Eureka Entertainment has announced two titles for release on Blu-ray within its Masters of Cinema Collection, with a street date of July 26:
La planète sauvage (René Laloux, 1973) – also known as
Fantastic Planet –, winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes and a landmark of European animation; and Japanese cult classic
Vengeance Is Mine (
Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari; Shohei Imamura, 1979).
Special features include:
La planète sauvage
- Laloux sauvage: a new 55-minute documentary on the director
- Two short films by Laloux:
- Les escargots (1965, in a new 1080p transfer)
- Comment Wang-fo fut sauvé (1987)
- The complete soundtrack for La planète sauvage (note: this isn't an isolated soundtrack, but rather a completely separate extra you can flick through like an audio CD)
- 56-page full colour booklet, featuring an essay by Craig Keller, interviews with Laloux, and a lavish selection of ephemera and original promotional materials from the film
Vengeance is Mine
- Audio commentary by noted critic and filmmaker Tony Rayns
- Video introduction by director Alex Cox
- Original Japanese trailers
- 56-page book featuring essays, original promotional material and a director's statement