Australian label Umbrella Entertainment has revealed its November batch of releases. They are: Jodorowsky (1968-2019) and MPD Psycho (2000). Both releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on November 11.
Across these films, sacred and profane imagery collide in dazzling tableaux; myths are broken apart and reassembled; and every frame pulses with the director's relentless pursuit of artistic and spiritual liberation. More than a retrospective, this boxset is an invitation - to witness a master who turned the screen into a mirror for the subconscious, and who dared audiences to see beyond the ordinary.
Films included in this set:
Fando y Lis (1968)
El Topo (1970)
The Holy Mountain (1973)
Tusk (Director's Cut) (1980)
Santa Sangre (1989)
The Rainbow Thief (Director's Cut) (1990)
The Dance of Reality (2013)
Endless Poetry (2016)
Psychomagic, A Healing Art (2019)
Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)
Restorations personally overseen by Jodorowsky - the first collection of its kind, bringing together all of the Jodorowsky's films in one set.
Fando y Lis, mastered from the original 35mm negative
El Topo, mastered from the original 35mm interpositive
The Holy Mountain, mastered from the original 35mm negative
Santa Sangre, mastered from the original 35mm negative
4K Dolby Vision masters included for Fando y Lis, El Topo, The Holy Mountain, Santa Sangre
Adapted from the hit manga series and directed by genre master Takashi Miike (Audition, Agitator, Ichi the Killer) MPD PSYCHO is a subversive Y2K fever nightmare.
Yosuke Kobayashi, a detective assigned to a homicide unit, saw his wife killed by a serial killer, Shinji Nishizono. From a shock he suffered MPD (multiple personality disorder) and became Kazuhiko Amamiya. After he managed to hunt down and kill the murderer of his wife, a new series of murders have occurred and the suspects claimed to be Shinji Nishizono himself. Is it really him? Or a copycat? And who is Kazuhiko Amamiya?
At once violent, disturbing, surrealist, stylish and comedic, the series is a must-see for J-Horror and Miike fans.