I can only assume that this means no preserved print of the complete original film still survives (though my suspicions have been proved true before that a private collector or museum still has one hidden away and unavailable for view or reproduction). This version lacks the original color sequences, although a good musical score is provided. The second version on a second DVD is a preserved print of the original 1925 theatrical release of the film. You cannot imagine the difference in the effect simply of viewing a pristine print of the film if all you have ever seen is one of the dark and grainy poor quality videos. The image quality of this is so wonderful that any real fan must see it at least once. The highlighted version is a magnificently preserved and restored print of the 1929 re-release of the film.
The Milestone Ultimate Edition, also marketed by Image Entertainment, contains three versions, or more properly two versions, one of which has a choice of musical and sound accompaniment. On the whole I think I prefer the Kino edition, but there are features of the Milestone edition that require a true afficiando to acquire both. The color tinting in the Kino version is advertised as being correct according to the original and I like the tones, but this print lacks the special Handschiegl color scene on the rooftop although it has the famous two-strip Technicolor sequence of the Bal Masque. There are points in the score for the Kino edition that I much prefer. The music in the Milestone edition may be better but both are outstanding. The image quality in the Kino print is not as good, though it is never worse than fair and generally good.
It is a great scene, luridly tinted in blood red one of my favorites. This is the very opening sequence showing a man holding a lantern in a dark cellar beneath the Opera House and then hiding as he sees the shadow of the Phantom passing by. The Kino Special Collector's Edition marketed by Image Entertainment is a well preserved and restored version of the film that differs in content from the Milestone Ultimate Edition 1929 version in only one scene. Version Comparison of The Phantom of the Opera A Comparison of the DVD Versions of
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