La Haine 30th Anniversary 4K Blu-ray
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Posted March 24, 2025 02:07 AM by Webmaster
The British Film Institute has detailed its upcoming 4K Blu-ray release of Mathieu Kassovitz's La Haine (1995), starring Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé, Saïd Taghmaoui, Abdel Ahmed Ghili, and Benoît Magimel. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on April 21.
Description: Taking place over 24 hours following the police shooting of a young man from a Parisian housing estate, Mathieu Kassovitz's breakthrough film shows the world through the eyes of three friends from the banlieue – one North African, one Jewish and one Black – who are frustrated with politicians, the media and police brutality. Black-and-white visuals, a thumping hip-hop soundtrack and graffiti-daubed streets underscore the urgency and rebellion at the heart of this game-changing classic, which won Kassovitz the Best Director prize at Cannes in 1995.
Following its BFI Blu-ray release in 2020, the film now comes to 4K Blu-ray in a 4K restoration for its 30th Anniversary. This new edition includes an alternative score by award-winning electronic music collective Asian Dub Foundation, recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall in 2025. The release will be celebrated by theatrical screenings of the film at BFI IMAX and other venues from April 11.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Description: Taking place over 24 hours following the police shooting of a young man from a Parisian housing estate, Mathieu Kassovitz's breakthrough film shows the world through the eyes of three friends from the banlieue – one North African, one Jewish and one Black – who are frustrated with politicians, the media and police brutality. Black-and-white visuals, a thumping hip-hop soundtrack and graffiti-daubed streets underscore the urgency and rebellion at the heart of this game-changing classic, which won Kassovitz the Best Director prize at Cannes in 1995.
Following its BFI Blu-ray release in 2020, the film now comes to 4K Blu-ray in a 4K restoration for its 30th Anniversary. This new edition includes an alternative score by award-winning electronic music collective Asian Dub Foundation, recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall in 2025. The release will be celebrated by theatrical screenings of the film at BFI IMAX and other venues from April 11.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- 4K RESTORATION, supervised by director of photography Pierre Aïm
- DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
- Alternative score by award-winning electronic music collective Asian Dub Foundation. Recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall in 2025
- Audio commentary by Mathieu Kassovitz (2004)
- Redefining Rebellion (2020, 5 mins): film critic and programmer Kaleem Aftab explores the spirit of revolution in La Haine
- Screen Epiphany: Riz Ahmed introduces La Haine (2020, 14 mins): the award-winning actor talks about his connection to the film
- Interview with Mathieu Kassovitz (2020, 35 mins): an interview with the actor, writer and director
- Three short films by Mathieu Kassovitz:
- Fierrot le pou (1990, 7 mins): a young man shoots hoops (or tries) in a gym, in an effort to impress a young woman
- Cauchemar blanc (1991, 10 mins): a group of white men carry out a racist attack in the banlieue
- Assassins (1992, 12 mins): Kassovitz's short film that he later developed into the feature Assassin(s) in 1997
- 10 Years of La Haine (2005, 84 mins): feature-length documentary marking the 10th anniversary of Mathieu Kassovitz's award-winning film
- Casting and rehearsals (1995, 19 mins)
- Anatomy of a Scene (1995, 7 mins): a look at the shooting of a particularly challenging scene
- Behind the scenes (1995, 6 mins): Kassovitz, his cast and crew prepare to embark on making La Haine
- Color deleted and extended scenes (1995, 17 mins): including afterwords by Mathieu Kassovitz on selected scenes
- Trailers
- 80-page book featuring writing on the film by Ginette Vincendeau and Kaleem Aftab, an interview with Mathieu Kassovitz, archival essays, writing on the short film and reviews
