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Institute Benjamenta
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Jakob (Mark Rylance) wants to be of service. Admitted to a peculiar school for servants run by domineering Johannes (Gottfried John) and his sorrowful sister Lisa (Alice Krige), Jakob gradually uncovers the mystical Institute's secrets and, by extension, those of life itself.
Presented in a new, director approved transfer, this striking live-action feature is an exquisitely realised anti-fairy tale, a fragile world shimmering with luminous energy and hypnotic beauty.
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DVD
Discs:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
DVD-9 (1 Disc)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
A/B/C (Blu-ray)
1/2/3/4/5/6 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66:1
Audio Options:
English Dolby Digital Mono 2.0
English DTS-HD MA Surround 2.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
576p/25
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Documentary, Behind the Scenes Footage, Theatrical Trailer, Short Film, Booklet
- Inside the Institute: an in-between world (2010, 31 mins): journey into the film's creation with the Quays, Stephen Quay and Timothy Quay
- On the set of Institute Benjamenta (2000, 16 mins, DVD only)
- Institute Benjamenta trailer (1995, 1 min)
- Eurydice, She so Beloved (Quay Brothers, 2007, 11 mins): Orpheus' attempt to rescue his dead lover Eurydice from Hades
- Songs for Dead Children (Quay Brothers, 2003, 24 mins): Steve Martland's Street Songs realised in early beautiful animation
- The Comb (Quay Brothers, 1990, 18 mins); the ingenious animated short which paved the way for the Quays first feature
- Fully illustrated booklet of newly commissioned essays and notes
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