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The Life and Death
of 9413
(1928)
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The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (1928), directed by Robert Florey and Slavko Vorkapich, is also known as $97 since the film was allegedly produced for that amount. Miniature sets and spare production design by Vorkapich kept costs low, while a wry, cynical humor buoys the message of the film — that dreams of becoming a star in the dehumanized Hollywood system are empty and prone to disappoint.
— Carl Bennett
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 Kino Classics
2023 Blu-ray Disc edition
Silent Avant-Garde (1921-2022), black & white, color-tinted and color-toned black & white, and color, 188 minutes total, not rated, including The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (1928), black & white, 14 minutes, not rated.
Kino Lorber, K26157, UPC 7-38329-26157-3.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) progressive scan AVC (MPEG-4) format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 28.6 Mbps average video bit rate, 1.6 Kbps audio bit rate, DTS-HD 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, no chapter stops (within the film); standard BD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 21 February 2023.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 8 / audio: 7 / additional content: 8 / overall: 8.
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This Blu-ray Disc edition has been mastered from the 2005 high-resolution scan (originally prepared for the Unseen Cinema boxset noted below) from a very-good 35mm print held by Film Preservation Associates. The scan has not been digitally cleaned, repaired or stabilized. The older HD scan benefits a bit here from its inclusion in this Blu-ray Disc, with its higher-than-DVD image resolution.
The film is accompanied by an electronic music score performed by Carlos Dominguez and Alex Lough. We're not certain that this score’s grinding other-worldliness does the film any service other than to ensure there is some kind of sound accompaniment.
Visually, this is the best home video edition of the film that is available.
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 Kino on Video
2005 DVD edition
Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920s and ’30s (1921-1947), black & white, 360 minutes total, not rated, including The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (1928), black & white, 13 minutes, not rated.
Kino International, K402, UPC 7-38329-04022-2.
Two single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, English language subtitles (selected films), chapter stops; two-disc DVD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 2 August 2005.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 7 / additional content: 8 / overall: 8.
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The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (1928) has been transferred from a very-good 35mm print held by Film Preservation Associates.
The silent films in the set are accompanied by newly-composed music scores by Donald Sosin, Larry Marotta, Sue Harshe and Paul Mercer. The disc also features film notes by film critic/historian Elliott Stein, and optional English language subtitles (on selected films).
As the video transfer is a little more balanced in its greyscale range, we recommend this as the best-available DVD home video edition of the film.
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 Film Preservation Associates /
Anthology Film Archives
2005 DVD edition
Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film (1894-1947), black & white, color-toned black & white and color, 1127 minutes total, not rated, including The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (1928), black & white, 13 minutes, not rated.
Film Preservation Associates with Anthology Film Archives, distributed by Image Entertainment,
ID0592DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-05922-9.
Seven single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD discs, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame and windowboxed 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), 5.0 Mbps average video bit rate, 224 Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo and mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; seven slimline DVD keepcases in cardboard box; $99.99.
Release date: 18 October 2005.
Country of origin: USA
Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 7 / additional content: 8 / overall: 8.
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The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra (1928) has been digitally transferred from a very-good 35mm print held by Film Preservation Associates.
The film is exceptionally accompanied by a digital piano music score performed by Donald Sosin.
We do not recommend this edition of the film as the video transfer is a little darker than the Kino DVD noted above and loses some image detail.
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