Indicator/Powerhouse Films Announce August Releases
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Posted May 18, 2023 06:22 PM by Webmaster
British distributors Indicator/Powerhouse Films have announced their August batch of 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases. They are: The Night of the Hunted (1980) and
The Rape of the Vampire (1968).
The Night of the Hunted 4K Blu-ray
Description: One of Jean Rollin's least-seen and most underrated works, The Night of the Hunted (La Nuit des traquées) finds the director moving away from his trademark tales of vampirism to explore a nightmarish, dystopian world.
In the dead of night, Elisabeth is rescued from unknown pursuers by Robert and taken to safety. But, after she is kidnapped and taken to an austere clinic whose distressed and abused patients are suffering from progressive memory loss, Robert sets out to find her and discover what is taking place in the clinic.
Shot at night on a shoestring budget, with a cast mostly drawn from France's adult film industry, The Night of the Hunted stars Rollin regulars Brigitte Lahaie (Fascination) and Natalie Perrey (Lips of Blood), and offers a stark and melancholic take on contemporary society.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
UK STREET DATE: AUGUST 21.
The Night of the Hunted
Special Features and Technical Specs:
UK STREET DATE: AUGUST 21.
The Rape of the Vampire 4K Blu-ray
Description: Jean Rollin's startling debut feature, 1968's The Rape of the Vampire (Le Viol du vampire), introduces his unique take on vampirism, establishing the blend of surrealism, eroticism, and horror that would become his trademark.
In the film's first part, four strange women living in a decrepit château – and all believing themselves to be ancient vampires – are visited by a psychoanalyst who attempts to rid them of their apparent delusion. In the second, the Queen of the Vampires presides over a diabolical clinic, unaware that the head doctor is plotting against her.
With its surreal black-and-white images and riveting free-jazz score by François Tusques, The Rape of the Vampire was released in Paris to a scandalised response during the chaos of May '68, heralding the arrival of a major new talent in the fantastique cinema. This new edition also includes Rollin's 1965 short The Far Countries (Les Pays loin) restored in 4K.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
UK STREET DATE: AUGUST 21.
The Rape of the Vampire
Special Features and Technical Specs:
The Night of the Hunted 4K Blu-ray
Description: One of Jean Rollin's least-seen and most underrated works, The Night of the Hunted (La Nuit des traquées) finds the director moving away from his trademark tales of vampirism to explore a nightmarish, dystopian world.
In the dead of night, Elisabeth is rescued from unknown pursuers by Robert and taken to safety. But, after she is kidnapped and taken to an austere clinic whose distressed and abused patients are suffering from progressive memory loss, Robert sets out to find her and discover what is taking place in the clinic.
Shot at night on a shoestring budget, with a cast mostly drawn from France's adult film industry, The Night of the Hunted stars Rollin regulars Brigitte Lahaie (Fascination) and Natalie Perrey (Lips of Blood), and offers a stark and melancholic take on contemporary society.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Original French mono soundtrack
- Audio commentary with writer-director Jean Rollin (2007)
- Audio commentary with film expert and author Tim Lucas (2023)
- Jean Rollin Introduces 'The Rape of the Vampire' (1998): filmed appraisal
- Jean Rollin on 'The Rape of the Vampire' (2007): the director in conversation with festival programmer and journalist Joshua T Gravel at the Fantasia Film Festival, Montreal
- Fragments of Pavement Under Sand (2023): updated documentary on the making of The Rape of the Vampire, directed by Rollin's personal assistant, Daniel Gouyette, and including interviews with key collaborators Jean-Denis Bonan, Jean-Pierre Bouyxou and Jean-Loup Philippe
- New interview with Jean-Denis Bonan, editor of The Rape of the Vampire and assistant director on The Far Countries (2023)
- Newly edited archival interview with actor Jacqueline Sieger (2023)
- Newly edited archival interview with actor Alain Yves Beaujour (2023)
- Newly edited archival interview with actor Jean-Loup Philippe (2023)
- Newly edited archival interview with composer François Tusques (2023)
- Critical appreciation by author and film historian Virginie Sélavy (2023)
- Alternative scene
- Super 8 version: cut-down home cinema presentation
- 4K restoration of The Far Countries (Les Pays loins, 1965): Rollin's second fictional short film tells of a couple lost in a maze of streets who can't remember how they got there
- The Far Countries audio commentary with Rollin (2007)
- L'Itinéraire Souvenir (2018): artistic reconstruction of Rollin's lost work from 1962 by filmmakers Victor Poucalow and Raja Tawil
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image galleries: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes
- New and improved English translation subtitles
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Beatrice Loayza, archival writing by Jean Rollin on the making of the film, an archival interview with the director by Peter Blumenstock, Jean Rollin's recollections of shooting The Far Countries, and full film credits
UK STREET DATE: AUGUST 21.
