Interesantísimo ripeo de cine de postguerra de origen polaco rodado en 1948 que en USA se llamó Border Street, centrada en el gueto de Varsovia.
Ulica Graniczna
Border Street
(Aleksander Ford, 1948)
Border Street
(Aleksander Ford, 1948)
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www.polandbymail.com escribió: One of the first post - World War II films to deal with the Holocaust, Border Street recreates the circumstances surrounding the doomed Warsaw Ghetto uprising, in which a small, heroic band of Jews chose to resist the Nazis rather than face deportation to Auschwitz or Treblinka. The story unfolds through eyes of four characters who live in the same building: Davidek and Jadzia are two Jewish youths who fight the Nazis as their only choice of survival, while gentiles Bronek and Wladek consider the occupation an insult to their Polish heritage. Aleksander Ford's heart-wrenching film focuses on the common goals of the Poles and Jews as they stage a valiant effort to rid themselves of the Nazi menace. Border Street is at once a compelling drama and a page out of history.
Mark Hasan escribió: Border Street traces the racism within lower and middle class Polish society that already divided a culture as Polish and Jew; the fact no character acknowledges the two exist as one clearly illustrates the intolerance that exploded once the Germans invaded the country, branded all Jews, and shoved them into the Warsaw Ghetto before the uprising was quashed. Part docu-style and gritty drama, a handful of characters - mostly youths - are interconnected through friendships and acts racial hatred, and when placed beside dramas like Kanal (smack in the middle of the Warsaw Uprising) and A Generation (the underground resistance while Nazis control the country through terror), these superb films, over a 10 year period reveal the extraordinary social history of Poland. The director of those two films, Andrzej Wajda, was a student under Border Town 's director, Aleksander Ford, who at one time headed the country's government-controlled film studio, Film Polski, and the social conscience of the directors and their work is quite unmistakable. [...]
the source print for Border Street is well-worn, the PAL to NTSC transfer has visible pulsing & ghosting during panning shots, and the sound is a bit shrill - but these issues tend are less abrasive soon after the film's opening sequence. (The print's quality, however, may be due to the fact the movie was banned by the Polish government, as Ford pretty much ignores Communistic propaganda, and focuses on the solidarity of persecuted Jews, without Soviet assistance, guidance, or effect, as was clearly evident in Wajda's A Generation.) The English subtitles are mostly decent encapsulations of the film's potent dialogue exchanges, but there are many central discourses where subs are non-existent; and while they don't sweeten the racist terms, some of the German-language exchanges use a few swear words that aren't precisely subtitles.
