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Nana
(1926)

This historical drama, based on the Émile Zola novel, was directed by Jean Renoir (his second film) and stars his then wife Catherine Hessling as Nana.

Kino Classics
2021 Blu-ray Disc edition

Nana (1926), black & white, 168 minutes, not rated.

Kino Lorber, K25469, UPC 7-38329-25469-8.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region A Blu-ray Disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) 24 fps progressive scan image encoded in SDR AVC format at 32.8 Mbps average video bit rate; DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 1.2 Mbps average audio bit rate (music), and DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 720 Kbps average audio bit rate (commentary); French language intertitles, optional English language subtitles; 10 chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 20 July 2021.
Country of origin: USA

Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 8 / additional content: 8 / overall: 8.

This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from an excellent but flawed archival 35mm print. A digital restoration has been performed to remove a significant amount of print damage, dust, speckling, schmutz, and other flaws. A small amount of dust, speckling, scrapes and fine vertical scratches remain but are rarely distracting.

The film is presented with a music score composed and performed on piano by Antonio Coppola.

The supplementary material includes audio commentary by film critic Nick Pinkerton; a restoration comparision (2 minutes); and three modern film trailers. Pinkerton’s commentary is informative and entertaining.

We enthusiastically recommend this home video edition of the restoration version of the film.

This Region A Blu-ray Disc edition is available directly from . . .

Lions Gate
Entertainment
2007 DVD edition

Jean Renoir: 3-Disc Collector’s Edition (1925-1962), black & white and color, 580 minutes total, not rated, including Nana (1926), color-tinted black & white, 130 minutes, not rated.

Lions Gate Entertainment, 21100, UPC 0-12236-21100-6.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 NTSC DVD disc (three DVDs in the set); 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; French language intertitles, optional English language subtitles, chapter stops; double-wide three-disc DVD keepcase in cardboard box; $24.98.
Release date: 24 April 2007.
Country of origin: USA

This NTSC DVD collection of Renoir films surprises us with a range of good 16mm to excellent 35mm source prints for the silent era films.

We recommend this inexpensive three-disc Jean Renoir set for its very-good to excellent prints that are all of better quality than previous editions on budget VHS videotape.

This Region 1 NTSC DVD edition has been discontinued
and is . . .