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Brief Encounters / The Long Farewell: Two Films by Kira Muratova
Edition no. 1229
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Brief Encounters | The Long Farewell
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Studio Canal
Directed by: Kira Muratova
Featuring: Nina Ruslanova, Zinaida Sharko, Vladimir Vysotskiy, Oleg Vladimirsky, Kira Muratova, Yuriy Kayurov, Lidia Bazilskaya, Svetlana Kabanova, Aleksey Glazyrin, Tatyana Mychko, Valeri Isakov, Lidiya Bazilskaya, Tatyana Midnaya, Lidiya Dranovskaya, Sofya Belskaya, Oleg Emstev, Viktor Ilchenko
Nobody made films like Kira Muratova. Uncompromising and uncategorizable, the Ukrainian iconoclast withstood decades of censorship to realize her singular vision in hypnotically beautiful, expressionistically heightened films that remain unique in their ability to evoke complex interior worlds. Her first two solo features, Brief Encounters and The Long Farewell, are fascinatingly fragmented portraits of women navigating work, romance, and family life with a mix of deep yearning and playful pragmatism. Long suppressed by Soviet authorities, these films became legendary—along with their maker—and they now make for a revelatory introduction to this most fearlessly original of artists.
Details by Film
Brief Encounters
Year: 1967
Time: 96
Aspect Ratios
1.37:1
Audio
Russian PCM Mono 1.0
Streaming Options
Rent
The Long Farewell
Year: 1971
Time: 94
Aspect Ratios
1.37:1
Audio
Russian PCM Mono 1.0
Streaming Options
Rent
Release Information:
Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Discs:
BD-50 (2 Discs)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37:1
Audio Options:
Russian PCM Mono 1.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Insert, Interview
- Interview with Dr. Elena Gorfinkel about Brief Encounters and filmmaker Kira Muratova
- Isabel Jacobs on Brief Encounters
- Interview with Dr. Elena Gorfinkel about The Long Farewell
- Isabel Jacobs on The Long Farewell
- Archival interview with director Kira Muratova from an episode of Cinéma cinémas
- An essay by film critic Jessica Kiang
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Brief Encounters
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Restoration Information
Brief Encounters
Restoration by:
The Criterion Collection
StudioCanal
Year: 2023
Scanned at: 4K Digital
Restored at: 4K Digital
Sources:
35mm Original camera negative
The Long Farewell
Restoration by:
The Criterion Collection
StudioCanal
Year: 2023
Scanned at: 4K Digital
Restored at: 4K Digital
Sources:
35mm Original camera negative
Release Notes on Restoration
Brief Encounters and The Long Farewell are presented in the aspect ratio of 1.37:1. These new 4K restorations, undertaken by STUDIOCANAL and the Criterion Collection, were created from the 35 mm original camera negatives. The monaural soundtracks were remastered from the 35 mm original soundtrack negatives.