Second Run defrosts DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME (review)

Five hundred and thirty-three film reals rescued from the permafrost of a demolished hockey ice rink in Dawson City tell the story of the city's rise in the Gold Rush and its people through the cinema, newsreels, and educational films that shaped their view of the outside world as woven together by documentary filmmaker Bill Morrison.

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DAWSON CITY: FROZEN TIME Blu-ray specs:

• 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 pillarboxed fullscreen
• English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English SDH Subtitles
• "Dawson City: Postscript" featurette
• Interview with Bill Morrison
• "The Letter" 2018 Short Film
• Original Dawson City Film Reels:
• "British Canadian Pathe News 81A, 1919"
• "International News Vol. 1 - Issue 52, 1919"
• "The Montreal Herald – Screen Magazine, 1919"
• "Pathe's Weekly #17, 1914"
• "The Butler and the Maid – Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1912"
• "Brutality – D.W. Griffith, Biograph Company, 1912"
• "The Exquisite Thief – Tod Browning, Universal Film Manufacturing Company Inc., 1919"
• "The Girl of the Northern Woods – Thanhouser, 1910"
• Trailer 
• 24-page booklet with writing on the film by Kristin Thompson and a new essay by curator Gareth Evans