BD 244 Viy

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Banasa
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BD 244 Viy

#1 Post by Banasa » Sat Nov 28, 2020 8:18 am

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Bursting with startling imagery and stunning practical effects courtesy of directors Konstantin Yershov, Georgi Kropachyov, and perhaps most notably, artistic director Aleksandr Ptushko (the legendary special effects artist whose spectacular stop-motion effects and innovative colour cinematography has seen him referred to as the Soviet equivalent of Willis O’Brien, Ray Harryhausen, and even Mario Bava), VIY has influenced generations of directors for more than half a century.

In 19th century Russia, a seminary student is forced to spend three nights with the corpse of a beautiful young witch. But when she rises from the dead to seduce him, it will summon a nightmare of fear, desire, and the ultimate demonic mayhem.

The Masters of Cinema series is proud to present VIY in its UK debut on Blu-ray from a HD restoration of the original film elements.

Exclusive to this Limited Edition, The Masters of Cinema series also presents director Djordje Kadijevic’s A HOLY PLACE [Sveto mesto] for the first time ever on home video in the UK.
  • Limited Edition Exclusive O-Card slipcase
  • LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISC: A HOLY PLACE [Sveto mesto] (1990, dir. Djordje Kadijevic) A adaptation of Nikolai Gogol’s short story and a stunning example of Serbian Gothic cinema from director Djordje Kadijevic. Described by critic Dejan Ognjanovic as “an unparalleled excess of perversity and terror”
  • New Interview with A HOLY PLACE director Djordje Kadijevic (Limited Edition Exclusive Only)
  • 1080p presentation on Blu-ray
  • Original Russian mono audio
  • Optional English mono audio
  • Optional English subtitles and English SDH
  • Brand new audio commentary with film historian and eastern European cinema expert Michael Brooke
  • Brand new video essay on Russian novelist and VIY author Nikolai Gogol
  • Archival documentary on VIY
  • Three Russian silent film fragments, The Portrait [1915, 8 mins], The Queen of Spades [1916, 16 mins], and Satan Exultant [1917, 20 mins]
  • Newly commissioned sleeve artwork by Peter Savieri [TO BE REVEALED AT A LATER DATE]
  • A collector’s booklet featuring a new essay on Aleksandr Ptushko by Tim Lucas, and a new essay by Serbian writer and film critic Dejan Ognjanovic

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Re: BD 244 Viy

#2 Post by Banasa » Sat Nov 28, 2020 8:19 am

And of course, I get this right after receiving Severin's release. Oof.

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Re: BD 244 Viy

#3 Post by kompromiss » Sun Nov 29, 2020 11:37 am

Looks like that "Three Russian silent film fragments" are the same clips which were on the old Ruscico dvd disk of "Viy" from twenty years ago.

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Re: BD 244 Viy

#4 Post by MichaelB » Wed Feb 24, 2021 12:28 pm

Yup - no reason for them not to be, since they've never been released by a UK label before.

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#6 Post by MichaelB » Thu Mar 04, 2021 1:23 pm

Blueprint Review.

There's also a full-page rave in the current (April 2021) Sight & Sound, but at the moment it's print and proprietary digital edition only.

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