Thanks for replying, R6dw6C. 

"Anyway, have you seen it in the meanwhile, arsaib?"

Oh, of course, otherwise I wouldn't have started this thread, let alone posted a foreign review.

"I'm a bit disappointed that the author is talking much about the images (which are extremely impressive and metaphorical indeed, no doubt - when did Zulawski film no impressive images?) but didn't mention the more important "dialogues"

I think he's probably keeping in mind that for most viewers this will be their first Zulawski experience, and so the filmmaker's visual prowess is likely what's going to grab them in the initial stages. 

I've only seen it once so far and it's certainly a vertiginous experience. I agree with you that the "dialogue" -- which touches upon faith, organized religion, science, sex, etc. -- is implicatively rendered, though the (method of) delivery, needless to say, isn't quite Godardian.

"I won't believe anybody who tells that he got it - of course, you can get it, but only in a way which could be compared to Lynch, Tarkowsky, Jodorowsky or Argento which means that the film doesn't want to be understood but to be re-shot in your head, coloured with your individual paint."

Well said, I agree!

"Don't worry about the images - my version was in pretty bad state and loaded with VHS-damage (though in the correct AR of 1,66:1) but the film didn't lose any of its strength."

True. And you're right: the correct AR is 1.66:1. The Polart/Facets release is listed as 1.33:1, but I think it's slightly better than that (more like 1.55:1[?]). In any case, the image/sound quality is good enough; the subtitles are fine; the film is 157-minute long.

What is maddening, however, is the state the film was left in by the Polish authorities. Unlike most famous examples of neglectfulness, On the Silver Globe wasn't merely missing a few scenes or an ending. It's quite obvious that the film was systematically raped and mutilated before it was thrown back out into the world as to prove what could happen if a certain line is crossed. It's difficult to fathom that as a result, a filmmaker such as Zulawski was forced to explicate the matter and act as a connective tissue between the inordinate amount of missing sequences on the film's "original" audio track!

"I guess I have to give the film to A, so he can join the discussion with his enthusiastic comments (or not)."

That'd be nice.