Australian label Umbrella Entertainment has announced its May batch of Blu-ray releases. They are: Upstream Color (2013), Primer (2004), You'll Never Find Me (2023), and Trash Humpers (2009).
Description: Nearly a decade after the release of his critically-acclaimed sci-fi drama Primer, Shane Carruth returns with enigmatic romantic thriller UPSTREAM COLOR. Jeff (Carruth) and Kris (Amy Seimetz) find themselves drawn together after their lives have been compromised by a the lifecycle of an ageless organism. As emotional and atmospheric as Primer was clinical, UPSTREAM COLOR plays with genre and narrative form to invite audiences into discussions of collective memory, love and fundamental togetherness.
A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW Commentary by Andrew Frost Sci-Fi expert and author, arts critic for Guardian and ABC
NEW Video essay by Melbourne artist Ian Haig
Isolated soundtrack
Theatrical Trailer
Trailer - Head Like the Sun
Trailer - Starlings
Optional English subtitles for the main feature
Limited Edition Only Special Features and Bonus Content:
A 48-page book featuring essay by Dr Leon Marvell, behind-the-scenes, experiences and art
Description: Two men fracture the seams of time in the dark sci-fi PRIMER. Made for $7000, this lo-fi monument to indie filmmaking is endlessly rewatchable and known to scramble, bend, and short-circuit the minds of those who see it. Coveted as a realistic vision of time travel, we've dissected it further with a NEW critical commentary and NEW video essay.
By day, a small group of engineers work for a large corporation. By night, they conduct extracurricular experiments in their garage. While tweaking their latest project, they accidentally discover it has highly unexpected capabilities … ones that may enable them to do and gain anything they conceive.
Taking advantage of this opportunity is the first challenge they face. Dealing with the consequences could be their last.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW Critical commentary by Andrew Frost Sci-Fi expert and author, arts critic for Guardian and ABC
NEW Video Essay by Simon Foster, director of Sydney SF Film Festival and journalist (SBS film)
Feature length audio Commentary with Director Shane Carruth
Feature length audio Commentary with cast and crew
Trailer
Irish Trailer
Optional English SDH subtitles for the main feature
Limited Edition Only Special Features and Bonus Content:
A 48-page book featuring essay by Travis Johnson, Q&A with the director, behind-the-scenes, experiences and art
Description: Our third release in our line highlighting up-and-coming unique Aussie filmmakers is You'll Never Find Me! The Collector's Edition is only available from the Umbrella Webstore and includes a limited and numbered slipcase with a 20-page booklet.
This new Australian release continues our promise to promote great local and independent filmmakers!
Patrick, a strange and solitary resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated caravan park. After a violent thunderstorm erupts, a mysterious young woman appears at his door seeking shelter from the weather. Increasingly unnatural occurrences begin to unfold in the home, pushing an already paranoid Patrick into a deeper state of unease. The longer the night wears on and the more the young woman discovers about Patrick, the more difficult she finds it to leave. Soon she begins to question Patrick's intentions, while Patrick questions his own grip on reality…
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Audio Commentary with directors Josiah Allen and Indianna Bell
Behind the Scenes
Short film - Call Connect
Short film - The Recordist
PLUS: slipcase and 20-page booklet put together by the team behind You'll Never Find Me; only from the Umbrella Webstore
Descrition: The unbelievable, indescribable, other-dimensional TRASH HUMPERS, from writer/director Harmony Korine (Gummo), is a filth-ladened film that would have us all incinerated if the aliens found it… so Umbrella Entertainment has decided to inflict it on you.
A gang of elderly people spend their time roaming back alleys, vandalising, causing trouble, frequently tormenting those they come into contact with, and humping trash. What follows is a chaotic, nihilistic, and perhaps nightmarish journey into the dark underside of small-town America, all shot through with a VHS aesthetic that lends the film a found footage quality.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
NEW Video essay with author and film critic Kat Ellinger
Seattle screening Q&A with director Harmony Korine
SXSW 2010 Harmony Korine interview by Chase Whale
Outtakes
Trailer
Optional English subtitles for the main feature
Limited Edition Only Special Features and Bonus Content:
Official VHS release with full length feature of Trash Humpers with custom slipcase by Johny 'Smoov Design Co.' Bekavac
Replica Trash Humpers press kit booklet
A 48-page book featuring essay by film writer and programmer Jack Sargeant, essay by Fergus Grealy, behind-the-scenes, experiences and art
Custom art outer rigid slipcase by Johny 'Smoov Design Co.' Bekavac
Custom art slipcase by Johny 'Smoov Design Co.' Bekavac