British distributors Curzon Artificial Eye have officially announced that they will release on Blu-ray Andrei Tarkovsky Deluxe Blu-ray Collection. The eight-disc Blu-ray set will be available for purchase on May 15.
The box set ncludes:
Ivan's Childhood
(1962),
Andrei Rublev
(1966),
Solaris
(1972),
Mirror
(1973),
Stalker
(1979),
Nostalgia
(1983),
The Sacrifice
(19
86),
a
bonus disc of special features
and
a 178- page book featuring material from the single editions plus content exclusive to
this set.
DISC ONE - Ivan's Childhood 1962
Interview with Evgeniy Zharikov
Interview with Vadim Usov
Interview with Vyaaheslav Ovchinnikov
Russian and German with English subtitles
Running time: 94 mins
Black and white
LPCM 2.0
DISC TWO - Andrei Rublev 1966
Interview with Marina Tarkovsky
Interview with Yuriy Nazarov
Making of 'Andrei Rublev'
Russian, Italian and Tatar with English subtitles
Running time: 178 mins
Black and white
LPCM 2.0
DISC THREE - Solaris 1972
Interview with Natalia Bondurchuk
Donatas Banionis Featurette
Russian with English subtitles
Running time: 166 mins
Black and white/ colour
LPCM 2.0
DISC FOUR - Mirror 1973
Interview with screenwriter A.Misharin
Interview with composer Eduard Artemev
Interview with Oleg Yankovskiy
Music box featurette
Russian with English subtitles
Running time: 105 mins
Black and white/ colour
LPCM 2.0
DISC FIVE - Stalker 1979
Interview with Cinematographer Aleksandr Knyazhinsky
Interview with set designer Rashit Safiullin
Russian with English subtitles
Running time: 162 mins
Black and white/colour
LPCM Dual mono
DISC 6 - Nostalgia 1983
Interview with Marina Tarkovsky
Interview with screenwriter, Tonino Guerra
Russian and Italian with English subtitles
Running time: 125 mins
Black and white/colour
LPCM 2.0
DISC 7 - The Sacrifice 1986
Video Essay - Poetic Harmony
English, Swedish and French with English subtitles
Running time: 148 mins
Audio commentary
Colour
LPCM mono
DISC 8 - Special Fetures
Andrei Tarkovsky Metaphysical Dream Zone introductions
Selected scene commentary with Film Psychoanalyst Mary Wild.