Just in Time for Halloween, a 2K Restoration of Roland West’s 1926 Film ‘The Bat’ Arrives Via Undercrank
Even a cursory observer of mass media will experience a kind of inverse déjà vu upon watching the picture because it so clearly presages a DC Comics superhero, Batman.
The power behind the throne at Undercrank Productions, Ben Model, is an ardent film buff, proud Upper West Sider, and resident piano accompanist for the Library of Congress. Established in 2013, Undercrank produces and distributes DVD and Blu-ray editions of unheralded silent pictures. The business model is dependent on Mr. Model’s idiosyncratic enthusiasms and the kindness of like-minds on Kickstarter.
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