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BLACK GRAVEL
Sohnen is a town built on vice for the occupying American forces in Cold War Germany. Robert, a local truck driver who sells off gravel from the site he works on as a side hustle, runs into an old flame, Inge. Inge is now respectably married to American officer John who runs the site. Driving in Robert’s truck, tragedy strikes and he and Inge must do their best to cover up a pair of dead bodies.
SYMPHONY FOR A MASSACRE
Five gangsters raise the cash to buy a large shipment of drugs which they plan to sell on. One of the gang however plans to secretly rob his partners, beginning an escalating spiral of violence and deception that leaves a trail of bodies across France.
CRUEL GUN STORY
Togawa is released from prison early by his underworld bosses. They make him execute a daring heist on an armoured vehicle, knowing he has no choice to do it as he needs the money for his sister’s surgery. With multiple partners and facets to the operation, much is at risk and all is never as it seems.
4K restoration of Symphony for a Massacre by Pathé, on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK
2K restoration of Black Gravel by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK
HD digital transfer of Cruel Gun Story, on Blu-ray for the first time in the world
Original uncompressed mono PCM audio for all films
Optional English subs
LE 80-page perfect bound book by critics and experts including Carmen Gray, Elena Lazic, David Hering, and Jake Cole
BLACK GRAVEL
Both uncensored original cut and the re-edited distribution cut
Commentary with Olaf Möller (2020)
New intro from Margaret Deriaz (2024)
SYMPHONY FOR A MASSACRE
New commentary by Travis Woods (2024)
New introduction by Christina Newland (2024)
CRUEL GUN STORY
Commentary by Jasper Sharp (2024)
New intro by Tony Rayns (2024)
Visual essay by critic Philip Kemp on Nikkatsu’s noir films of the 1960s
And more
BLACK GRAVEL
Sohnen is a town built on vice for the occupying American forces in Cold War Germany. Robert, a local truck driver who sells off gravel from the site he works on as a side hustle, runs into an old flame, Inge. Inge is now respectably married to American officer John who runs the site. Driving in Robert’s truck, tragedy strikes and he and Inge must do their best to cover up a pair of dead bodies.
SYMPHONY FOR A MASSACRE
Five gangsters raise the cash to buy a large shipment of drugs which they plan to sell on. One of the gang however plans to secretly rob his partners, beginning an escalating spiral of violence and deception that leaves a trail of bodies across France.
CRUEL GUN STORY
Togawa is released from prison early by his underworld bosses. They make him execute a daring heist on an armoured vehicle, knowing he has no choice to do it as he needs the money for his sister’s surgery. With multiple partners and facets to the operation, much is at risk and all is never as it seems.
4K restoration of Symphony for a Massacre by Pathé, on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK
2K restoration of Black Gravel by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK
HD digital transfer of Cruel Gun Story, on Blu-ray for the first time in the world
Original uncompressed mono PCM audio for all films
Optional English subs
LE 80-page perfect bound book by critics and experts including Carmen Gray, Elena Lazic, David Hering, and Jake Cole
BLACK GRAVEL
Both uncensored original cut and the re-edited distribution cut
Commentary with Olaf Möller (2020)
New intro from Margaret Deriaz (2024)
SYMPHONY FOR A MASSACRE
New commentary by Travis Woods (2024)
New introduction by Christina Newland (2024)
CRUEL GUN STORY
Commentary by Jasper Sharp (2024)
New intro by Tony Rayns (2024)
Visual essay by critic Philip Kemp on Nikkatsu’s noir films of the 1960s
And more
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