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GOODBYE
The story of Hedda, a pregnant pianist (Lydia Lunch) and her husband
Neal (Don Bajema) who's idyllic and secluded life is disrupted by
Jackson (Henry Rollins in his first major acting role).
Directed by Babeth Mondini-VanLoo (who filmed Teenage Jesus & The
Jerks in New York City since late 1970’s) & written by Lydia
Lunch with music by Jim G.Thirlwell (aka Foetus). Camera by the famous
Kuchar-brother Mike. Filmed in 1990 in Oud-Amelisweerd, (Netherlands) a
former castle of Louis Napoleon. The film, commissioned by Els Hoek as
part of an artproject premiered in The Netherlands in 1990 and screened
a.o.at the Berlin film festival in 1991.
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Lydia Lunch: Paradoxia and
a Predator's Diary
Spoken word performance and Interview With live music performance of
Matrakamantra Featuring Joseph Budenholzer and Terry Edwards
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Spoken word performance
Directed by BABETH • 1989 • B&W • 5 Min |
REVIEWS
10K Bullets
EInsiders
KISS NAPOLEAN GOODBYE
DVD070 • $24.95 • 95 Minutes • 1990 • Color / B
& W • Full Screen •
Director: BABETH
Release date: January 27, 2009 |
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THE
RENE DAALDER COLLECTION
HERE IS ALWAYS SOMEWHERE ELSE/
THE COMPLETE FILM WORKS OF BAS JAN
ADER
(TWO DISC SPECIAL EDITION)
Cult Epics and AgitPop Media proudly
present Here Is Always Somewhere Else,
the critically acclaimed documentary
about enigmatic Dutch/Californian
artist Bas Jan Ader (1942-1975), whose
daring conceptual performances
culminated in his mysterious
disappearance at sea. As recounted
through the eyes of fellow emigrant
Rene Daalder, Ader's story becomes a
sweeping overview of contemporary art
as well as an epic saga of the
trans-formative powers of the ocean.
For the first time ever, the artist's
complete film oeuvre is being made
publicly available in this unique
two-disc edition, sure to inspire a new
generation of artists, thinkers and
dreamers alike.
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Q&A
from the Los Angeles premiere
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Video
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exhibit
dedicated to Ader’s
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Original
Trailer |
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The
film & video works of Bas
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View Liner
Notes
REVIEWS
DVD Maniacs
Movie Morlocks
Exploitation
Nation
HERE IS ALWAYS
SOMEWHERE ELSE/
THE COMPLETE FILM WORKS OF BAS JAN
ADER
(TWO DISC SPECIAL EDITION)
DVD069 • $24.95 • 2xDVD
• 170 Minutes • 2008 •
Color • Not Rated • Full
Screen 4x3 • Director: Rene
Daalder
“Not to be
missed!” - The Los Angeles
Times
“A
miraculously beautiful film!” -
NRC Handelsblad
“Superb!” - The Daily
Telegraph London
Release date: November 18,
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THE
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POPULATION: 1 (TWO DISC
SPECIAL EDITION)
When there’s only one person
left, America becomes a one-man band. A
twisted history lesson from punk
favorite Tomata du Plenty (The
Screamers), featuring members of Los
Lobos, Vampira, the notorious El Duce
(Kurt and Courtney), Fluxus artist Al
Hansen and his Grammy-winning grandson
Beck, among many others.
“Deliriously cramming 200 years
of American mayhem
into one punk rock musical,
Daalder’s anarchic vision unfolds
“as if Frank Zappa and Hieronymus
Bosch took angel dust together and
created a nightmare.” (Michael
Dare, LA Weekly)
DISC ONE (77 mins)
• Full screen version of the newly
restored director’s cut
• Live music video of LA punk
legends The Screamers
• Unreleased tracks by The
Screamers and Sheela Edwards
• Behind the scenes gallery of
stills
• Original and new trailers for
Population: 1
• Scenes from Mensch, the lost
prequel to Population: 1
• Palace of Variety trailer
DISC TWO (128 mins)
• Je Maintiendrai, a provocative
Hollywood spoof a la Spinal Tap
• Over 40 mins. of exclusive
concert footage of The Screamers
• Rare footage of Fluxus artist Al
Hansen
• Exclusive out takes of
Vampira’s final major
interview
• Punish Or Be Damned, a tribute
to Tomata du Plenty
• Girls, a never before released
Penelope Houston music video
• Interview with director Rene
Daalder
View Liner
Notes
REVIEWS
DVD Maniacs
Rare & OOP
DVDs
10K Bullets
DVD Holocaust
DVD Corner
POPULATION: 1
(TWO DISC SPECIAL
EDITION)
DVD068 • $24.95 • 2XDVD
• 215 Minutes • 1986 •
Color • Not Rated • Full
Screen 4x3 • Director: Rene
Daalder
Release Date:
October 28, 2008
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SLOGAN
(TWO DISC SPECIAL EDITION)
Serge (Gainsbourg) is a hip and
successful film director who leaves his
pregnant wife to attend the annual
advertising awards festival in Venice,
and enters into a passionate affair
with a young British woman (Jane
Birkin).This sexy satire formed the
background for one of the swinging
sixties' most famous real-life
romances. Two Disc Special Edition
features Bonus Disc including new and
vintage interviews with Serge
Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin and Director
Pierre Grimblat, plus original 60s/70s
TV commercials directed by Pierre
Grimblat.
