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(More customer reviews)I've gotta share that I've just received one of the niftiest anthologies of historic ephemera in my collection, it's a painstakingly well done three disk set of rare Blackhawk Films nitrate films called "SAVED FROM THE FLAMES". With probably the least pretense I've seen for a volume of priceless "trick films", cartoons, comedies, a pioneering efforts in early sound and color, and just plain fun stuff, this set simply aims to hand our way some gorgeous renditions of very entertaining rarities.
Some of the highlights include a bewilderingly bizarre and fully articulated giant dancing pig form 1907, which would give any Jim Henson creation a run for its money, a "human torso" performing in a 1900 midway freak-show, gorgeous hand-colored Pathe shorts including a variant on TRIP TO THE MOON; AN EXCURSION TO THE MOON, an early experimental synchronized-sound Ko-Ko The Clown short from Max Fleischer, and a pristine Cinecolor restoration of UB Iwerks' surreal BALOONLAND (aka THE PINCUSHION MAN).
All this is the tip of the iceberg in this massive FLICKER ALLEY outing, I just can't recommend his reasonably-priced set enough. If it's any preview of what we can expect from their coming Melies set, were in for another great set as well.
If you like this kind of thing, snap this baby up, you can't go wrong.
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