Cronos 4K Blu-ray
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Posted January 13, 2025 08:54 AM by Webmaster
The British Film Institute has provided final details for its upcoming 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray releases of Guillermo del Toro's Cronos (1993), starring Federico Luppi, Ron Perlman, Claudio Brook, Tamara Xanath, and Margarita Isabel. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on February 10.
Description: When antiques dealer Jesús Gris (Federico Luppi) discovers an ancient artefact in the form of a golden mechanical scarab, he is unaware of the power it holds. While the parasite inside the device grants eternal life to its new host, it also causes an extreme aversion to daylight and an unquenchable thirst for human blood. Desperate to claim the scarab for himself, a dying millionaire (Claudio Brook) and his brutish nephew (Ron Perlman, Hellboy) are soon in hot pursuit.
To launch these home entertainment releases, CRONOS will be screened at BFI IMAX, Britain's biggest screen, on Sunday, February 9, at 2.30pm, preceded by a newly recorded introduction by Guillermo del Toro.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: When antiques dealer Jesús Gris (Federico Luppi) discovers an ancient artefact in the form of a golden mechanical scarab, he is unaware of the power it holds. While the parasite inside the device grants eternal life to its new host, it also causes an extreme aversion to daylight and an unquenchable thirst for human blood. Desperate to claim the scarab for himself, a dying millionaire (Claudio Brook) and his brutish nephew (Ron Perlman, Hellboy) are soon in hot pursuit.
To launch these home entertainment releases, CRONOS will be screened at BFI IMAX, Britain's biggest screen, on Sunday, February 9, at 2.30pm, preceded by a newly recorded introduction by Guillermo del Toro.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Newly recorded audio commentary by Jason Wood
- Audio commentary by Guillermo del Toro (2002)
- Audio commentary with producers Arthur H Gorson and Bertha Navarro, and co-producer Alejandro Springall (2002)
- Optional original Spanish-language voiceover introduction
- Cronos – An Introduction (2024, 34 mins): director Guillermo del Toro in conversation with Olivier Père, the former head of the Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival
- Geometria (1987, revised 2010, 7 mins): a short film by Guillermo del Toro about a young man who pays dearly to have his dreams come true
- Guillermo del Toro on Geometria (2010, 7 mins): an interview with the director
- BFI Screen Talk: Guillermo del Toro (2017, 74 mins): filmed around the release of The Shape of Water, the writer and director discusses his career with journalist, author and screenwriter Mark Salisbury at the BFI London Film Festival
- Making of Cronos With Federico Luppi (2003, 5 mins): an archival interview with the actor
- Interview with the director (2010, 60 mins): an archival interview with Guillermo del Toro
- Interview with Guillermo del Toro (2010, 18 mins): a conversation with the writer and director
- Interview with Guillermo Navarro (2010, 13 mins): a discussion with the film's cinematographer
- Interview with Ron Perlman (2010, 7 mins): a conversation with the actor who, since Cronos, has gone on to become one of del Toro's regular collaborators
- Trailer
- Image gallery
- 60-page book featuring new essays by Michelle Kisner, Rich Johnson, Barry Forshaw, and Michael Leader. Also includes an edited version of 'Guillermo del Toro: The origins of horror and Cronos', an interview that originally appeared in The Faber Book of Mexican Cinema, by Jason Wood and an original Sight & Sound review by John Kraniauskas; film credits and notes on the special features
- A set of four postcards featuring images from the film
- Fold-out poster featuring the new artwork by Clément Deneu
- 4K BLU-RAY: REGION-FREE
- BLU-RAY: REGION-B "LOCKED"
