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  • Kino Releasing The Bride Wore Black

    Coming 2/14/23.

    • Audio Commentary by Film Historians Julie Kirgo, Steven C. Smith & Nick Redman
    • Theatrical Trailer
    • Reversible Art
    • Limited Edition O-Card Slipcase

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  • #2
    I've always wanted to see this but just never got around to it. It just looks awesome.
    Why would anybody watch a scum show like Videodrome? Why did you watch it, Max?

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    • #3
      It's very deliberately paced and methodically staged. Not exactly kinetic, but interesting.

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      • #4
        Radiance are releasing this in May.

        https://www.radiancefilms.co.uk/prod...-wore-black-le

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        The Bride Wore Black

        Jeanne Moreau (Jules et Jim) stars as the titular bride, who after marrying her love sees him murdered on the steps outside the church. From here she enacts her ruthless revenge on the group of men responsible. Undoubtedly an influence on Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, François Truffaut’s The Bride Wore Black was itself influenced by the director’s idol, Alfred Hitchcock. Adapting celebrated crime writer Cornell Woolrich (who was also the author of the short story Hitchcock’s Rear Window is based on) Truffaut’s film is a deliciously entertaining tale that was one of the director’s biggest hits. Alongside Moreau, the film boasts a sensational cast, including Michael Lonsdale, Jean-Claude Brialy, Charles Denner and Michel Bouquet among others, and features a score by the maestro, Bernard Herrman (Psycho).

        Blu-ray Limited Edition Special Features:

        High-Definition digital transfer
        Original uncompressed French mono PCM audio
        Archival interviews with François Truffaut and Jeanne Moreau (1968, 1969)
        Appreciation by filmmaker Kent Jones (Hitchcock/Truffaut) (2023)
        Barry Forshaw on Cornell Woolrich and the adaptation (2023)
        Original trailer
        Les surmenes (Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, 1957, 21 mins) - an early short written by Truffaut and starring Jean-Claude Brialy
        Optional English subtitles
        Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters
        Limited edition booklet featuring new writing on the film by Emmanuel Burdeau, archival writing by Truffaut and Moreau, and a contemporary article on the film by Penelope Houston
        Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
        Year: 1968
        Cert: 12
        Format: Blu-ray
        Region: B
        RAD011BDLE
        EAN: 5060974680207
        Release date: 15/05/23
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        • #5
          From Radiance's Twitter feed:

          ""ANNOUNCEMENT: Unfortunately we have had to remove our lead essay from the release of The Bride Wore Black. The studio demanded cuts to it that strip too much detail and the writer and we were unwilling to compromise so felt that it would sit better with only archival content.

          We will look to publish the essay in another format later in the year. We would like to do an annual of all our film writings for 2023 for this Christmas (along the lines of Dirty Arthouse) and will be looking into that. Apologies for this."
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          • #6
            This raises a lot questions, including which of the announced "special features" corresponds to this essay.

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            • #7
              I'd certainly be interested to know what the writer could possibly have said about a 50+ year old film that proved sufficiently controversial for UA (or whoever else currently owns this) to wake up and put the nix on it...
              https://breakfastintheruins.blogspot.com/
              http://stereosanctity.blogspot.com/

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