Eureka Entertainment have revealed their upcoming releases for the months of January and February 2013. Five films will join the Masters of Cinema Collection:
The Blue Angel,
Le Poison,
Fear and Desire,
Onibaba, and
City of Women.
In January, Eureka Entertainment will release Stanley Kubrick's
Fear and Desire (1953), which was recently restored by restored by The Library of Congress. This will be the first ever official release of the film in the United Kingdom. Also arriving on Blu-ray in January is Josef von Sternberg's legendary
The Blue Angel (1930). The release will feature both the German and English-language versions of the film.
In February, Eureka Entertainment will present three films, two of which capitalize on sumptuous HD restorations carried out by French label Gaumont.
The first is Federico Fellini's unhinged 1980 post-punk epic
La città delle donne a.k.a
City of Women (1980), starring the great Marcello Mastroianni in a kind of reprise of his role from Fellini's
8½. The second new HD restoration is the initial entry into The Masters of Cinema Series by the French comic genius Sacha Guitry -
La Poison (1951) - starring the equally brilliant Michel Simon (of Renoir's
Boudu Saved From Drowning, Vigo's
L'atalante and Carne's
Le Quai Des Brumes). The third and final release of the month is a new Blu-ray upgrade of the recently deceased Kaneto Shindô's
Onibaba (1964), an unsettling, atmospheric erotic horror film whose Scope frames veer between sunlit existential dread and moonlit mystery/suspense.
Note: Federico Fellini's
City of Women is currently available on Blu-ray in France, courtesy of Gaumont. See our review
here.
The Blue Angel
- New 1080p HD presentation of both the German-language and English-language versions of the film
- Newly translated optional subtitles on the German-language version, and SDH on the English-language version.
- New and exclusive video essay on the films by critic and scholar Tag Gallagher.
- New and exclusive feature-length audio commentary by critic and scholar Tony Rayns on the German-language version.
- Original screen test with Marlene Dietrich.
- Archival interview clips with Dietrich.
- More features to be announced closer to release date!
La Poison
- Glorious new HD restoration of the film, presented in 1080p on the Blu-ray.
- Newly translated optional subtitles.
- Substantial booklet containing writing on the film, vintage excerpts, and rare archival imagery.
- More features to be announced closer to the release date!
City of Women
- Glorious new HD restoration of the film, presented in 1080p on the Blu-ray.
- Newly translated optional subtitles.
- Substantial booklet containing writing on the film, vintage excerpts, and rare archival imagery.
- More features to be announced closer to the release date!
Onibaba
- Gorgeous new 1080p HD transfer
- Full-length director's audio commentary by director Kaneto Shindō and the stars of the film, Kei Satō, and Jitsuko Yoshimura
- Video introduction by Alex Cox
- 8mm footage (40-minutes) shot on location by lead actor Kei Satō
- Optional English subtitles
- Original theatrical trailer
- Production stills and promotional art gallery
- 36-PAGE BOOKLET with a new essay by Doug Cummings, an English translation of the original short Buddhist fable that inspired the film and a statement from writer/director Kaneto Shindō about why he made Onibaba
Fear and Desire
- New HD restoration of the film by The Library of Congress, presented in 1080p on the Blu-ray.
- Optional English SDH subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
- Stanley Kubrick's early short film, The Seafarers, in a new HD restoration.
- New and exclusive video discussion of the film by critic and Stanley Kubrick author Bill Krohn.
- Substantial booklet containing writing on the film, vintage excerpts, and rare archival imagery.
- More features to be announced closer to the release date!