British distributors Eureka Entertainment have announced that they will release a few of their Blu-ray only releases, most of which are now out of print, as Dual Format Editions. The titles are:
Tokyo Sonata,
Mad Detective,
Une femme mariee,
Vengeance Is Mine,
La planète sauvage,
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?,
The World, and
The Burmese Harp. All Dual Format Editions will be available for purchase on February 13th.
Mad Detective:
- 1080p, 24fps, state of the art AVC encode, 2.35:1 original aspect ratio
- DD2.0, DD5.1, DTS-HD Master Audio, and Dolby TrueHD soundtracks
- NTSC extras, playable on all machines
- 2.35:1 original aspect ratio
- Carefully created new English subtitles
- Q&A with Johnnie To at the Cinémathèque Française Johnnie To retrospective (Paris, France, March 2008) - 35 minutes
- Exclusive cast interviews shot during the Far East Film Festival featuring Lau Ching Wan, and Lam Suet (Udine, Italy, April 2008) - 14 minutes
- Interview with Johnnie To for the French theatrical release of Mad Detective (France, 4th March 2008) - 21 minutes
- Original UK theatrical trailer
- 16-page booklet containing specially commissioned essay by David Bordwell (Jacques Ledoux Professor of Film Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
The World:
- Glorious 1080p Blu-ray transfer encoded from the HDCAM source
- New and improved English subtitle translations
- Tony Rayns on THE WORLD: new and exclusive video introduction to the film by scholar and critic Tony Rayns
- Made in China: a 65-minute documentary on the making of The World.
- The World according to Jia Zhangke: a 24-minute video interview with filmmaker Jia Zhangke.
- 40 page booklet containing a new essay about the film by Tony Rayns; an essay by Jia Zhangke; and a special dossier-afterword with further commentary on certain elements of the film and its ending.
Tokyo Sonata:
- Gorgeous 1080p Blu-ray transfer in the original aspect ratio
- Making Of documentary
- Q&A, Tokyo, September 2008
- Première footage, Tokyo, September 2008
- DVD discussion [9:00] • UK trailer
- 28-page colour booklet – with a new essay by B. Kite
Une femme mariée:
- Gorgeous and newly restored 1080p/24fps transfer of the film in its original 1.37:1 aspect ratio
- New and improved English subtitle translations
- The original 3-1/2 minute trailer for the film (in 1080p on Blu-ray), created and edited by Jean-Luc Godard at the time of the film's original French release
80-PAGE BOOK containing:
- A new "overture" by legendary French critic and filmmaker Luc Moullet (Les Contrebandières, A Girl Is a Gun, Les Sièges de l'Alcazar, Le Prestige de la mort)
- A lengthy roundtable discussion between Luc Moullet; writer/critic and American correspondent for Cahiers du cinéma Bill Krohn; writer/critic Andy Rector; and release producer Craig Keller
- on the film, and its relationship to Godard's oeuvre from the '50s through the '00s
- A concentrated investigation into the film by Bill Krohn
- An image-essay by Andy Rector
- A new statement about the film by star Macha Méril
- A transcript of Godard's late-'70s lecture on Une femme mariée, Bergman's Persona, Flaherty's Nanook of the North, and Rossellini's Francesco giullare di Dio, originally presented in Introduction à une véritable histoire du cinéma, translated here into English for the first time
- Excerpts from Jean Racine's Bérénice, in the original French, accompanied by a new parallel English translation
- An editorial preface on the role of Blu-ray and DVD booklets in the modern film-viewing era
- A short aside on the nature of "production stills" reproduced in Blu-ray and DVD booklets, film books, and film magazines
- The reproduction of a late-'70s collage by Godard on the subject of Alfred Hitchcock
- A lengthy conversational afterword by Craig Keller and Andy Rector
La Planète sauvage:
- New high-definition master with optional English subtitles
- Laloux's five short films Les Dents du singe (1960), Les Temps morts (1964), Les Escargots (1965), Comment Wang-Fo fut sauvé (1987), and La Prisonnière (1988)
- Laloux sauvage (2003) a 27-minute documentary about Laloux
- The alternate USA dub track for La Planète sauvage
- The complete soundtrack for La Planète sauvage
- 56-page colour booklet featuring rare production sketches, an interview with Laloux, and a new essay by Craig Keller
Vengeance is Mine:
- New 1080p Blu-ray encode in the film's original aspect ratio
- New and improved optional English subtitle translation
- Audio commentary by noted critic and filmmaker Tony Rayns
- Video introduction by film director Alex Cox
- Original Japanese theatrical teaser and trailer (Blu-ray only)
- 56-PAGE BOOKLET featuring a 1994 interview with Imamura by Tôichi Nakata, original promotional material, and a director's statement
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?:
- Gorgeous high-definition transfer of the film in its original 2.35:1 aspect ratio
- New and exclusive video introduction to the film by director Joe Dante (Gremlins 1 & 2, InnerSpace, Looney Tunes: Back in Action)
- Vintage Movietone short which captures Jayne Mansfield on tour promoting the film
- Alternate music & effects track with a different musical score for the opening of the picture and other 'temporary' effects-placement
- Original theatrical trailer
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired
The Burmese Harp:
- New, restored high-definition 1080p transfer officially licenced from Nikkatsu
- Newly translated optional English subtitles
- Exclusive video interview with scholar and filmmaker Tony Rayns
- Original Japanese theatrical trailer PLUS: A 40-page booklet with an essay by Keiko I. McDonald and rare archival stills