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Re: The Mysterious Island (1929)

From: thomas mccormick <tom_amity~at~hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:35:57 +0000
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Dear Brian, Christian and friends,

Fascinating! Is there any way we can see this movie? Can we order it from some foreign venue? Can we show it at a NAJV meeting? I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants to see it after reading Brian's description!!!

Tom McCormick

Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:34:04 -0700
From: briantaves1879~at~yahoo.com
Subject: Re: The Mysterious Island (1929)
To: jvf~at~Gilead.org.il


Christian,
 
You can read how this was made in my article
 
http://jv.gilead.org.il/taves/withwill.html

and I have an extensive analysis of it in The Jules Verne Encyclopedia.
 
Turning from Hollywood, our Russian colleague is quite correct to note the exemplary quality of the 1941 film of the novel, a poetic and faithful version whose design is derived from the engravings, although not to the degree of the animation techniques of Karel Zeman. Indeed, many of the Russian JV films are to be lauded.
 
This 1941 version of L'Ile mysterieuse was one of the films I was glad to be able to have included in the 2005 Nantes Utopiales JV film fest (in that case, a French subtitled version). Sadly, this film has had no release in the US, although it is mentioned in many reference sources.
 
Brian Taves
 

>>>From: dumitrescu <emil34~at~earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: The Mysterious Island (1929)
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>
Date: Monday, April 20, 2009, 6:19 PM








Hi Christian .I been part of the club too. Over the years I never understood why nobody talks about the Russian version of Mysterious Island the only accurate one(http://www.sukip.com/Movies/Mysterious_Island_1941_film) .I watched in Bucharest in 1961 and it took me 15 years to get it .Finally I got it from e-bay for $40 (on DVD not VSH) where I made an offer and I got it from Russia.This link shows the pain they took(just imagine the german invasion begun) to reproduce every picture from the book.At your disposal with other information.Sincerly yours Emil
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From: Cristian Tello <destro777~at~hotmail.com>
Subject: The Mysterious Island (1929)
To: jvf~at~Gilead.org.il
Date: Monday, April 20, 2009, 4:46 PM




A new version of "The Mysterious island" is on line right now, included a trailer in youtube. I think this old movie is no loyal too from Verne's book, it seems "20000 leagues under the sea".
 
http://www.jverne.net/cine/islamisteriosa1929.htm
 
Regards
 
Cristian
 
http://www.jverne.net



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