Vinegar Syndrome is preparing a Blu-ray release of Julien Duvivier's Flesh and Fantasy (1943), starring Edward G. Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck, Charles Boyer, Betty Field, and Robert Cummings. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this month.
Description: A trilogy of tales of love and death. First, a drowning during Mardi Gras leads to a bitter woman's masked reckoning. Next, an upstanding citizen is driven to madness and murder by a palm reader's prophesy. Finally, a circus tightrope walker is haunted by dreams of a mysterious woman and his own death.
One of the first horror anthology films made by an American studio – and two years before DEAD OF NIGHT – award-winning director Julien Duvivier (PÉPÉ LE MOKO) delivers FLESH AND FANTASY, three strange and at times surreal stories of the supernatural with an all-star cast that includes Edward G. Robinson (Soylent Green), Barbara Stanwyck (Double Indemnity), and Charles Boyer (Gaslight), who also co-produced. Stunningly photographed by Oscar® winner Stanley Cortez (THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER) and lushly scored by Oscar® nominee Alexander Tansman, Vinegar Syndrome Labs presents the Blu-ray debut of this landmark in 1940s genre filmmaking, newly restored in 2K and featuring insightful critical appreciations along with rare archival materials.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM A 35MM DUPE NEGATIVE
NEW audio commentary track with critics Barry Forshaw and Kim Newman
"Fate News or The Dark world of Julien Duvivier" - a featurette with French film director Christophe Gans (Brotherhood of the Wolf)
Video trailer
Reversible sleeve artwork
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature