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The beautifully mastered DVD also features commentary by historian Rudy Behlmer, a color test for the film, a production essay, and a reproduction of the original press kit. --Sean Axmaker
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Ernest B. Schoedsack, Merian C. Cooper |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 03 September, 1927 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Milestone Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, Silent, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Cartoons & Animation, Classics (Silents/Avant Garde), Movie |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 784148000633 |
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Customer Reviews of Chang (Silent)
A sad relic of human cruelty Eww. This film is apparently a classic of the silent era, a pioneering jungle film by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, the producers of the 1931 hit, "King Kong." Filmed in location in Siam, this chronicles the life of a Laotian farm family living deep in the forest, amid elephants, tigers, leopards and all sorts of other beasties. Unfortunately, the film's theme is man vs. nature, with a distinctly pro-human, triumphalist agenda. Thus, while this is a technically well constructed work of art, it also basically amounts to a glorified animal snuff film, with villagers hunting and shooting large cats, snakes, monitor lizards, bears, elephants (the "chang" of the film's title...) and anything else on hoof, wing or belly that they could line up in front of the camera. As the animals yelp with anger and surprise, they are hounded and cut down in front of our eyes, as the silent-film placards crack out little one-liner "gag" captions, like, "Go Get 'Em, Fellas...!" If you have any empathy at all for the animals, this movie is simply unbearable to watch, steeped in the exploitative anti-nature ethos of the 19th Century... It's really a bummer.
Wonderful story, ethnographic detail
I bought the dvd to show to students -- it's full of wonderful details for folks interested in the history and way-of-life of villagers in 1920s Laos/Siam. The extras and commentary make for a fascinating history of Hollywood and American cultural penetration into Southeast Asia, as well. But ultimately it's the strong plot and amazing camera work that holds your attention. A great film. Not for lovers of happy animals, though. They kill plenty of them.