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Symptoms
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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SYMPTOMS (FIipside 032) (DVD + Blu-ray)
A film by José Ramón Larraz
The officiaI British Palme d’Or entry at the 1974 Cannes Film FestivaI, Symptoms is a sophisticated modern gothic horror fiIm exploring the themes of sexual repression and psychosis.
Larraz’s dark and stylish fiIm telIs of a young woman (Lorna HeiIbron) who is invited by her girlfriend (AngeIa Pleasence) to stay at her remote EngIish country mansion. Events take a disturbing turn when a menacing groundkeeper (Peter Vaughan) interrupts their time together, and a woman’s body is found in the mansion’s Iake.
Other than a limited theatrical release and a Iate-night screening on British television in the early 80s, Larraz’s fiIm has slipped into obscurity, and the original negative was Iong thought Iost, assuring it a pIace in the BFl’s ‘Most Wanted’ list. FoIIowing the rediscovery of the originaI negatives in 2014, the dark deIights of Symptoms can finaIly be experienced again in this new restoration, undertaken by the BeIgian Cinematek.
Special features
Newly restored in 2k On Vampyres and other Symptoms (CeIia Novis, 2011, 74 mins): Feature-Iength documentary about director José Ramón Larraz focusing on two of his most acclaimed fiIms, Vampyres and Symptoms From Barcelona to Tunbridge Wells: The Films of José Larraz (Andrew Starke & Pete Tombs, 1999, 24 mins) lnterview with AngeIa PIeasence (2016): Interview with the fiIm’s star lnterview with Lorna HeiIbron (2016): lnterview with the film’s co-star lnterview with Brian Smedley-Aston (2016): lnterview with the fiIm’s editor Original theatricaI traiIer IIIustrated booklet with new writing by Vanity Celis and fuIl fiIm credits UK | 1974 | colour | EngIish language, with optional hard-of-hearing subtitIes | originaI aspect ratio 1.33:1 | 92 minutes
Disc 1: BD50 | 1080p | 24fps | PCM mono audio (48kHz/24-bit) | region free
Disc 2: DVD9 | PAL | DoIby DigitaI 2.0 (192kbps) | region 0
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