Desire (Touha) “Jasný is the spiritual father of the Czech New Wave” Miloš Forman |
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These two films by Vojtěch Jasný, one of Czechoslovak cinema's most renowned and influential film artists, tell deceptively simple tales of rural life. Desire, a lyrical film poem beautifully shot across four seasons, represents the eternal cycle of human life. Both films make their world premieres on Blu-ray, and our Release Date: August 2022 |
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Larks on a String “Menzel’s deceptively gentle, covertly merciless satire... [a] subversive masterpiece of life behind the Iron Curtain” |
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Larks on a String is a searing political satire from director Jiří Menzel and writer Bohumil Hrabal. Like their earlier Oscar-winning triumph Closely Observed Trains, it audaciously combines black humour with grim reality. Promptly banned by the Communist regime, the film remained unseen until 1990, when it was released to great acclaim. Presented from a new 4K restoration, our world premiere Blu-ray edition also includes interviews with Menzel, a new Projection Booth audio commentary, Menzel's acclaimed short Our Dear Mr Foerster Died... and more. Release Date: May 2022 |
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Luminous Procuress “The most scandalous American avant-garde movie of its time. It may also have been the most influential” |
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The only feature film by artist, mystic and polymath Steven Arnold, Luminous Procuress film celebrates gender-fluidity and pan-sexuality in a voyeuristic phantasmagorical journey towards spiritual ecstasy. Luminous Procuress was an underground sensation upon release but disappeared from circulation for many years. Now fully restored in all its sensuous glory, Luminous Procuress’ subversive delights are ready to be discovered anew. Release Date: May 2022 |
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Coach to Vienna “A road movie unlike any other... an absolutely devastating indictment of the Czech nation after the Second World War... it may be one of the best and most important works of art the country has ever produced” Celluloid Paradiso |
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Karel Kachyňa’s long-supressed, powerful and often harrowing film is a fearless moral examination of the complexities of war, and explores the fine line between justice and vengeance. Presented from a new 4K restoration, our world premiere Blu-ray edition also includes Kachyňa’s rediscovered 1949 graduation film, It's Not Always Cloudy (Není stále zamračeno), a feature-length, semi-documentary co-directed by Vojtěch Jasný; plus a new Projection Booth audio commentary... and more. Release Date: March 2022 |
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