Upcoming Diskino Blu-ray Releases
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Posted June 30, 2019 11:32 PM by Webmaster
Chinese label Disckino has provided us with details for five upcoming Blu-ray releases, two if which will be part of the prestigious World Cinema Library.
WORLD CINEMA LIBRARY COLLECTION:
King of the Children
Synopsis: An unschooled young man, one of the countless victims of Mao's Cultural Revolution, is labouring in the countryside when he is suddenly assigned to teach in a near-by village school. Gradually, he finds the confidence to ditch the Maoist textbook and encourage the barely literate kids to write about their own lives and feelings. At the same time, through a series of dream-like meetings with a young cowherd, he begins to sense the possibilities of a life beyond the parameters of traditional education. Directed by Chen Kaige.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
The Swordsmen in Double Flag Town
Synopsis: A teenage lad arrives at Double Flag Town to claim his betrothed bride, but he encounters a group of outlaws and kills one of them. A vendetta is expected.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS OF CHINESE CINEMA LINE:
Dying to Survive
Synopsis: The film tells the wild story of small drug store owner who becomes the exclusive selling agent of a cheap Indian generic drug prescribed for Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia in China. Directed by Muye Wen.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Wrath of Silence
Synopsis: A young shepherd goes missing in the hills of rural Northern China. His mute father embarks on a wild journey to find him while routinely resorting to fisticuffs.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
The Wandering Earth
Synopsis: As the sun is dying out, people all around the world build giant planet thrusters to move Earth out of its orbit and sail Earth to a new star system. Yet the 2500-year journey comes with unexpected dangers, and in order to save humanity, a group of young people in this age of a wandering Earth fight hard for the survival of humankind.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
WORLD CINEMA LIBRARY COLLECTION:
King of the Children
Synopsis: An unschooled young man, one of the countless victims of Mao's Cultural Revolution, is labouring in the countryside when he is suddenly assigned to teach in a near-by village school. Gradually, he finds the confidence to ditch the Maoist textbook and encourage the barely literate kids to write about their own lives and feelings. At the same time, through a series of dream-like meetings with a young cowherd, he begins to sense the possibilities of a life beyond the parameters of traditional education. Directed by Chen Kaige.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K RESTORATION from Xi'an Film Studio
- Hallucinatory Sounds of the Past History: Tony Rayns on King of the Children
- Uncompressed Mandarin mono track
- Newly translated optional English subtitles for the main feature
- Booklet, shooting script and postcards
- Limited Edition with custom packaging
- REGION-FREE
The Swordsmen in Double Flag Town
Synopsis: A teenage lad arrives at Double Flag Town to claim his betrothed bride, but he encounters a group of outlaws and kills one of them. A vendetta is expected.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K RESTORATION from Xi'an Film Studio
- Tony Rayns on The Swordsmen in Double Flag Town
- Newly translated optional English subtitles for the main feature
- Booklet, shooting script and postcards
- Limited Edition with custom packaging
- REGION-FREE
CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS OF CHINESE CINEMA LINE:
Dying to Survive
Synopsis: The film tells the wild story of small drug store owner who becomes the exclusive selling agent of a cheap Indian generic drug prescribed for Chronic Granulocytic Leukemia in China. Directed by Muye Wen.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEWLY REMASTERED IN 2K
- EXCLUSIVE DOLBY ATMOS MANDARIN TRACK
- Music & Sound effects track
- The Making of Dying to Survive: a 86-minute making of documentary produced by Diskino
- EPK materials
- Optional English subtitles for the main feature
- Limited to 550 sets
- REGION-FREE
Wrath of Silence
Synopsis: A young shepherd goes missing in the hills of rural Northern China. His mute father embarks on a wild journey to find him while routinely resorting to fisticuffs.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEWLY REMASTERED IN 2K
- An Introduction from Director Xin Yukun
- A Metaphor: A 79-minute interview with Director Xin Yukun, produced by Diskino
- EPK materials
- Special Clips from FIRST International Film Festival
- Mandarin DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track
- Optional English subtitles
- REGION-FREE
The Wandering Earth
Synopsis: As the sun is dying out, people all around the world build giant planet thrusters to move Earth out of its orbit and sail Earth to a new star system. Yet the 2500-year journey comes with unexpected dangers, and in order to save humanity, a group of young people in this age of a wandering Earth fight hard for the survival of humankind.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW HD presentation from 2K digital master, with a Dolby Atmos Mandarin track
- Optional English subtitles
- Limited Edition
- MORE features to be announced....
- REGION-FREE
