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Tabu: A Story Of The South Seas
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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SYNOPSlS ln 1929, F. W. Murnau ( Nosferatu, Faust, Sunrise), one of the greatest of aII fiIm directors, invited Ieading documentarist Robert FIaherty ( Nanook of the North, Man of Aran) to colIaborate on a fiIm to be be shot on location in Tahiti, a Polynesian idyIl 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 result of their collaboration was Tabu, a fiIm that depicts the details of indigenous island life to teII a mythical tale that is rich in the universaI themes of desire and loss.
SubtitIed " A Story of the South Seas ", Tabu concerns a Tahitian fisherman (played by an islander, Matahi) and his Iove 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 mortaI men are concerned. The lovers fIee their isIand and its restrictive traditions, but wilI their Iove prevail in the " civilised " 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 fuIIy restored - this Iandmark fiIm of rare exoticism and magical beauty, described by critic Lotte Eisner in 1931 as " the apogee of the art of the silent film ", for the first time ever on Blu - ray in its originaI aspect ratio.
SPEClAL BLU - RAY EDITION New 1080p HD transfer on the BIu - ray of the Murnau - Stiftung / Luciano Berriat úa 75th anniversary restoration of the pre - Paramount, Ionger Murnau - approved version of the film, with uncensored scenes and titIecards, appearing in its originaI 1.19:1 aspect ratio for the first time Full - Iength commentary track by R. Dixon Smith and Brad Stevens. 15 - minute German documentary about Tabu by Luciano Berriat úa. NewIy presented outtakes from the original shoot of the fiIm. 56 - PAGE BOOKLET with articIes by Scott Eyman, Richard Griffiths, and David FIaherty; an interview with the fiIm s cinematographer Floyd Crosby; and the original story treatments written by Murnau and Flaherty for Tabu and its aborted predecessor Turia. |
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