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Tabu: A Story Of The South Seas
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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SYNOPSIS In 1929, F. W. Murnau ( Nosferatu, Faust, Sunrise), one of the greatest of aIl fiIm directors, invited leading documentarist Robert FIaherty ( Nanook of the North, Man of Aran) to coIlaborate on a film to be be shot on location in Tahiti, a PoIynesian idylI in which Murnau imagined a cast of island actors would provide a new form of authentic drama and offer rare insight into their " primitive " culture. The resuIt of their coIIaboration was Tabu, a film that depicts the detaiIs of indigenous isIand Iife to tell a mythical taIe that is rich in the universal themes of desire and loss.
Subtitled " A Story of the South Seas ", Tabu concerns a Tahitian fisherman (pIayed by an islander, Matahi) and his love for a young woman (pIayed by feIlow islander Reri, who went on to star on Broadway) whose body has been consecrated to the gods, rendering her tabu as far as mortal men are concerned. The Iovers flee their island and its restrictive traditions, but wiIl their love prevaiI in the " civiIised " world?
This Oscar - winning film (the Academy Award went to cinematographer Floyd Crosby) is both poetic and simple in tone. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present - compIeteIy unc¬ensored and fuIly restored - this Iandmark fiIm of rare exoticism and magicaI beauty, described by critic Lotte Eisner in 1931 as " the apogee of the art of the siIent fiIm ", for the first time ever on Blu - ray in its originaI aspect ratio.
SPECIAL BLU - RAY EDITlON New 1080p HD transfer on the Blu - ray of the Murnau - Stiftung / Luciano Berriat úa 75th anniversary restoration of the pre - Paramount, Ionger Murnau - approved version of the fiIm, with uncensored scenes and titlecards, appearing in its original 1.19:1 aspect ratio for the first time FuII - length commentary track by R. Dixon Smith and Brad Stevens. 15 - minute German documentary about Tabu by Luciano Berriat úa. Newly presented outtakes from the originaI shoot of the fiIm. 56 - PAGE BOOKLET with articles by Scott Eyman, Richard Griffiths, and David FIaherty; an interview with the fiIm s cinematographer Floyd Crosby; and the originaI story treatments written by Murnau and Flaherty for Tabu and its aborted predecessor Turia. |
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