Title: Brilliant film, atrocious quality DVD
Product review: Oscar Micheaux's 1919 WITHIN OUR GATES is a brilliant, complex feature film that is worth watching multiple times. I purchased this company/individual's version of the DVD and was extremely disappointed. I urge you to not waste your money. The DVD image quality is truly terrible, the music soundtrack is lousy, and there is even a break in the film when the projectionist changes reels. (This last detail adds an almost comical element to this DVD!) I have seen this film multiple times and did not have these issues with other versions/formats of the film -- these problems are specific to this particular DVD seller. The image quality of this DVD is so bad that I wonder if it is a transfer from some kind of bootleg VHS video from the 1970s. Don't buy from this vendor, find another place to purchase this DVD, so you can appreciate this important work of cinema history.
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