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Jane Birkin & Pierre
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REVIEWS
Rare & OOP
DVDs
KQEK
SLOGAN (TWO
DISC SPECIAL EDITION)
DVD071 • $29.95 • 2xDVD
• 180 Minutes • 1940-1970
• Color/B&W • Not Rated
• Widescreen/Full Screen •
Director: Pierre Grimblat
“The Cult Film on
Advertising” – F.
Beigbeder
Release Date: September 30, 2008
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SLOGAN
Serge (Gainsbourg) is a hip and
successful film director who leaves his
pregnant wife to attend the annual
advertising awards festival in Venice,
and enters into a passionate affair
with a young British woman (Jane
Birkin). This sexy satire formed the
background for one of the swinging
sixties' most famous real-life
romances.
During the rehearsals for Pierre
Grimblat's "Slogan", Serge Gainsbourg
met the woman who would forever change
his professional and personal life:
Jane Birkin. They sang together for the
first time on the film's theme-song,
"The Slogan Song". After which, they
recorded their version of "Je t'aime
moi non plus". The song became a huge
success and set the 70's on fire.
Together, they lived out one of the
most beautiful love stories ever. Featuring music by
Serge Gainsbourg and Jane
Birkin
"This was
the first film where a director finally
had me act as myself, just as I am!" -
Serge Gainsbourg
"If it
hadn't been for 'Slogan', I would never
have came to France, would never have
met Serge, and I would never have had
the career in France that I've had. One
never can tell what fate will bring,
but as for me, I know for sure it
would've been a heck of a lot less
fun!" - Jane Birkin
"This film
is the child of pop-art and the Pill."
- L'Express
"Grimblat
has ten ideas going on per minute." -
France Soir
REVIEW
Cinema Retro
ARTICLE
Vanity Fair
article
SLOGAN
DVD062 • $24.95 • 90 Minutes • 1969
• Color • French • Not Rated •
Widescreen • Director: Pierre Grimblat
Release date: May 20, 2008
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• Original French
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SPIRITUAL EXERCISES (10 FILMS BY OLIVIER SMOLDERS)
Adoration (1987) b&w 15 min.
an anonymous film
Mort A Vignole (1998) b&w 25min.
a lonely film
L’Amateur (1997) b&w 26min.
a pear-shaped film
La Philosophie Dans Le Boudoir (1991) b&w 14 min.
after D.A..F. de Sade
Pensees et Visions D’une tete Coupee (1991) color 26 min.
a film for Antoine Wiertz
Ravissements (1991) b&w 7 min.
after Saint Therese of Avila
Point de Fuite (1988) color 10 min.
an educational film
L’Art D’Aimer (1985) color 15 min.
a drama film in color.
Neuvaine (1984) b&w 30 min.
a film to entertain chairs
Seuls (1989) b&w 12 min.
children’s portraits
“In the realm of David Lynch, Peter Greenaway and Ingmar Bergman”
SPIRITUAL EXERCISES
DVD059 • $29.95 • 180 Minutes • 1984-1999 • Color/B & W • French • Not Rated • Wide Screen • Director: Olivier Smolders
Release date: November 13, 2007 |
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48 Page Booklet about THE FILMS OF OLIVIER SMOLDERS
• Court Circuit 6 Min.
• Court Circuit 3 Min.
