My 20th Century Blu-ray
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Posted April 20, 2020 02:16 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber will release on Blu-ray Ildiko Enyedi's film My 20th Century (1989), starring Dorota Segda, Oleg Yankovskiy, Gábor Máté, and Péter Andorai. The release will be available for purchase on June 9.
Awarded the Camera d'Or for best first feature at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, Hungarian trailblazer Ildikó Enyedi's My 20th Century is a luminous, unconventional fairy tale. Two twins, Lili the anarchist and Dóra, a luxurious woman of loose morals (both played by the young Polish actress Dorotha Segda), are separated as young girls. Their lives proceed on opposing tracks until their paths reconnect on the Orient Express with Mr. Z. (Tarkovsky mainstay Oleg Yankovsky) who loves them jointly. Defiantly in pursuit of happiness and in retreat from the "mass murdering century," they are all entranced by Thomas Edison's inventions and drunk on the miracle of existence. Among the greatest of cinematic debuts, My 20th Century introduced the world to Enyedi (On Body and Soul), who remains a vital, distinctive artist into the 21st century.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Awarded the Camera d'Or for best first feature at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, Hungarian trailblazer Ildikó Enyedi's My 20th Century is a luminous, unconventional fairy tale. Two twins, Lili the anarchist and Dóra, a luxurious woman of loose morals (both played by the young Polish actress Dorotha Segda), are separated as young girls. Their lives proceed on opposing tracks until their paths reconnect on the Orient Express with Mr. Z. (Tarkovsky mainstay Oleg Yankovsky) who loves them jointly. Defiantly in pursuit of happiness and in retreat from the "mass murdering century," they are all entranced by Thomas Edison's inventions and drunk on the miracle of existence. Among the greatest of cinematic debuts, My 20th Century introduced the world to Enyedi (On Body and Soul), who remains a vital, distinctive artist into the 21st century.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 2K RESTORATION BY THE HUNGARIAN DIGITAL ARCHIVE AND FILM INSTITUTE
- introduction by director Ildikó Enyedi
- Audio commentary with Enyedi and DP Tibor Mathe (Hungarian with optional English subtitles)
- Interview with Enyedi by filmmaker Peter Strickland (courtesy of Second Run)
- -Booklet essay by curator and writer Dorota Lech
