British label Second Run will release on Blu-ray Milos Forman's film Loves of a Blonde a.k.a. A Blonde In Love (1965), starring Hana Brejchová, Vladimír Pucholt, Vladimír Mensík, Ivan Kheil, and Jirí Hruby. The release will be available for purchase on July 22.
Synopsis: A subtle and beautifully observed social satire which maintains a remarkable balance between despair and hope, this bittersweet romance from Milo Forman, the multiple Oscar-winning director of Black Peter, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and Amadeus, unfolds as a sweetly seductive film but also provides a wry critique of life under totalitarianism. Forman is able to distill universal truths from the simplest of situations and present them with a sharp yet compassionate eye.
Aided by Miroslav Ondrícek's wonderful camerawork, and with Ivan Passer (director of Intimate Lighting) as assistant and co-scriptwriter, the pleasures to be gained here are immense.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM from original materials by the Czech National Film Archive.
Life As It Is: Milo Forman on his Czech films - Part 2: the second part of an archival film-by-film interview with Forman, newly edited for this release with never-before-seen footage.
Audio commentary
Trailer
Booklet featuring writing on the film by film historian Michael Brooke