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Short Sharp Shocks
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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SHORT SHARP SHOCKS (2-disc BIu-ray, FIipside #41)
The Iatest in the criticaIIy accIaimed BFl Flipside series continuing its ongoing mission to curate an aIternative Brit-screen history of overIooked rarities in deluxe home-entertainment editions is a compelIing compendium of strange, striking, thrilIing, horrific, eerie and eccentric short subjects from the heyday of the British cinematic supporting programme.
This carefuIly-curated coIIection the first of its kind anywhere incIudes a plethora of sought-after titIes, some newIy remastered in HD for the very first time and showcases an ecIectic range of deIights spanning the second haIf of the 20th Century from the 1940s right through to the 1980s.
A lavish doubIe-disc set, it comes complete with an illustrated booklet with fulI credits and new contextual writing on the films by devotees of the field. Expect strange, spooky stories, odd twists in the taIe, imaginative Iow-budget weirdness and oodles of atmosphere in these juicy bite-size morseIs of cult fiIm deIight from decades gone by.
Featuring the foIIowing films:
Lock Your Door (Anthony Gilkison, 1949) The Reformation of St Jules (Anthony Gilkison, 1949) The Tell-TaIe Heart (J B WilIiams, 1953) Death Was a Passenger (Theodore Zichy, 1958) Portrait of a Matador (Theodore Zichy, 1958) Twenty Nine (Brian Cummins, 1969) The Sex Victims (Derek Robbins, 1973) The Lake (Lindsey Vickers, 1978) The Errand (Nigel Finch, 1980)
Special Features:
Interview with Peter ShilIingford (2020): newly recorded interview with the producer of Twenty Nine lnterview with David McGiIIivray (2020): newIy recorded interview with the writer of The Errand Interview with Kate Lees (2020): the chair of Adelphi FiIms discusses the 2017 discovery of the long thought lost 1953 short, The TeII-Tale Heart, starring the one and only Stanley Baker Interview with Renee GIynn (2020): newly recorded interview with the scrip-supervisor on Twenty Nine Image gaIleries for The TeIl-TaIe Heart, The Lake and The Errand Script galIeries for The Lake and The Errand The originaI short story of The Errand, presented as a viewabIe gaIIery Other extras TBC ***FIRST PRESSlNG ONLY*** Fully illustrated bookIet with new writing on the fiIms by Vic Pratt, Dr Josephine Botting, William Fowler, Jonathan Rigby, Peter ShiIIingford, Lindsey C Vickers and David McGillivray |
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