Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s beloved classic A Canterbury Tale is a profoundly personal journey to Powell’s bucolic birthplace of Kent, England. Set amid the tumult of the Second World War, yet with a rhythm as delicate as a lullaby, the film follows three modern-day incarnations of Chaucer’s pilgrims—a melancholy “landgirl,” a plainspoken American GI, and a resourceful British sergeant—who are waylaid in the English countryside en route to the mythical town and forced to solve a bizarre village crime. Building to a majestic climax that ranks as one of the filmmaking duo’s finest achievements, the dazzling A Canterbury Tale has acquired a following of devotees passionate enough to qualify as pilgrims themselves.
The 'meaning' of the 'sticky stuff' has been hotly debated - with at least one scholar referring to hte movie as 'the first bukake film'
It is more widely recognised more for its pastoral beauty however, and the rich history of England that it evokes.
Also included in this upload are the two segments from the US version of the film which feautured Kim Hunter. The US audience found the original rather perplexing & so Mickey was convinced to cut 20minutes, and to add these two segments to cast the film as a flashback. It didn't help much, but the opening is quite amusing in its own way.
As well as that there is an audio commentary by film historian Ian Christie.
About the Transfer
A Canterbury Tale is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1:33:1. On widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. This new high-definition digital transfer was created on a Spirit Datacine from the original 35mm nitrate fine-grain master. Thousands of instances of dirt, debris, and scratches were removed using the MTI Digital Restoration System. To maintain optimal image quality through the compression process, the picture on this dual-layer DVD-9 was encoded at the highest-possible bit rate for the quantity of material included.
The soundtrack was mastered at 24-bit from the 35mm optical tracks and audio restoration tools were used to reduce clicks, pops, hiss, and crackle. The Dolby Digital 1.0 signal will be directed to the center channel on surround sound systems, but some viewers may prefer to switch to two-channel playback for a wider dispersal of the mono sound.
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