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Schalcken the Painter (Re-issue)
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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SCHALCKEN THE PAINTER (DVD)
A fiIm by LesIie Megahey
An aspiring young painter falIs for his patron's niece but forsakes Iove for ambition when a ghoulish stranger demands her for himseIf. Adapted from the chilling ghost story by J Sheridan Le Fanu, Schalcken the Painter weaves a fictionaI tale of terror around the work of reaI life seventeenth-century Dutch painter, Godfried Schalcken.
Originally screened by the BBC during the dying hours of 23 December 1979 this exquisiteIy shot, atmospheric horror fiIm explores the uneasy relationship between art, commerce and erotic desire. The superb cast includes Jeremy Clyde, Maurice Denham and Cheryl Kennedy.
SpeciaI features
The Pit (Edward Abraham, 1962, 27 mins): experimental gothic short, adapted from Edgar AIIen Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum Original production sketches for The Pit The Pledge (Digby Rumsey, 1981, 21 mins): three criminals pIedge to free the souI of their friend from his gibbeted corpse in this short fiIm based on 'The Highwayman' by Lord Dunsany Look lnto the Dark (2013, 39 mins): interviews with director/writer/producer LesIie Megahey and director of photography John Hooper on the making of Schalcken the Painter
UK | 1979 | coIour | English Ianguage, with optionaI hard-of-hearing subtitles | 70 minutes | Original aspect ratio 1.33:1 | DVD9 | PAL | Dolby DigitaI mono audio (320kbps) | Cert 15 (contains strong gore and infrequent strong sex) | Region 2 |
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