The Bitter Stems (Los tallos amargos) Blu-ray Abel Gance’s extraordinary breakthrough work

Abel Gance’s extraordinary breakthrough work

Length: 90 mins

Each of the eight seminal feature-length films in this remarkable set repays several viewings as a work of art

with the producer (Jack Cohn) and director (George Loane Tucker) prepared to buy the picture in case the company wouldn’t release it

The film faithfully retains the play’s famous set pieces—Holmes’s encounter with Professor Moriarty

The Bitter Stems (Los tallos amargos) Blu-ray Abel Gance’s extraordinary breakthrough workBLU RAY DVD DUAL FORMAT EDITION This rarely seen 1956 film was lauded in its day but only recently rediscovered, hidden away in a private collectors home outside Buenos Aires. Thanks to the diligent efforts of the Film Noir Foundation and Argentine cinephile Fernando Martn Pea, a gorgeous new print of The Bitter Stems (Los tallos amargos) was created, by UCLA Film & Television Archive, from the reconditioned original negative, now presented in its