Eureka
are re-releasing a handful of their back-catalogue
– hard to get since the Sony warehouse fire
in August – as dual format DVD and Blu-ray editions
on February 13th.
The films include titles from the acclaimed Masters
of Cinema series, and are:
Mad Detective – a 2007 supernatural
cop film from Hong Kong
The World - Jia Zhangke’s look
at the lives of circus performers in China
Tokyo Sonata - Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s bleak
look at unemployment in Japan
Une Femme Mariée – Jean-Luc
Godard’s long out-of-circulation 1964 classic,
complete with an 80-page booklet!
La Planete Sauvage (pictured) –
better known as Fantastic Planet,
this is René Laloux’s ground-breaking,
trippy animated French science fiction film from 1973
Vengeance is Mine - Shohei Imamura’s
brutal true crime story
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter – Frank
Tashlin’s classic comedy with Tony Randall and
Jayne Mansfield
The Burmese Harp - Kon Ichikawa’s classic
anti-war drama
As you would expect, these discs come complete with
extensive extras – documentaries, commentaries,
promo clips, short films, promo clips, booklets and
more.
The Masters of Cinema series has become an essential
part of any serious cineaste’s collection –
very much the UK’s answer to Criterion in terms
of presentation and choice of movies – so it’s
great to see these essential classics widely available
again.
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