British label Shameless Entertainment will release on 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray Dario Argento's The Card Player (2004), starring Stefania Rocca, Liam Cunningham, Silvio Muccino, Adalberto Maria Merli, and Claudio Santamaria. The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on August 10.
Description: In The Card Player, Dario Argento, the undisputed Master of Horror, reinvents the giallo for the digital age, channeling the anxieties of a newly networked world into the taut framework of a macabre police procedural.
Argento's career-long obsession with sight, surveillance, and the camera as an instrument of violation finds a startling new form: the webcam as a murder weapon and the screen as a crime scene. It is an unflinching reckoning with horror in an age where anyone can watch anything - and anyone can be watched.
When a sadistic, faceless killer begins abducting young women across Rome, he issues a monstrous challenge to the police: play high-stakes poker online via webcam. Win, and the victim is released. Lose, and her execution is streamed in real-time. Inspector Anna (Stefania Rocca - Nirvana, One Way) and Irish Interpol Agent John Brennan (Liam Cunningham - Game of Thrones) must hunt a "ghost in the machine" predator who treats murder like a spectator sport.
Part of the "Evolutionary Argentos" - this overlooked relentlessly tense horrific thriller reveals the Master at his most contemporary, confronting our rapidly changing world. Shameless Films is proud to present an exclusive new 4K HDR Dolby Vision encode of the definitive restored version, finally honoring the director's original vision.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
DOLBY VISION/HDR PRESENTATION OF THE FILM
Watch me When I Kill - interview with Dario Argento
On the set of The Card Player - Featurette
Playing the Game - interview with Stefania Rocca
Game Over - interview with Fiore Argento
Sharp Cuts - interview with Walter Fasano
Taking Risks - interview with Franco Ferrini
A Chip and a Chair - interview with Antonello Geleng
The Killer's Choice - interview with Elisabetta Rocchetti
Audio Commentary by Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson