The Secrets of the Golden Compass
by Gerry Malir
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Actor: Secrets of the Golden CompassDirector: Gerry Malir
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 173 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-10-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Arts Magic
DVD Reviews of The Secrets of the Golden Compass
DVD Review: The Secrets of the Golden Compass
Summary: 5 Stars
Having been privileged to preview this programme in a classroom environment, I can only say that I wish that the majorty of what I see came up to this standard in terms of information and entertainment value. Every aspect of the book is dealt with, including a detailed review of the narrative intercut with insights from the critic and screenwriter Nick Tucker, who I understand is a friend of Philip Pullman. Visually is held the interest using a mix of re-enactment, 3D illusions and animation, together with a great deal of location shooting that helps to place the book in its true geographic locations. What is more, given the furore that the Golden Compass trilogy, His Dark Materials, has generated, it is interesting to see the point of view of the English Church as represented by the Bishop of Oxford. (Oxford is of course the home city of Lyra, the heroine of the novel). But for me the best thing of all was the comments of Philip Pullman himself, in a detailed interview, where he makes explicit some of his own political and religious views as well as providing insights into what led him to write the books in the first place. Finally, the books themselves are placed in context in an accompanying programme, The World of Philip Pullman, a visual autobiography where the writer also discusses his other works. I strongly recommend this dvd.
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