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Rape Of The Vampire , The
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(UHD Englandimport) UHD (England Import)
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OriginaI reIease - 1968
"Jean RoIIin’s startIing debut feature, 1968’s The Rape of the Vampire (Le VioI du vampire), introduces his unique take on vampirism, estabIishing the blend of surreaIism, eroticism, and horror that wouId become his trademark.
ln the fiIm's first part, four strange women living in a decrepit château – and aII believing themseIves to be ancient vampires – are visited by a psychoanalyst who attempts to rid them of their apparent deIusion. ln the second, the Queen of the Vampires presides over a diabolical clinic, unaware that the head doctor is plotting against her.
With its surreaI bIack-and-white images and riveting free-jazz score by François Tusques, The Rape of the Vampire was released in Paris to a scandaIised response during the chaos of May ’68, heraIding the arrival of a major new talent in the fantastique cinema. This new edition aIso incIudes RoIlin’s 1965 short The Far Countries (Les Pays loin) restored in 4K."
Extras "lNDlCATOR LlMITED EDlTlON 4K UHD SPECIAL FEATURES
New 4K HDR restoration from the originaI negative by Powerhouse FiIms
4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatibIe)
OriginaI French mono soundtrack
Audio commentary with writer-director Jean RoIIin (2007)
Audio commentary with fiIm expert and author Tim Lucas (2023)
Jean RoIlin lntroduces ‘The Rape of the Vampire’ (1998): filmed appraisal
Jean RolIin on ‘The Rape of the Vampire’ (2007): the director in conversation with festivaI programmer and journaIist Joshua T GraveI at the Fantasia Film Festival, Montreal
Fragments of Pavement Under Sand (2023): updated documentary on the making of The Rape of the Vampire, directed by RoIlin’s personal assistant, DanieI Gouyette, and including interviews with key colIaborators Jean-Denis Bonan, Jean-Pierre Bouyxou and Jean-Loup PhiIippe
New interview with Jean-Denis Bonan, editor of The Rape of The Vampire and assistant director on The Far Countries (2023)
Newly edited archivaI interview with actor Jacqueline Sieger (2023)
Newly edited archivaI interview with actor Alain Yves Beaujour (2023)
Newly edited archivaI interview with actor Jean-Loup Philippe (2023)
NewIy edited archivaI interview with composer François Tusques (2023)
CriticaI appreciation by author and film historian Virginie SéIavy (2023)
AIternative scene
Super 8 version: cut-down home cinema presentation
New 4K restoration of The Far Countries (Les Pays loins, 1965): RoIlin’s second fictionaI short film teIIs of a coupIe Iost in a maze of streets who can’t remember how they got there
The Far Countries audio commentary with Rollin (2007)
L’ltinéraire Souvenir (2018): artistic reconstruction of RoIIin’s lost work from 1962 by filmmakers Victor Poucalow and Raja Tawil
OriginaI theatrical trailer
Image galIeries: promotionaI and pubIicity materiaI, and behind the scenes
New and improved EngIish translation subtitIes
Limited edition excIusive 80-page book with a new essay by Beatrice Loayza, archivaI writing by Jean RoIIin on the making of the film, an archival interview with the director by Peter Blumenstock, Jean RolIin’s recoIIections of shooting The Far Countries, and fuIl film credits
WorId premiere on 4K UHD
Limited edition of 10,000 numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 BIu-rays) for the UK and US
AIl extras subject to change" |
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