Camera Obscura: The Walerian Borowczyk CollectionLabel: Arrow AcademyDescription: 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 CONTENTS * HD restorations of the five features * High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations * Original uncompressed mono 1.0 audio * English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing * Reversible sleeves featuring Borowczyk s original poster designs and artwork * THEATRE OF MR AND MRS KABAL * The 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 Gilliam * Film is Not a Sausage a documentary about Borowczyk s animated work featuring Borowczyk producer Dominique Duvergé-Ségrétin assistant André Heinrich and composer Bernard Parmegiani * Blow Ups a visual essay by Daniel Bird about Borowczyk s works on paper * Commercials by Walerian Borowczyk: Holy Smoke (1963) The Museum (1964) and Tom Thumb (1966) * GOTO ISLE OF LOVE * Introduction by artist and Turner Prize nominee Craigie Horsfield * The Concentration Universe a new interview programme featuring actor Jean-Pierre Andréani cameraman Noël Véry and camera assistant Jean-Pierre Platel * The Profligate Door a new documentary about Borowczyk s sound sculptures featuring curator Maurice Corbet * BLANCHE * Introduction by Schalcken the Painter director Leslie Megahey * Ballad of Imprisonment a documentary about the film featuring producer Dominique Duvergé-Ségrétin assistant director André Heinrich camera operator Noël Véry and assistant Patrice Leconte * Obscure Pleasures: A Portrait of Walerian Borowczyk a newly edited archival interview in which Borowczyk discusses painting cinema and sex * Gunpoint a documentary short by Peter Graham produced and edited by Borowczyk * IMMORAL TALES * Introduction by Borowczyk expert Daniel Bird * Love Reveals Itself a video essay about the film featuring production manager Dominique Duvergé-Ségrétin and cinematographer Noël Véry * Obscure Pleasures: A Portrait of Valerian Borowczyk a newly edited archival interview in which the filmmaker discusses painting cinema and sex * Blow Ups a visual essay by Daniel Bird about Borowczyk s works on paper * Theatrical trailer * THE BEAST * An introduction by film critic Peter Bradshaw * Borowczyk 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 Véry * Frenzy of Ecstasy a visual essay about The Beast s design and the film s unmade sequel * Original theatrical trailer