• Nuite Noir 4 Min. |
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Oscar, a conservator at the Natural Sciences Museum, passes the days exercising his passion for studying insects; if only there still were days. As long as people can remember, the sun only releases a few pathetic rays for fifteen seconds before noon. The rest of the time, the world is plunged into a night without end, a permanent eclipse. Coming home after work, Oscar finds an African woman in his bed. Suffering from a mysterious and incurable disease, she seems to have come to his place to die. Trapped between desire and repulsion, Oscar gradually abandons his life to terrifying phantoms.
The long awaited feature length debut film of talented short filmmaker Olivier Smolders (see also Spiritual Exercises DVD), BLACK NIGHT is mysterious, ghostly, technically impeccable, and continuously bathed in a magical, surreal light.
“between Kafka, David Lynch and Tintin in the Congo, a vertigo in the subconscious” – J.A.
Review: TWITCH
BLACK NIGHT (NUIT NOIRE)
DVD058 • $29.95 • 90 Minutes • 2004 • Color • French • Not Rated • Wide Screen 16 x 9 • Director: Olivier Smolders
Release date: October 30, 2007 |
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• Deleted Scenes
• Behind The Scenes
• Interview with Director
• About Black Night
• Short on ‘Spiritual Exercises’ |
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UN CHANT D’AMOUR (2 Disc Limited Edition)
Cult Epics is proud to present Jean Genet’s rarely seen semi-pornographic film UN CHANT D’AMOUR. Originally made for Parisian gay porn collectors in 1950, the film is visually reminiscent of Jean Cocteau’s Blood of a Poet, Belle et la Bete and Kenneth Anger’s Fireworks. The story, set in a prison with three main characters, a guard and two prisoners, is a voyeuristic, confrontational, poetic masterpiece. Despite all elements of his writings being present, Genet actually denounced the making of this film when he became popular as a novelist. Forbidden in France upon its release, and only available in the US in censored form and through underground distribution, UN CHANT D’AMOUR is now released from its obscurity and is presented in its complete version, with a new transfer.
SPECIAL FEATURES
. New Film Transfer
. Video Introduction by Jonas Mekas
. Audio Commentary by Kenneth Anger
. Still Photo Booklet
UN CHANT D’AMOUR
Feature • France • DVD055 • $29.95 • 129 Minutes • B&W/Color • Not Rated • Full Screen 4x3 |
DISC II
GENET
Documentary by Antoine Bourseiller
France • 1981 • Color • 52 Mins |
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Interview by Bertrand Poirot-Delpech
France • Color • 1982 • 46 Mins
Release Date: February 28, 2007 |
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THE FERNANDO ARRABAL COLLECTION
(Limited Edition Deluxe 3-Disc Box Set)
Taboo. Ferocious. Rapturous. The work of surrealist filmmaker Fernando Arrabal is unlike any in world cinema. His visions of war, chaos, love, sex, death, religion and politics have stunned critics for decades and startled, sometimes infuriated, audiences every time they've been screened. Like his fellow surrealists Alejandro Jodorowsky, Germaine Dulac and Luis Bunuel, Arrabal attacks reality like a madman, demolishing social norms, traditional religions, political conventions and sexual mores.
Cult Epics is proud to release the first three films of Fernando Arrabal in a deluxe box set. Featuring Viva La Muerte, I Will Walk Like A Crazy Horse and the never-before-released The Guernica Tree.
THE FERNANDO ARRABAL COLLECTION
DVD036 • $79.95 • 87/90/100 Minutes • 1970/1973/1975 • Color • French/Spanish Language • English Subtitles • Not Rated • Widescreen/16x9 • Director: Fernando Arrabal
Release date: November 15, 2005
REVIEWS:
Digitally ObsessedOOOLHero RealmOLOLDVD Maniacs |
DISC ONE:
VIVA LA MUERTE
In French and Spanish with optional English subtitles
DISC TWO:
I WILL WALK LIKE A CRAZY HORSE
In French with optional English subtitles
DISC THREE:
THE GUERNICA TREE
In French with optional English subtitles
SPECIAL FEATURES:
• New Digital Transfers, Enhanced for 16x9 TV's
• Interviews with Fernando Arrabal
• Liner Notes on each film by Rayo Casablanca
• Theatrical Trailers
• Lobbycard Galleries
• New English Subtitle Translations for each film
• Postcard
Limited Edition of 4,000 Copies
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Arrabal's second film; I WILL WALK LIKE A CRAZY HORSE (J'irai Comme un Cheval Fou) forsakes the political allegory present in Viva La Muerte for a dramatic discovery of faith and organized religion.
The story follows a man, Aden, played by the American George Shannon, who flees society after the death of his controlling mother. Out in the wilderness he encounters the beauty of nature, and under the tutelage of a hermit named Marvel, becomes a "normal homme." Aden falls desperately in love with Marvel, who can communicate with animals, the clouds, and the sun. Upon returning to civilization, Marvel in tow, Aden is more aware than ever of the hideous and hypocritical nature of human society.
I WILL WALK LIKE A CRAZY HORSE has long been considered a masterpiece of surrealist film and stands as Arrabal's most delirious and devlish picture, an outrageous portrait of both other-worldly beauty and inner torment.
"A true cinematic masterpiece, I loved every minute of it."
- monstersatplay.com....more...
"Spotless anamorphic transfer, with sharp detail and beautifully saturated colors."
- mondo-digital.com....more...
SPECIAL DVD FEATURES
• New Digital Transfer
• Exclusive 15 minute Interview with director Fernando Arrabal
• Lobbycard gallery
• Theatrical trailer • Scene selection
• 6-Page Liner Notes
• Widescreen - Enhanced for 16x9
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I WILL WALK LIKE A CRAZY HORSE
(Special edition) DVD
DVD014 (NTSC) • $29.95
Director: Fernando Arrabal
1973 • 90 Minutes • 35mm. Color • Not Rated • Uncut Version • French language with optional English subtitles |
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VIVA LA MUERTE (Long live Death) centers on Fando (Mahdi Chaouch), a young boy whose father has been arrested for treason during the Spanish civil war. Fando struggles with his father's arrest, and in a shocking moment discovers a letter in which his mother admits to betraying his father. His mother convinces him that his father committed suicide in prison, but Fando doubts this and attempts to discover the true fate of his father.
The debut film of Spanish playwright Fernando Arrabal, VIVA LA MUERTE is a surreal tour-de-force considered by many critics to be the pinnacle of Spanish avant-garde filmmaking. Fueled with surreal images of violence, sexuality and biting political commentary, the film posits Arrabal as one of the preeminent Spanish-language surrealists alongside Luis Buñuel and Alejandro Jodorowsky.
"A SURREAL SHOCKER"
- San Francisco Examiner
"INESCAPABLY A MAJOR WORK!"
- N.Y. Times
"There are three perfect surrealist films: Un Chien Andalou, El Topo and Viva La Muerte."
- digitalbits.com
SPECIAL DVD FEATURES
• New Digital Transfer
• Exclusive 18 minute Interview with director Fernando Arrabal
• Lobbycard gallery
• Theatrical trailer • Scene selection
• 6-Page Liner Notes
• Widescreen - Enhanced for 16x9 |
Release date: November 15, 2005
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VIVA LA MUERTE
(Special edition) DVD
DVD013 (NTSC) • $29.95
Director: Fernando Arrabal
1970 • 90 Minutes • 35mm . Color • Not Rated • Uncut Version • French or Spanish language with optional English subtitles
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PIG, a film depicting the relationship between a killer (Rozz Williams) and his victim (James Hollan) where all lines are crossed, blending fantasy and reality. This poetic film is a transformation of the subconscious mind of a killer, graphically showing the manifestation of itself into abstract forms and material, all deriving from his Suffering and desperation.
Debut underground short film by Dutch born Nico B.
PIG was the last project of Rozz Williams; writer, artist, musician: formerly known from the rock group Christian Death amongst others. R.W. (Who died 4.1.1998) spoke of the film as a form of exorcism and transition of his personal demons.
"Definitely a Cult film"
- Last Sigh....
"The Blair With Project doesn’t even hold a candle to the type of mental fear this film presents"
- Starvox
"Intriguing and surreal David Lynch-ish type mood, truly disturbing and thought provoking"
- Outburn
"Not for the faint of heart"
- Panik
PIG - DVD / VHS
DVD010 (NTSC) • $29.95 • 44 minutes • VHS010 (NTSC and PAL) • $19.95 • 25 minutes (includes outtakes) •
1999 • B&W • 16mm • Not Rated
Director: Nico B.
DVD limited edition of 1334 copies numbered. (250 Copies will be available signed by Nico B, mail order only until May 1, 2002)
VHS limited edition of 1334 copies. |
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Left to right: The Beast; Love Rites; Goto, Island of Love
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In Memory of Walerian Borowczyk
2 September, 1923 - 3 February, 2006
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THE WALERIAN BOROWCZYK COLLECTION (Deluxe 3-Disc Box Set)
Featuring
GOTO, ISLAND OF LOVE (GOTO, ISLE D’AMOUR) • THE BEAST (LA BETE) • LOVE RITES (CEREMONIE D’AMOUR) |
The films of Walerian Borowczyk inspire and repulse, titillate and outrage. He is both a consummate artist, adept at staging and lighting even the most trivial items to give them a sense of grandeur and meaning, and a taboo-breaking provocateur, creating some of the most controversial and offensive images of the 20th century. Animator, artist, pornographer, revolutionary, Walerian Borowczyk is a filmmaker with a bold and unique vision. Cult Epics is proud to present three of Borowczyk’s most provocative works in a definitive editions. Goto, Island of Love, Borowczyk’s hypnotic first foray into live-action filmmaking. The Beast, the infamous 1975 feature that is still considered one of the most shocking films ever made and Love Rites, Borowczyk’s powerful last film.
See below for more information on The Beast and Love Rites
THE WALERIAN BOROWCZYK COLLECTION
DVD038 • $59.95 • 94/97/90 Minutes • 1975/1988/1969
Color/B&W • French Language • English Subtitles • Not Rated
Widescreen/16x9 • Director: Walerian Borowczyk
Release date: February 28, 2006 |
SPECIAL FEATURES:
• Includes DVD Premiere Release of
• Goto, Island of Love
• Includes Bonus short film: The Astronautes
• (Winner of 3 Grand Prix International Awards)
• Widescreen versions (16x9 Enhanced)
• Liner Notes and Filmography by Rayo Casablanca
• Liner Notes by Daniel Bird for The Beast
• Photo Galleries
• Trailers
• Box Set includes 4 Collector’s Postcards
Price Box Set $59.95
Films are available individually at $24.95 each
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For the first time on DVD, Goto, Island of Love is famed Walerian Borowczyk’s (The Beast) rarely seen debut film. A timeless and surreal fairy tale presented uncut and with it’s original rare color sequences.
On the legendary island of Goto, all inhabitants toil under the dictatorial rule of their cruel monarch, Goto III. When Goto’s wife, Glyssia saves a man, Grozo, from execution, she has her husband hire him as the island’s chief flycatcher and dog walker. Little do they realize that Grozo not only desires Glyssia but he also wants the throne. |
SPECIAL FEATURES:
• Widescreen version (16x9 Enhanced), New Transfer
• Includes Bonus short film: The Astronautes
• (Winner of 3 Grand Prix International Awards)
• Liner Notes and Filmography by Rayo Casablanca
• Theatrical Trailer
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GOTO, ISLAND OF LOVE
DVD037 • $24.95 • 90 Minutes • 1969 • Color/B&W • French Language • English Subtitles • Not Rated
Widescreen/16x9 • Director: Walerian Borowczyk
Release date: February 28, 2006 |
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Once upon a time in the 18th century a beast lived in the woods of an aristocratic estate. And this beast, possessed of a giant phallus and an insatiable lust, set upon the beautiful young lady of the house. Two centuries later, the tale of the beast would return in the dreams of an American heiress contracted to carry the male descendant of the same crumbling aristocratic family and their secret.
Controversial rework of The Beauty And The Beast, which was forbidden for 25 years. Walerian Borowczyk's erotic masterpiece receives it's definitive presentation on Three discs, including a brand new Widescreen (16x9) transfer with optional French and English dialogue. |
THE BEAST (LA BETE)
(Single Disc) • DVD034
$24.95 • Director: Walerian Borowczyk
94 minutes • France • 1975 • Aspect ratio 1.85:1
Release date: October 25, 2005 |
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THE BEAST (Director's Cut)
• Widescreen 1:85.1
• (16x9 Enhanced)
• French and English language
• Optional English subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer
• Stills
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The last film by the great Walerian Borowczyk, about the terrors of seduction.
When Hugo (Mathieu Carriere) meets Myriam (Marino Pierro), a prostitute who picks up her clients on the Paris metro, he soon becomes obsessed with her sultry beauty and follows her to a flat owned by the mysterious Sara Sand, where he consummates his passion. Suddenly he finds the rules of the game have changed as Myriam is now in charge of his body and his soul. A macabre love poem from the Director of The Beast and Immoral Tales. |
LOVE RITES
A film by Walerian Borowczyk
DVD029 • $24.95 • France • 1988
97 / 87 Minutes
Release date: April 26, 2005 |
SPECIAL FEATURES
Includes Two Versions of the Film:
• Side A THE DIRECTOR’S CUT
• Side B THE COMPLETE VERSION
• Photo Gallery • Liner Notes |
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