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Format: DVD April 25, 2000
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A wondrous celebration of dance, Terence Young's Black Tights is a collection of four lavish musicals staged by Roland Petit's Ballet de Paris and filmed in vibrant Technicolor. With introductions by Maurice Chevalier (Gigi), Black Tights is flavored by the sly wit and artistic innovation of the European musical stage, enlivened by the talents of the legendary Cyd Charisse (Singing in the Rain) and Moira Shearer (The Red Shoes).
Aspect Ratio : 1.331
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 4 ounces
Item model number : KV157DVD
Director : Terence Young
Media Format : Multiple Formats, NTSC, Color
Run time : 2 hours and 20 minutes
Release date : April 25, 2000
Actors : Zizi Jeanmaire, Cyd Charisse, Roland Petit, Moira Shearer, Maurice Chevalier
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Some have quibbles with the quality of the visuals on this DVD, but every version has some problems, because the film this was made from was almost lost ... I'm jut happy to be able to see it in any form - it's a really important moment of ballet & ballet film history. 4 ballets here, all very different, with different strengths. The Diamond Muncher - an unusual "modern" fable with marvelous melodies, especially the pas de duex. With Zizi Jeanmaire Cyranno - A lyric production that uses techniqes developed by the Archers, some slow-mo layering in the night time sequence... so very fitting to have Moira Shearer play Roxanne in this. This one has really memororable visuals. 24 hour mourning - Is a truly funny story of a gold-digger played with fantastic articulation and fun by gorgeous Cyd Charisse ... It is a selfish and playful role with really witty choreograpy - esp. in the duel sequence. The almost di-rigeur ballet strip sequence for her. But done with great humor and still G rated. Carmen - The most traditional of the bunch, this is just a really solid and interesting version of the ballet based on the opera... it stretches boundaries, because some of the flamenco is really hard to translate to ballet, but Zizi is the right woman for it.... and some of these sequences are almost NOT G... the pas de deux is about as suggestive as ballet has ever gotten. It's a tour de force for the Paris Ballet, and it is joy that it has not been lost entirely. It is also a time capsule of a very specific time in choreography, and in the filming of ballet. Not to be missed for balletomaines!
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Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2008 by J. Kara Russell
The music and ballet of The devil en 24 heures and Cyrano de Bergerac are lousy. Cyd Charisse and Moira Shearer, deserve a much better ballet, it's a waste of art. Carmen is good opera & music and as ballet is good, i like. Zizi Jeanmarie dance very good, i like how she dance too. Cyd and Moira are wonderlful ballerines i like both very much special, Moira. I am sorry they did not dance a much better ballet'
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Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2014 by Oscar Gonzalez
This Kino Video version of Black Tights on DVD, like all their high quality restored film releases, is sharp and clear and the best version available. Especially when compared to the other blurry and almost unwatchable versions that look like fifth generation copies from a snowy VHS tape. I know, I own both. Yes, it costs a little bit more but you get what you pay for and it's totally worth it! And Cyd Charisse is worth the price of admission alone!
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Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2017 by Shklumfmeister
I love this film from my late teens as my family were involved in ballet and classical music - I used to sneak out of school on sports day to go to the matinee ballet presentations when they were on! This release is satisfactory and am grateful that I can retire at last my ancient and worn VHS release. Fortunately as I transfer all my DVD's etc onto my NAS server I was able to make some slight apparent quality improvements. The image is widescreen and in the original aspect ratio but not anamorphic so it is letterboxed within a 4:3 frame. I was able to make a 16:9 version using virtualdub with a few avisynth filters. Much improved on my widescreen Samsung TV. Playing back the DVD as supplied I had a postage stamp presentation . ie black bars all around and this can be the price of non anamorphic releases. Why the studio didn't do an anamorphic release is beyond me especially as they had access to the original film. Easy enough to do and doesn't cost any more to do it - it's just a technical step. The technical proces I used was to remove the black bars and enlarge the image to fit a 16:9 frame together with a few noise reduction filters. Fortunately the video signal was strong and the colour balance Ok so enlarging didn't add any artifacts The other disappointment is the audio is only a mono presentation. My next step is to replace the audio with the audio from the early Pye vinyl stereo release of the entire soundtrack including dialog. This will take me sometime as there will be sync problems to solve. If I'm successful I will make another post.... maybe!
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Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2011 by Fred
I read all the reviews about what a horrible transfer to dvd this movie was and I more than agree - infact I've got a couple of my own comments to make. Not only is the image fuzzy but there is something wrong with the actual motion picture aspect that the transfer completely messed up. The picture does not flow at the required pace to depict real motion. Its as if they removed every other frame from the original film causing the motion to constantly jump rather than flow as it should do. Now you can defend this all you want by saying it is the last existing copy of a nearly lost work of art. But to take something as graceful as ballet and have the motion completely screwed up is like the audio equivalent of having Jerry Lewis provide Elvis Presley's voice in Jailhouse Rock (Ok I admit that's a strange comparison). I bought the Reel Classic Film version and I know of two other distributers who released this film and I'm wondering if the other versions are just as motion deprived? I saw a VHS version once and don't recall it having any motion problems. I really think the dvd release does not just suffer from bad original material but instead from a low budgit release. Also, I question the identity of some of the people who sanction these flaws and wonder if they are some how involved with their production.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2009 by Stanley
i can't believe how poor in quality this disc was. sometimes you can hardly make out any of the details. but the dancing is magnificent. and to see cyd charisse so young and glowing and absolutely gorgeous is a real treat. and cyrano was wonderful, as was carmen. i wasn't crazy about the first piece, but the rest are all worth it. i want to give this disc a five star rating for what it contains, but it is just such a miserable printing.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2008 by Jan R. S.