The Jewel in the Crown (25th Anniversary Edition)
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 | Product Details: Studio: A&E Home Video Number of Discs: 4 Format: Box set, Color DVD NTSC Rating:   Sales Rank: 12730 | | Look for similar DVDs by genre: | | Customers who bought this item also bought:
| | Customer Reviews: The Jewel in the Crown (21 February 2010)I was so thrilled when I managed to purchase this video through Amazon because in Australia it is out of print. Loved the quality of the video considering its age. Thank you Amazon Hooray Granada! Boo A&E! (06 January 2010)The Jewel in the Crown was a hallmark achievement for television, really the best thing I'd seen on TV in my life until, possibly, the third season of Mad Men. But watching it again, I'm thinking the Jewel is still in first place. So kudos to Granada for creating it. There are so many forces, personal, cultural, sexual, racial, and historic, at work in this complex narrative, I could watch it over and over. It doesn't hurt that it's enacted by a brilliant cast, including legends like Dame Peggy Ashcroft and Rachel Kempson. Judy Parfitt is absolutely chilling. But the video transfer in this set is a crime, really. I remember being struck by the gorgeous location photography when the series first aired. The video quality of this set is jarringly ugly. Surely this is worth a restoration or digital remastering. Shame on A&E for not caring enough to do this properly. Watching this is like looking at the Mona Lisa smeared with vaseline and dryer lint. If it's the only way I can see the Mona Lisa, sure, I'll look. But it deserves better. The Discs Didn't Work (11 December 2009)I would love to review your product but despite being a trusted, worldwide organisation Amazon has shipped me a set of DVDs which do not work in Australia. So. 1. I quite like the cover - lovely colour. 2. The discs look inviting. 3.The photos on the cover remind me of the series - of which I was inordinately fond - but 4. basically I'm looking at a close to $50 useless box of plastic. Satisfied customer ? Not. Life, as Seen Through the Luxury of Embroidered Silk or from a Muddy Ditch Alongside the Road. (04 November 2009)I would have been happy to sit and just watch the scenery. The visuals where able to tell the story (almost) even without the verbiage. The words alone could have set the mind's eye into the vast images of exotic places. What a wonderful excursion into the beauty, the horrors, the love and the hate of an entire Country, masses of populace and the small, intimate group of Brits that the story weaves together into a stunning bolt of irridescent Indian Sari silk dragged through the mud and blood of political upheavel. All that and Louis Vuitton Luggage... Who could want more? Terrible picture quality (01 November 2009)One of the attraction of the series is its beautiful setting which also reflects the period. The poor picture quality of this edition makes it difficult to appreciate the details. |
