Red Spirit Lake / We Await Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.0
Video		3.5
Audio		3.5
Extras		4.0
Overall		4.0

Red Spirit Lake / We Await Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Brian Orndorf March 21, 2022

Saturn’s Core delves into the mind of director Charles Pinion, bringing 1993’s “Red Spirit Lake” and 1996’s “We Await” to Blu-ray, exploring the shot- on-video world of a controversial filmmaker and his vision for standard definition madness.

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Red Spirit Lake / We Await Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

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Red Spirit Lake / We Await Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

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Red Spirit Lake / We Await Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

• Booklet (26 pages) offers an interview with director Charles Pinion.

Red Spirit Lake

• Commentary features director Charles Pinion.

• "Red Reason to Live" (15:10, HD) is an interview with director Charles Pinion.

• "Dissection of a Shot" (3:30, SD) is raw footage of the "Red Spirit Lake" shoot.

• Deleted Scenes and Outtakes (34:35, SD) for "Red Spirit Lake" are provided.

• "Madball" (3:01, SD) is a 1988 short film from director Charles Pinion.

• "Try Again" (8:41, HD) is a 2015 short film from director Charles Pinion.

• "Ultra Rare Footage" (SD) includes "42nd Street, Fall 1988" (:46), "The Screw Magazine Bathroom" (1:18), "Mechanical Sterility Performing 'Body of Christ'" (2:24), and "COTA Live Performance" (48:33).

• And a Trailer (4:32, SD) is included.

We Await

• Commentary is listed as a conversation with director Charles Pinion about "We Await," but what's actually presented here is the commentary track for "Red Spirit Lake."

• "Psychic, Powerful" (15:36, HD) is an interview with director Charles Pinion.

• "Disembowelment of a Shot" (4:54, SD) is raw BTS footage from the "We Await" shoot."

• Deleted Scenes and Outtakes (18:39, SD) from "We Aware" are offered.

• "Spirit Drive" (4:46, SD) is an excerpt from the VHS release of "We Await."

• "'Spirit Drive' Document" (30:43, SD) is a making-of for "We Await," covering a single day of the shoot as cast and crew gather to film a driving sequence.

• And a Trailer (2:34, SD) is included.

Red Spirit Lake / We Await Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

As with other SOV releases, A/V can only get so far, but the general moods of "Red Spirit Lake" and "We Await" are preserved reasonably well, and supplements are directly involved with Pinion's creative process, giving fans insight into these two oddball movies.