Chaplin BFI DVDs

It seems the BFI's discs of the Chaplin Essanays are out soon. Does anyone
which versions these will be? The running time would be in line with David
Shepard's groundbreaking restorations, but it appears the films are on two
double discs. In contrast, the previous European versions of David's Essanay
restorations (i.e., the French arte discs and the German releases) were
essentially identical as far as I know, and grouped much like the Image
discs, with the occasional peripheral extra thrown in. Would there be any
reason for the BFI to re-author them, or do they have versions of their own?

Uli

Oops. Just found another very recent thread on this on google, which somehow
doesn't show up on my newsserver. Sorry.

Uli

"Ulrich Ruedel" schrieb im Newsbeitrag

> It seems the BFI's discs of the Chaplin Essanays are out soon. Does anyone
> which versions these will be? The running time would be in line with David
> Shepard's groundbreaking restorations, but it appears the films are on two
> double discs. In contrast, the previous European versions of David's
Essanay
> restorations (i.e., the French arte discs and the German releases) were
> essentially identical as far as I know, and grouped much like the Image
> discs, with the occasional peripheral extra thrown in. Would there be any
> reason for the BFI to re-author them, or do they have versions of their
own?
>
> Uli
>
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