Camera Obscura: The Walerian Borowczyk Collection

This ground-breaking collection brings together Walerian Borowczyk's key films from a twenty-five-year period stretching from 1959 through to 1984. This unique release includes five of Borowczyk s provocative feature films: Theatre de Monsieur et Madame Kabal, Goto, l ile d amour, Blanche, Contes Immoraux and La Bête as well as his ground-breaking short films from this period, in digital high definition restorations approved by the director s widow, Ligia Branice.In addition to exclusive documentaries featuring cast and crew, an hour long portrait of Borowczyk is included, featuring the director s musings on painting, animation and sex. Arrow Academy's Walerian Borowczyk Collection is a vital addition to the collection of anyone interested in either world cinema, animation or experimental film.5-DISC SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTSHD restorations of the five featuresHigh Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentationsOriginal uncompressed mono 1.0 audioEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearingReversible sleeves featuring Borowczyk s original poster designs and artworkTHEATRE OF MR AND MRS KABALThe short films Astronauts (1959), The Concert (1962), Grandmother s Encyclopaedia (1963), Renaissance (1963), Angels Games (1964), Joachim s Dictionary (1965), Rosalie (1966), Gavotte (1967), Diptych (1967), The Phonograph (1969), The Greatest Love of All Time (1978) and Scherzo Infernal (1984)Introduction by filmmaker and animator Terry GilliamFilm is Not a Sausage, a documentary about Borowczyk s animated work featuring Borowczyk, producer Dominique Duvergé-Ségrétin, assistant André Heinrich and composer Bernard ParmegianiBlow Ups, a visual essay by Daniel Bird about Borowczyk s works on paperCommercials by Walerian Borowczyk: Holy Smoke (1963), The Museum (1964) and Tom Thumb (1966)GOTO, ISLE OF LOVEIntroduction by artist and Turner Prize nominee Craigie HorsfieldThe Concentration Universe, a new interview programme featuring actor Jean-Pierre Andréani, cameraman Noël Véry and camera assistant Jean-Pierre PlatelThe Profligate Door, a new documentary about Borowczyk s sound sculptures featuring curator Maurice CorbetBLANCHEIntroduction by Schalcken the Painter director Leslie MegaheyBallad of Imprisonment, a documentary about the film featuring producer Dominique Duvergé-Ségrétin, assistant director André Heinrich, camera operator Noël Véry and assistant Patrice LeconteObscure Pleasures: A Portrait of Walerian Borowczyk, a newly edited archival interview in which Borowczyk discusses painting, cinema and sexGunpoint, a documentary short by Peter Graham produced and edited by BorowczykIMMORAL TALESIntroduction by Borowczyk expert Daniel BirdLove Reveals Itself, a video essay about the film featuring production manager Dominique Duvergé-Ségrétin and cinematographer Noël VéryObscure Pleasures: A Portrait of Valerian Borowczyk, a newly edited archival interview in which the filmmaker discusses painting, cinema and sexBlow Ups, a visual essay by Daniel Bird about Borowczyk s works on paperTheatrical trailerTHE BEASTAn introduction by film critic Peter BradshawBorowczyk s erotic short film Venus on the Half-Shell (1975)The Making of the Beast, an hour-long documentary with rare on-set footage, narrated by cameraman Noël VéryFrenzy of Ecstasy, a visual essay about The Beast s design and the film s unmade sequelOriginal theatrical trailer