The Criterion Collection

3 Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg

Edition no. 528

Underworld - The Criterion Collection 2010 DVD ( USA) The Last Command - The Criterion Collection 2010 DVD ( USA) The Docks of New York - The Criterion Collection 2010 DVD ( USA) 3 Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg - The Criterion Collection 2010 DVD ( USA) Underworld - The Criterion Collection 2019 Blu-ray ( USA) The Last Command - The Criterion Collection 2019 Blu-ray ( USA) The Docks of New York - The Criterion Collection 2019 Blu-ray ( USA) 3 Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg - The Criterion Collection 2019 Blu-ray ( USA)
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  • Release Date: Tuesday, 24 August 2010
  • Country of Release: USA
  • MSRP: $79.95
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Underworld | The Last Command | The Docks of New York
Licensor Information
Paramount Home Entertainment
Directed by: Josef von Sternberg
Vienna-born, New York–raised Josef von Sternberg directed some of the most influential, stylish dramas ever to come out of Hollywood. Though best known for his star-making collaborations with Marlene Dietrich, von Sternberg began his career during the final years of the silent era, dazzling audiences and critics with his films’ dark visions and innovative cinematography. The titles in this collection, made on the cusp of the sound age, are three of von Sternberg’s greatest works, gritty evocations of gangster life (Underworld), the Russian Revolution (The Last Command), and working-class desperation (The Docks of New York) made into shadowy movie spectacle. Criterion is proud to present these long unavailable classics of American cinema, each with two musical scores.
  • Year: 1927 | 1928
  • Time: 81 | 88 | 75 min.

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Technical Specifications

Format:
DVD
Discs:
DVD-9 (3 Discs)
Total: 3 Discs
Regions:
1 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33:1
Audio Options:
Musical Score Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0
Resolution:
480p/29.97
Subtitles:
English

Supplements

Types of Supplements Included:
  • Two scores, one by Robert Israel and another by Alloy Orchestra
  • Two scores, one by Robert Israel and another by Alloy Orchestra
  • Two scores, one by Robert Israel and another by Donald Sosin and Joanna Seaton
  • New visual essay by UCLA film professor Janet Bergstrom
  • New visual essay by film scholar Tag Gallagher
  • Swedish television interview from 1968 with director Josef von Sternberg
  • A ninety-six-page booklet featuring essays by Geoffrey O'Brien, Anton Kaes, and Lucy Sante; notes on the scores by the composers; Ben Hecht’s original story for Underworld; and an excerpt from Josef von Sternberg’s autobiography, Fun in a Chinese Laundry, on actor Emil Jannings

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Release Notes on Restoration

Underworld
All three films are presented in their original aspect ratio of l.33:1. 0n widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. The pictures have been slightly windowboxed to ensure that the maximum image is visible on all monitors. These new high-definition digital transfers were created on a Spirit HD 4K Datacine, with density correction done on a Da Vinci 2K. Underworld’s transfer was created from a 35 mm fine-grain positive, The Last Command’s from a 35 mm duplicate negative, and The Docks of New York’s from a 35 mm fine-grain master positive. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, warps, iitter, and flicker were manually removed using MTl’s DRS system and Pixel Farm‘s PFClean system, while Digital Vision’s DVNR system was used for small dirt, grain, and noise reduction.

The scores by Robert Israel, Alloy Orchestra, and Donald Sosin and Joanna Seaton are presented in stereo.
The Last Command
All three films are presented in their original aspect ratio of l.33:1. 0n widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. The pictures have been slightly windowboxed to ensure that the maximum image is visible on all monitors. These new high-definition digital transfers were created on a Spirit HD 4K Datacine, with density correction done on a Da Vinci 2K. Underworld’s transfer was created from a 35 mm fine-grain positive, The Last Command’s from a 35 mm duplicate negative, and The Docks of New York’s from a 35 mm fine-grain master positive. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, warps, iitter, and flicker were manually removed using MTl’s DRS system and Pixel Farm‘s PFClean system, while Digital Vision’s DVNR system was used for small dirt, grain, and noise reduction.

The scores by Robert Israel, Alloy Orchestra, and Donald Sosin and Joanna Seaton are presented in stereo.
The Docks of New York
All three films are presented in their original aspect ratio of l.33:1. 0n widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. The pictures have been slightly windowboxed to ensure that the maximum image is visible on all monitors. These new high-definition digital transfers were created on a Spirit HD 4K Datacine, with density correction done on a Da Vinci 2K. Underworld’s transfer was created from a 35 mm fine-grain positive, The Last Command’s from a 35 mm duplicate negative, and The Docks of New York’s from a 35 mm fine-grain master positive. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, scratches, splices, warps, iitter, and flicker were manually removed using MTl’s DRS system and Pixel Farm‘s PFClean system, while Digital Vision’s DVNR system was used for small dirt, grain, and noise reduction.

The scores by Robert Israel, Alloy Orchestra, and Donald Sosin and Joanna Seaton are presented in stereo.