DonaldB
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Tape was shot on digital video at an aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Facets Video will release THE STEAMROLLER AND THE VIOLIN, a lost masterwork from legendary director Andrei Tarkovsky, on DVD and VHS on June 11, 2002.
Tarkovsky is one of my favorite directors, but calling this film "lost" or "a masterwork" would be engaging in more than a little hyperbole.
Though most of us saw it for the first time on TCM during their Tarkovsky retrospective last Fall, this is not a situation where film elements were lost. As to the quality of the film... well, it's a student film, and better than most but nothing at all approaching the brilliance of even Tarkovsky's first "real" movie ("Ivan's Childhood"). The script is pretty much standard-issue Soviet propaganda gussied up in T's already unique style. Probably essential for Tarkovsky fans (tho' I have doubts as to whether I'll even upgrade my VHS dub), but I'd urge rental-first for others.
Does anyone know the OAR of Richard Linklater's Tape? It comes out this week, but the DVD is full frame.
Not true. I just got the DVD and it is anamorphic 16:9 and has a director's commentary track as well.
Ted