The Valley of the Bees Blu-ray
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Posted August 14, 2024 06:22 PM by Webmaster
British label Second Run is preparing a Blu-ray release of Frantisek Vlácil's The Valley of the Bees (1968), starring Vera Galatíková, Zdenek Kryzánek, Miroslav Machácek, and Josef Somr. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on September 30.
Description; Set in 13th-century Europe, Frantisek Vlacil's visionary medieval epic chronicles the tale of a young boy forced to join the Order of the Teutonic Knights. Years later he abandons the Crusaders, only to be pursued by a fanatical comrade and pay a terrible price for his rejection of the Holy Order. With dazzling monochrome cinematography and vivid recreation of the period, The Valley of the Bees is a raw and haunting moral fable about the conflict between human nature and dogmatism – and just as powerful and engrossing a film as his more famous work, Marketa Lazarová.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description; Set in 13th-century Europe, Frantisek Vlacil's visionary medieval epic chronicles the tale of a young boy forced to join the Order of the Teutonic Knights. Years later he abandons the Crusaders, only to be pursued by a fanatical comrade and pay a terrible price for his rejection of the Holy Order. With dazzling monochrome cinematography and vivid recreation of the period, The Valley of the Bees is a raw and haunting moral fable about the conflict between human nature and dogmatism – and just as powerful and engrossing a film as his more famous work, Marketa Lazarová.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW Projection Booth commentary with Mike White and Robert Bellissimo
- Frantisek Vlacil's acclaimed 1972 short documentary films, photographed by Frantisek Uldrich, with music by Zdenek Liska:
- The City in White (Mesto v bilem)
- Karlovy Vary Promenades (Karlovarske promenady)
- 24-page booklet with writing on the film by author Peter Hames
- New and improved English subtitle translation.
