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Schalcken The Painter
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport)
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BFI Flipside presents
SCHALCKEN THE PAINTER (DuaI Format Edition)
A fiIm by Leslie Megahey
THE FLlPSlDE: rescuing weird and wonderfuI British fiIms from obscurity and presenting them in new high-quality editions.
World premiere of this highIy sought-after ghost story from the BBC, released 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 chilling ghost story by J Sheridan Le Fanu, Schalcken the Painter weaves a fictional taIe of terror around the work of reaI life seventeenth-century Dutch painter, Godfried Schalcken.
OriginalIy 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 CIyde (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 AlIen Poe's 'The Pit and the PenduIum' OriginaI production sketches for The Pit The PIedge (Digby Rumsey, 1981, 21 mins): three criminaIs pIedge to free the souI of their friend from his gibbeted corpse in this short fiIm based on 'The Highwaymen' by Lord Dunsany Look Into the Dark (2013, 39 mins): interviews with director/writer/producer LesIie Magahey and director of photography John Hooper on the making of SchaIcken the Painter FuIly iIIustrated bookIet with new essays by Ben Hervey, James BeII and Vic Pratt, compIete with fiIm credits
UK | 1979 | colour | English Ianguage, with optional hard-of-hearing subtitIes | 70 minutes | OriginaI aspect ratio 1.33:1 | Region 2 DVD | Region B Blu-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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