Posted by Keystone1914 at SilentComedians.com:
<<"Thanks very much. The Keystone DVD is planned for spring 2009.
There is still restoration work to do on the last few titles and then
work will commence on the DVD itself. We will be including as many
Keystone titles as survive, which I think is 34. There are no out-
takes for the Keystones. The out takes only exist for Chaplin's later
films. I hope there will be plenty of extras though. You are so right
about the statue - I don't like it either.
Best wishes Bryony DixonCurator - Silent filmBFI National Archive 21
Stephen Street London W1T 1LNTel 020 7957 8951 Fax 020 7580 7503
www.bfi.org.uk"
Also, it seems that BFI is ALSO working on a new ESSANAY set, which
will be released at some point. I think the last set was pretty nice,
but the film speed could certainly be corrected - the soundtracks were
great!>>
Link below:
http://www.silentcomedians.com/forum/vi ... 2766824180
I really hope the BFI has had an epiphany and realized that SILENT
COMEDIES WERE MEANT TO BE PROJECTED FASTER THAN THEY WERE SHOT, or
this will be another lost opportunity.