The Needle Blu-ray
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Posted September 28, 2018 05:26 PM by Webmaster
French label 1Kult has sent us information about its first Blu-ray release: a dual format edition of Rashid Nugmanov's film The Needle (1988), starring Viktor Tsoy, Marina Smirnova, and Pyotr Mamonov.
Studio synopsis: The Needle by Rashid Nugmanov, released on video for the first time in France, is the spearhead of the Kazakh New Wave, born in the end of the 1980s. It was also a tremendous success in theaters in the USSR, with more than 30 million spectators during the year of its release. Today, films such as Leto by Kirill Serebrennikov, highly acclaimed at the 2018 Cannes Films Festival, openly quote The Needle.
The star of the film, Viktor Tsoi, already an icon at the time, became a legend of the punk new wave scene after his untimely death shortly after the release of the film on screen. The film is still incredibly modern and makes us think both of Jean-Luc Godard and of Jim Jarmush. The Needle is a cult film in Russia and in Korea, but for decades has been largely ignored in the West.
The combo includes a DVD and, for the first time, a Blu-ray, for the ultimate edition of the film, restored by the director himself and subtitled in several languages (English, French, German, Korean). The combo also contains Igla Remix, made by Rashid Nugmanov in 2010; his first short film, Yahha, that depicts the underground rock scene of the late Soviet Union epoch; as well as a documentary on the Kazakh New Wave. The edition and the documentary are supervised by Eugenie Zvonkine, Soviet and post-Soviet cinema specialist.
At the moment, the new release can be purchased here.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Studio synopsis: The Needle by Rashid Nugmanov, released on video for the first time in France, is the spearhead of the Kazakh New Wave, born in the end of the 1980s. It was also a tremendous success in theaters in the USSR, with more than 30 million spectators during the year of its release. Today, films such as Leto by Kirill Serebrennikov, highly acclaimed at the 2018 Cannes Films Festival, openly quote The Needle.
The star of the film, Viktor Tsoi, already an icon at the time, became a legend of the punk new wave scene after his untimely death shortly after the release of the film on screen. The film is still incredibly modern and makes us think both of Jean-Luc Godard and of Jim Jarmush. The Needle is a cult film in Russia and in Korea, but for decades has been largely ignored in the West.
The combo includes a DVD and, for the first time, a Blu-ray, for the ultimate edition of the film, restored by the director himself and subtitled in several languages (English, French, German, Korean). The combo also contains Igla Remix, made by Rashid Nugmanov in 2010; his first short film, Yahha, that depicts the underground rock scene of the late Soviet Union epoch; as well as a documentary on the Kazakh New Wave. The edition and the documentary are supervised by Eugenie Zvonkine, Soviet and post-Soviet cinema specialist.
At the moment, the new release can be purchased here.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW REMASTER OF THE FILM SUPERVISED BY THE DIRECTOR
- Bonus Film: Igla Remix (85 min).
- Short Film: Yahha (36 min)
- Documentary: "Souvenirs de vague" by Eugénie Zvonkine (47 Min)
- Introduction to The Needle (13 Min)
- Original trailers
- In Russian, with optional English, French, Spanish, German, and Korean subtitles for the main feature
- REGION-FREE