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Author Topic: Faust (1926) Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 10-03-2005 10:06 PM                        5 reels flat/1.33 (full frame silent) no track Clint Phare cues distributed by Kino print is in very good physical condition with laser-burned English subtitles edit: preferred speed is 20-22fps; it looks OK at 24fps  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 10-04-2005 04:17 AM                        Hmm... the National Film & TV Archive advises 16fps for this film, which was what I used the last time I showed their print (7-8 years ago, admittedly) and the film looked about right to me. 16fps is the norm for most German material right up until the conversion, unlike in the rest of Western Europe and the US, where camera and projection speeds crept up during the '20s. If this is the 1997 Stiftung Deutches Kinemathek restoration, the David Sheppard DVD runs 115 minutes (maddeningly, none of my attempts with Google will give me the footage). It's a while since I've seen Faust, but I'd have thought that 20-22 would look a bit fast.  |  IP: Logged

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