The Night of the Hunted
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- Original French mono soundtrack
- Audio commentary with writer-director Jean Rollin (2007)
- Audio commentary with film expert and author Tim Lucas (2023)
- Jean Rollin Introduces 'The Rape of the Vampire' (1998): filmed appraisal
- Jean Rollin on 'The Rape of the Vampire' (2007): the director in conversation with festival programmer and journalist Joshua T Gravel at the Fantasia Film Festival, Montreal
- Fragments of Pavement Under Sand (2023): updated documentary on the making of The Rape of the Vampire, directed by Rollin's personal assistant, Daniel Gouyette, and including interviews with key collaborators Jean-Denis Bonan, Jean-Pierre Bouyxou and Jean-Loup Philippe
- New interview with Jean-Denis Bonan, editor of The Rape of the Vampire and assistant director on The Far Countries (2023)
- Newly edited archival interview with actor Jacqueline Sieger (2023)
- Newly edited archival interview with actor Alain Yves Beaujour (2023)
- Newly edited archival interview with actor Jean-Loup Philippe (2023)
- Newly edited archival interview with composer François Tusques (2023)
- Critical appreciation by author and film historian Virginie Sélavy (2023)
- Alternative scene
- Super 8 version: cut-down home cinema presentation
- 4K restoration of The Far Countries (Les Pays loins, 1965): Rollin's second fictional short film tells of a couple lost in a maze of streets who can't remember how they got there
- The Far Countries audio commentary with Rollin (2007)
- L'Itinéraire Souvenir (2018): artistic reconstruction of Rollin's lost work from 1962 by filmmakers Victor Poucalow and Raja Tawil
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image galleries: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes
- New and improved English translation subtitles
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Beatrice Loayza, archival writing by Jean Rollin on the making of the film, an archival interview with the director by Peter Blumenstock, Jean Rollin's recollections of shooting The Far Countries, and full film credits
UK STREET DATE: AUGUST 21.
The Rape of the Vampire 4K Blu-ray
Description: Jean Rollin's startling debut feature, 1968's The Rape of the Vampire (Le Viol du vampire), introduces his unique take on vampirism, establishing the blend of surrealism, eroticism, and horror that would become his trademark.
In the film's first part, four strange women living in a decrepit château – and all believing themselves to be ancient vampires – are visited by a psychoanalyst who attempts to rid them of their apparent delusion. In the second, the Queen of the Vampires presides over a diabolical clinic, unaware that the head doctor is plotting against her.
With its surreal black-and-white images and riveting free-jazz score by François Tusques, The Rape of the Vampire was released in Paris to a scandalised response during the chaos of May '68, heralding the arrival of a major new talent in the fantastique cinema. This new edition also includes Rollin's 1965 short The Far Countries (Les Pays loin) restored in 4K.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Original French mono soundtrack
- Selected scenes audio commentary with writer-director Jean Rollin (2006)
- Selected scenes audio commentary with actor Brigitte Lahaie and Jean Rollin (2006)
- Audio commentary with film expert and author Tim Lucas (2023)
- Jean Rollin Introduces 'The Night of the Hunted' (1998): filmed appraisal
- Jean Rollin on the 'The Night of the Hunted' (2007): the director in conversation with festival programmer and journalist Joshua T Gravel at the Fantasia Film Festival, Montreal
- Perdues: 'La Nuit des traquées' (2023): updated documentary on the making of The Night of the Hunted, directed by Rollin's personal assistant, Daniel Gouyette, and including interviews with Lahaie, critic Daniel Bird, and key collaborators Jean-Pierre Bouyxou and Natalie Perrey
- Le Pont (2023): short film revisiting the aqueduct seen in The Night of the Hunted
- Newly edited archival interview with Lahaie (2023)
- Newly edited archival interview with producer Lionel Wallmann (2023)
- Archival interview with porn performer Alain Plumey, who acted in The Night of the Hunted and Fascination, filmed at the Museum of Eroticism (2006)
- Filmed critical appreciation by author and musician Stephen Thrower (2023)
- Alternative sex scenes
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image galleries: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes
- New and improved English translation subtitles
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Ruairí McCann, archival writing by Jean Rollin on the making of the film, an archival interview with actor Brigitte Lahaie, and full film credits
UK STREET DATE: AUGUST 21.
The Rape of the Vampire
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMERA NEGATIVE
- Original French mono soundtrack
- Selected scenes audio commentary with writer-director Jean Rollin (2006)
- Selected scenes audio commentary with actor Brigitte Lahaie and Jean Rollin (2006)
- Audio commentary with film expert and author Tim Lucas (2023)
- Jean Rollin Introduces 'The Night of the Hunted' (1998): filmed appraisal
- Jean Rollin on the 'The Night of the Hunted' (2007): the director in conversation with festival programmer and journalist Joshua T Gravel at the Fantasia Film Festival, Montreal
- Perdues: 'La Nuit des traquées' (2023): updated documentary on the making of The Night of the Hunted, directed by Rollin's personal assistant, Daniel Gouyette, and including interviews with Lahaie, critic Daniel Bird, and key collaborators Jean-Pierre Bouyxou and Natalie Perrey
- Le Pont (2023): short film revisiting the aqueduct seen in The Night of the Hunted
- Newly edited archival interview with Lahaie (2023)
- Newly edited archival interview with producer Lionel Wallmann (2023)
- Archival interview with porn performer Alain Plumey, who acted in The Night of the Hunted and Fascination, filmed at the Museum of Eroticism (2006)
- Filmed critical appreciation by author and musician Stephen Thrower (2023)
- Alternative sex scenes
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image galleries: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes
- New and improved English translation subtitles
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Ruairí McCann, archival writing by Jean Rollin on the making of the film, an archival interview with actor Brigitte Lahaie, and full film credits