AVAILABLE ON DVD & BLU-RAY - 18th May 2015
Potent and poetic, mischievous and macabre, Borowczyk’s film shows how many imaginative worlds the horror movie can open up when the right artist holds the keys.
Nigel Andrews, Financial Times
Following unanimous critical acclaim for their 2014 Walerian Borowczyk retrospective collection, Arrow Video is thrilled to announce the world premiere Blu-ray release of Borowczyk’s The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Miss Osbourne, released on dual-format Blu-ray and DVD from 18th May 2015, marking the first time the film has been made available commercially since the VHS and Laserdisc era.
Often regarded as Borowczyk’s last great film, and his only out-and-out horror film, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Miss Osbourne features his most culty cast including Udo Kier, Patrick Magee and Howard Vernon. The disc will be presented with both the French and English versions of the film, the latter featuring Patrick Magee’s own voice.
This new release will feature a restored high definition transfer, an introduction by critic and long-term Borowczyk fan Michael Brooke and a new audio commentary featuring archival interviews with Walerian Borowczyk, and new interviews with cinematographer Noël Véry, editor Khadicha Bariha, assistant Michael Levy and filmmaker Noël Simsolo, moderated by Daniel Bird.
This new disc will also feature Himorogi (2012), a short film by Marina and Alessio Pierro, made in homage to Borowczyk, alongside interviews with Marina Pierro, artist and filmmaker Alessio Pierro and a video essay by Adrian Martin and Cristina Alvarez Lopez.
Alongside this, the new edition will also include Eyes That Listen, a featurette on Borowczyk’s collaborations with electro-acoustic composer Bernard Parmegiani and Happy Toy (1979), a short film by Borowczyk based on Charles-Émile Reynaud’s praxinoscope. An introduction to Happy Toy by production assistant Sarah Mallinson will also be included.
Rounding off the Blu-ray, a new featurette by Daniel Bird, Returning to Return: Borowczyk and Early Cinema will also be included, along with the reversible sleeve with artwork based on Borowczyk’s own poster design. The booklet will include new writing on the film by Daniel Bird and archive materials, illustrated with rare stills
Synopsis
It’s the engagement party for brilliant young Dr Henry Jekyll (Udo Kier) and his fiancée, the beautiful Fanny Osbourne (Marina Pierro), attended by various pillars of Victorian society, including the astonishing Patrick Magee in one of his final roles. But when people are found raped and murdered outside and ultimately inside the house, it becomes clear that a madman has broken in to disrupt the festivities – but who is he? And why does Dr Jekyll keep sneaking off to his laboratory?
We know the answer, of course, but Walerian Borowczyk’s visually stunning adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s much-filmed tale is crammed with wildly imaginative and outrageously perverse touches characteristic of the man who scandalised audiences with Immoral Tales and The Beast, not least the explicitly sexualised nature of Mr Hyde’s primal urges.
Special Features
Brand new 2K restoration, scanned from the original camera negative and supervised by cinematographer Noël Véry
High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of the film, released on both formats for the first time anywhere in the world
English and French soundtracks in LPCM 1.0
Optional English SDH and English subtitles
Introduction by critic and long-term Borowczyk fan Michael Brooke
Audio commentary featuring archival interviews with Walerian Borowczyk and new interviews with cinematographer Noël Véry, editor Khadicha Bariha, assistant Michael Levy and filmmaker Noël Simsolo, moderated by Daniel Bird
Interview with Marina Pierro
Himorogi (2012), a short film by Marina and Alessio Pierro, made in homage to Borowczyk
Interview with artist and filmmaker Alessio Pierro
Phantasmagoria of the Interior, a video essay by Adrian Martin and Cristina Alvarez Lopez
Eyes That Listen, a featurette on Borowczyk’s collaborations with electro-acoustic composer Bernard Parmegiani
Happy Toy (1979), a short film by Borowczyk based on Charles-Émile Reynaud’s praxinoscope
Introduction to Happy Toy by production assistant Sarah Mallinson
Returning to Return: Borowczyk and Early Cinema, a featurette by Daniel Bird
Reversible sleeve with artwork based on Borowczyk’s own poster design
Booklet with new writing on the film by Daniel Bird and archive materials, illustrated with rare stills
Andy The Kid Releases Pendulum Cover 'The Island' Lyric Video Featuring Aaron Nordstrom Of Gemini Syndrome
Andy The Kid has released a lyric video for his cover of Pendulum's track "The Island" which features Aaron Nordstrom from Gemini Syndrome on guest vocals. The track is from Andy The Kid's new EP entitled "Linchpin" which is out now! The EP also features guest performances from Chris Hall (Stabbing Westward), Jimmy Trigger (We Are the Riot), and Toby Rand (Juke Kartel).
Chesko (Der Klinke) and Jan (Mildreda) both from Ostend, friends, music lovers and producers... So a collaboration seemed inevitable. This came in the form of a remix of "We Are Here".
A little teaser below
Chesko (Der Klinke) en Jan (Mildreda) beiden van Oostende, producers en vrienden...Een samenwerking kon niet uitblijven vandaar deze remix van hun single "We Are Here".
Hieronder een kleine teaser :)
The dark scene in Mexico is as many-faceted as the country itself.
For those among my readers always looking for interesting new stuff, I can recommend "Duo Reflectus", a great Synthpop project from Mexico City!
There's also a new EP planned for August and afterwards some shows in Mexico D.F.!
Curious? Check this
http://www.duoreflectus.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Duo-Reflectus/187286667972807?fref=ts
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChjQ4tF6VFXsJb4vTne2r8Q
From 30th June on, Warner will release American Sniper on both DVD and Blu-ray.
Director:Clint Eastwood
Stars:Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner
Chris Kyle was nothing more than a Texan man who wanted to become a cowboy, but in his thirties he found out that maybe his life needed something different, something where he could express his real talent, something that could help America in its fight against terrorism. So he joined the SEALs in order to become a sniper. After marrying, Kyle and the other members of the team are called for their first tour of Iraq. Kyle's struggle isn't with his missions, but about his relationship with the reality of the war and, once returned at home, how he manages to handle it with his urban life, his wife and kids.
"The Legend", "The Devil", het zijn slechts enkele van de namen die in het Amerikaanse leger rechtstreeks met Chris Kyle verbonden zijn. In American Sniper vertelt Clint Eastwood het aangrijpende levensverhaal van de dodelijkste scherpschutter uit de Amerikaanse geschiedenis. Het resultaat is een intense film geworden, waarin een fenomenale Bradley Cooper de rol van zijn leven vertolkt. De acteur werd dan ook volkomen terecht genomineerd voor een Oscar® in de categorie Beste Acteur.
American Sniper, bekroond met een Oscar®, is vanaf 30 juni beschikbaar op Blu-ray™, DVD en Video on Demand. De film is ook beschikbaar als Digital Download.
SYNOPSIS
'American Sniper' is gebaseerd op de memoires van Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, geschreven door Scott McEwen en Jim DeFelice. Kyle is de dodelijkste schutter aller tijden en wordt door zijn vijanden "de duivel" genoemd. Van 1999 tot 2009 vestigde hij een record met de meeste moorden als scherpschutter in de geschiedenis van het Amerikaanse leger. Kyle leerde de fijne kneepjes van het vak al toen hij een kind was en zou een prominente rol gaan spelen in de strijd tegen het terrorisme die na 9/11 van start ging.
BONUSMATERIALEN
One Soldier's Story: The Journey of American Sniper (BD, DVD)
The Making of American Sniper (BD)
