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I've has this laserdisk for yonks but as we are visiting Russia (and Novgorod) next month decided it was time to look at this 1938 classic.Well, I was blown away. The B&W photography is brilliant, but the remastered soundtrack was what surprised me most. The music was re-recorded in 1993 in excellent audio (Tony Faulkner as engineer so no surprise).
We enjoy movies but my wife is usually most unenthusiastic about early movies but she enjoyed "Alexasnder Nevsky".
Now I also have "Ivan the Terrible", parts 1 & 2 but the soundtrack is abysmal and the subtitles hard to read. Has this been remastered for DVD with a better soundtrack?
John
Interesting times
Follow Ups:
They never got the sound right until the very last laserdisc (available at the time for about a minute)and now on the Criterion "twofer" you cite. Finally we don't have to hear a soundtrack that sounds like it was recorded in a telephone booth.
Prokofiev's magnificent score now has the sound it deserves.
And the same "audio clean up" job has not been done on "Ivan"??John
Interesting times
Haven't yet delved into "Ivan..." so I can't comment.
There is the Criterion set with both Alexander Nevsky and Ivan in it - highly recommended.You touched some of the best-of-the-best... there is no question about it. I loved Nevsky ever since I was probably 4... I could immediately relate to it back then... Ivan took longer.
Between the two Ivan is much more monumental, of course. I presume you know the two parts were made thirteen years apart.
Ivan is a must see film.
Did you notice the minro screwups in the Alexander? During the big battle his different shots show different helmets - looks like he did nothing else but kept changing them.
The knight's attack is one of the most mesmerizing scenes in the history of the movies.
So - you are vising Novgorod? What else? Good time to be there - the white nights season - especially if you can get further north - to St. Petersburg.
Hi VictorThanks for the response.
Yes I am aware of the politics surrounding both films - the Alex film being screened, then withdrawn as the peace pact was signed with Germany & then released again when Hitler turned tretcherous! But no, I did not pick up on the helmet changes!
And Part 2 of Ivan offended Stalin so much it was not released in his lifetime :-)
Yes we are also going to St Petersburg - be there in about a week & a half.
Now does the Criterion set clean up the sound of "Ivan" at all?
John
Interesting times
Hi John,Hard for me to say regarding the sound, as I have not see the other versions - but even the Criterion set is not great, that's for sure... I think in few spots we had to look at the subs to understand what was said. On positive side is the fact that the sound plays secondary role in that film.
You are so lucky to visit that part of the country this time of the year... it will be a bit crowded but gorgeous. If you have any questions regarding what to do and where to go in St. Peter shoot me an email... I presume you will have a guide, of course.
You might want to train yourself to sleep with the lights on... he-he... and hope the hotel has heavy curtains! Get your walking shoes ready, and don't let the locals fool you into drinking Baltika - insist on Nevskoye!
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