Monday, May 5, 2008

Körkarlen Update

I was wandering around The Digital Bits, a great online source for information on "Film in the Digital Age." At any rate, one of their contributors mentioned something about a release of Körkarlen coming to DVD. A little digging later and sure enough, GrapeVine Video has restored both the Swedish and English language versions into one collection. I like little companies like this. Instead of putting their efforts toward pleasing a large demographic, they aim at a smaller niche audience. It looks like they've assembled a nice library of silent and early-sound films. While the discs are DVD-R, it's still nice to know there is a group interested in preserving cinema history.
On the note of not-100%-legit-but-still-commendable companies.
Lost Silver and Video Search of Miami provide a similar service. They specialize in cult and the really "out there" films. The catalogues of these sites are a hodgepodge of titles. Here's to sticking it to the man.