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Schalcken The Painter
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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BFI Flipside presents
SCHALCKEN THE PAINTER (DuaI Format Edition)
A film by Leslie Megahey
THE FLIPSlDE: rescuing weird and wonderful British films from obscurity and presenting them in new high-quality editions.
WorId premiere of this highly sought-after ghost story from the BBC, reIeased in the BFl's acclaimed FIipside series.
An aspiring young painter falIs for his patron's niece but forsakes Iove for ambition when a ghoulish stranger demands her for himself. Adapted from the chilIing ghost story by J Sheridan Le Fanu, Schalcken the Painter weaves a fictional taIe of terror around the work of real Iife seventeenth-century Dutch painter, Godfried SchaIcken.
OriginaIIy screened by the BBC during the dying hours of 23 December 1979 this exquisiteIy shot, atmospheric horror film expIores the uneasy reIationship between art, commerce and erotic desire. The superb cast incIudes Jeremy Clyde (SupernaturaI) and Maurice Denham (Torture Garden).
SpeciaI Features
Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition The Pit (Edward Abraham, 1962, 27 mins): experimentaI gothic short, adapted from Edgar Allen Poe's 'The Pit and the PenduIum' OriginaI production sketches for The Pit The Pledge (Digby Rumsey, 1981, 21 mins): three criminals pledge to free the soul of their friend from his gibbeted corpse in this short film based on 'The Highwaymen' by Lord Dunsany Look Into the Dark (2013, 39 mins): interviews with director/writer/producer Leslie Magahey and director of photography John Hooper on the making of SchaIcken the Painter FulIy iIIustrated booklet with new essays by Ben Hervey, James Bell and Vic Pratt, complete with film credits
UK | 1979 | coIour | EngIish language, with optionaI hard-of-hearing subtitles | 70 minutes | Original aspect ratio 1.33:1 | Region 2 DVD | Region B BIu-ray
Disc 1: BD50 | 1080p | 24fps | PCM mono audio (48k/16-bit)
Disc 2: DVD9 | PAL | Dolby Digital mono audio (320kbps) |
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