (the good wife Lila Lee and the temptress Nita Naldi) are both excellent in the silent version, as they are in the sound version. If I had to pick a winner, I'd say that perhaps Nita Naldi edges out a slightly overacting Rita Hayworth, and perhaps Linda Darnell edges out Lila Lee, not because there is anything wrong with Lee's touching performance, but because Linda Darnell's wife is given more scenes to work with and therefore has a richer characterization. The matador's mother is also good in both versions. The other supporting players are more fully characterized in the sound than the silent version. Also, there is no one corresponding to Anthony Quinn's rival matador character in the silent version.
I don't know how this film ranks as a Valentino film, because it is the only Valentino film I've watched all the way through. He does a good job with the part, to be sure. But if this were all I had to go on, I would not say he was one of the greatest actors of all time, not even one of the greatest silent actors. I'd have to see more of him before I would rank him. For this role, maybe an 8 out of 10 would be a just evaluation.
I give the DVD package overall about 9 out of 10. If it had a commentary it would be closer to 10. If I could say 4.3 stars, that is what I would put down, but without fractions available, I give it 5.
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Blood and Sand DVD con Rodolfo Valentino
2015年8月18日にイタリアでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
L. lundgård
I can see why they loved him so much...!
2009年6月5日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
C. Percer
Bravo, Valentino!
2002年4月3日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