FilmPolski.pl escribió: Opowieść o losach gromadki warszawskich dzieci - polskich i żydowskich na tle dramatycznych, wojennych wydarzeń. Sam reżyser określił "Ulicę Graniczną" jako "film o małych ludziach na tle wielkiej epoki". Ukazywał różne postawy Polaków wobec holocaustu: od otwartego sprzyjania Niemcom w zbrodniczych poczynaniach wobec Żydów, poprzez obojętność, po narażanie życia w dziele niesienia pomocy mieszkańcom getta. Film nie kończył się optymistycznym akcentem, nie takie było zresztą założenie reżysera, który chciał, żeby "widz opuszczający projekcję miał uczucie, że sprawa faszyzmu i rasistowskich prześladowań człowieka nie jest zakończona". Film otrzymał Złoty Medal na MFF w Wenecji w 1948 r.Í ÍÍÍ ŰŰŰŰŰ ŰŰŰŰŰŰ ÎÎÎ ÍÍ™ ÍÍ ŰŰ****ŰŰ ŰŰ******Ű ÎÎ…ÎÎ ÍÍ ™ ÍÍ ĐĐĐĐĐ Ű**Ű***ŰŰŰŰŰ**ŰŰŰ**ŰŰÎÎ………ÎÎ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍ ™ ÍÍ ĐĐ ® ĐĐŰŰŰŰŰ********Ű ŰŰ**Ű ÎÎ…ÎÎ ÍÍ™ ™ ÍÍ ÍÍ ™ ÍÍ ĐĐ © ĐĐĐ ĐĐ ŰŰŰŰŰŰŰŰŰ ŰŰ**ŰŰ ÎÎÎ ÍÍ ™ ™ÍÍ ÍÍ ™ÍÍ ĐĐ Đ,,,Đ ĐĐ ŰŰ**ŰŰ ÍÍ™ ™ ÍÍ ÍÍ ™ÍÍ ĐĐ © Đ,,,,,Đ ĐĐ ŰŰ**ŰŰ ÍÍ ™ ™ÍÍ ÍÍ ÍÍ ĐĐ Đ,,,,,,Đ © ĐĐ ŰŰ**ŰŰ Î ÍÍ™ ™ ÍÍ ÍÍ™ÍÍ ĐĐ ® Đ,,,,,,Đ ĐĐ ŰŰ**ŰŰ ÎÎÎ ÍÍ ™ ™ÍÍ ÍÍ ÍÍ ĐĐ Đ,,,,,,Đ © ĐĐ ŰŰ**ŰŰ Î…Î ÍÍ™ ™ ÍÍÍ ™ Í ĐĐ © Đ,,,,,,Đ ĐĐ ŰŰ**ŰŰ Î…Î ÍÍ ™ ™ ™ ™ ÍÍÍĐĐ ĐĐ,,,Đ ® ĐĐ ŰŰ**ŰŰ Î…Î ÍÍ™ ™ ÍÍÍÍ™ ™ ÍÍÍÍ ® ĐĐĐ ĐĐ ŰŰ**ŰŰ Î…Î ÍÍ ™ ™ÍÍ ÍÍ ™ ™ ™ÍÍÍ © ĐĐ ŰŰ**ŰŰ Î…Î ÍÍ™ ™ ÍÍ ÍÍÍÍÍ ™ ÍÍÍ ĐĐ ŰŰ**ŰŰ Î…Î ÍÍ ™ ™ÍÍ ÍÍ ™ ÍÍĐĐĐĐ ŰŰ**ŰŰŰŰŰŰ ŰŰŰ Î…Î ÍÍ™ ™ ÍÍ ÍÍ ™ÍÍ ŰŰ**ŰŰŰ****Ű Ű**Ű ÎÎÎÎ ÍÍ™ ™ ÍÍ ÍÍ™ ÍÍ ŰŰ**ŰŰŰ**ŰŰ**ŰŰŰ**Ű ÎÎÎÎÎÎ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ÍÍ™ ÍÍ ŰŰ*******Ű Ű*****Ű ÎÎÎÎ ÍÍ™ ÍÍ ŰŰŰŰŰŰŰŰŰŰ ŰŰŰŰŰ ÎÎ ÍÍ™ ÍÍ ÎÎ ÍÍÍ Í °°°° °°° °°° °° °°° °° ° °°° °° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° • °°° °°° °° ° °° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° °° ° ° • ° ° ° °°° °° °°° ° ° ° °° *** Ulica Graniczna *** aka Border Street …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… | | | | | ¤ ¤¤ ¤ ¤¤¤¤ ¤¤ | | ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ | | ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤¤¤ ¤ ¤ | | ¤ ¤ ¤¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ | | ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤¤ | | | …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ™ © ViDEO © ¦ ® AUDiO ® ™ ™ | ¦ | ™ ™ | resolution: 672 x 472 ¦ | ™ ™ | DAR / SAR: 1.294:1 / 10:11 ¦ | ™ ™ | crf: 18.6 ¦ codec: AC-3 | ™ ™ | avg QP I/P/B: 16.47/19.20/21.15 ¦ bitrate: 192 Kbit/s | ™ ™ | SSIM: 0.9704972 ¦ sample rate: 48 KHz | ™ ™ | cqm: flat ¦ channels: 2 | ™ ™ | codec: x264 rev1523 ¦ | ™ ™ | framerate: 25 ¦ | ™ ™ | | ™ ™ | Other iNFO: | ™ ™ | | ™ ™ | Size: 1783.54 MB ¦ Release Date: 03-05-2010 | ™ ™ | Runtime: 114 min 42 s ¦ Language: Polish/German | ™ ™ | Subs: EN | ™ ™ ™ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ | | | ‡‡ ‡‡ ‡‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡‡‡ ‡ ‡‡ ‡ ‡‡‡‡ ‡‡ | | ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ | | ‡ ‡‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡‡‡ ‡ ‡ | | ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ | | ‡ ‡ ‡‡ ‡ ‡ ‡‡‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡‡ | | | …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ® Cast : ¦ Directed by: ® ® | ¦ Aleksander Ford | ® ® | Mieczyslawa Cwiklinska ... Mrs. Klara ¦ | ® ® | Jerzy Leszczynski ... Józef Bialek ¦ Rating: 6.7/10 | ® ® | Wladyslaw Godik ... Libermann ¦ 48 votes | ® ® | Wladyslaw Walter ... Cieplikowski ¦ | ® ® | Jerzy Pichelski ... Wojtan ¦ Genre: Drama | ® ® | Maria Broniewska ... Jadzia ¦ | ® ® | | ® ® | IMDb url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041999/ | ® ® | | ® ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ | | | ŤŤ Ť ŤŤ ŤŤŤ ŤŤŤ ŤŤ | | Ť Ť Ť Ť Ť Ť Ť Ť Ť | | Ť Ť Ť Ť Ť Ť ŤŤ Ť | | Ť ŤŤ Ť Ť Ť Ť Ť Ť | | Ť Ť ŤŤ Ť ŤŤŤ ŤŤ | | | …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… © © © | ««‹‹‹ release • notes ›››»» | © © | | © © | This movie was a nightmare to encode. The source had almost every | © © | possible flaw - blending, aliasing, blocking etc. Hopefully, | © © | with some filtering, proper framerate was restored. I wasn't | © © | satisfied neither with banding nor with artifial grain, so I added | © © | some Criterion's grainAfter countless tests, it's finally done. | © © | It took ~3.2 seconds to encode every single frame. | © © | A great drama, one of the first post-war Polish movies. Settings | © © | are breathtaking, probably the 'real' ruins. A bit pompous and | © © | conventional at times, worth seeing though! | © © | | © © | ««‹‹‹ .·•·..·•·..·•·. ›››»» | © © | | © © | ENJOY! | © © | | © ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
Ulica.Graniczna.1948.DVDRip.x264-KOZi.mkv
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The source was a nightmare. It had almost every possible flaw - blending, aliasing, blocking etc. Hopefully, with D***e's help, it was possible to remove blending and restore original framerate of 25 fps.
So, let me show you what I've done, using as example, my favourite frame, the one with pixel-blended monster
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untouched source frame no. 26089 - next: deinterlaced with nnedi2+yadifmod combo - next: frame no. 21762 (one of the two earlier visible frames) after applying RestoreFPS(25,0.00) - next: final result after further filtering
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Well, unblending wasn't as simple as RestoreFPS(25,0.00). I had to adjust the second parameter, 'phase', about 5 times throughout the film. Also RestoreFPS left some garbage, but MC_Spuds(frames=3) partially removed it, as well as some rain drops in 1-2 scenes, so the final result isn't perfect, but it's rather a compromise.
As you can see, there was some Criterion's grain added. I wasn't satisfied neither with banding nor with artificial grain from Blockbuster of GrainFactory3. Finally, it was encoded with x264 using crf 18.6. It took about 3,2 seconds to compress every SINGLE frame, on my Athlon 3000+.
Some pseudorandom (MATLAB's randn function
