Dois filmes de diretores consagrados e dois filmes com nove décadas de idade estão entre os lançamentos de março

A Época da Inocência, do Martin Scorsese, com Daniel Day Lewis e Michelle Pfeiffer saiu em DVD por aqui pela Sony e há muito tempo está esgotado. Esta edição tupiniquim, que conta com os dizeres “Edição Especial” na capa, vem com extras incríveis, tais como menu e legenda… -_-

Baal, de Volker Schlöndorff, é um obscuro filme alemão feito para a TV em 1970, baseado na primeira peça completa de Bertold Brecht e conta com o cineasta Rainer Werner Fassbinder no papel do protagonista do título. Nunca saiu por aqui.

Realizado em 1928 (há 90 anos (!!!)), A Paixão de Joana D´Arc, do Carl Theodor Dreyer, é a versão cinematográfica mais admirada sobre a icônica líder francesa. Saiu no Brasil em DVD pela Versátil numa edição especial que contava com duas versões do filme: em 20 e em 24 quadros por segundo.

Mais um filme na bica de fazer 90 anos, King of Jazz, de 1930, é um belo e exuberante musical em cores que nunca saiu por aqui. Bem que a Classicline, que tem experiência em filmes do gênero, podia se animar e lançar por aqui.

Mulheres apaixonadas, de 1969, foi dirigido pelo inglês Ken Russell (que dirigiu a ópera rock Tommy, com o The Who) e tem Oliver Reed no elenco. Saiu por aqui pela Versátil com trailer , galeria de fotos e texto sobre o diretor. A edição da Criterion tem uma linda capa do artista Kent Williams, muito conhecido pela minissérie em quadrinhos Fusão, com o Wolverine (bem que a Panini podia relançar esse material).

Age of Innocence, de Martin Scorsese (EUA, 1993)

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
– New, restored 4K digital transfer, approved by director Martin Scorsese, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
– New interviews with Scorsese, coscreenwriter Jay Cocks, production designer Dante Ferretti, and costume designer Gabriella Pescucci
– INNOCENCE AND EXPERIENCE, a 1993 documentary on the making of the film
– Trailer
– PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien

Baal, de Volker Schlöndorff (Alemanha Ocidental, 1970)

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
– New, restored 2K digital transfer, supervised by director Volker Schlöndorff, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
– Interviews from 1973 and 2015 with Schlöndorff
– New conversation between actor Ethan Hawke and playwright Jonathan Marc Sherman about the play and adaptation
– New interview with actor and filmmaker Margarethe von Trotta
– New interview with film historian Eric Rentschler
– New English subtitle translation
– PLUS: An essay by critic Dennis Lim

Passion of Joan of Arc, de Carl Th. Dreyer (França, 1928)

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
– New high-definition digital restoration of the film by Gaumont, presented at 24 frames per second
– Alternate presentation of the film at 20 frames per second with original Danish intertitles
– Three scores: Richard Einhorn’s VOICES OF LIGHT, a choral and orchestral work performed by vocal group Anonymous 4, soloist Susan Narucki, and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic and Choir; another by Goldfrapp’s Will Gregory and Portishead’s Adrian Utley; and the third composed and performed by pianist Mie Yanashita
– Audio commentary from 1999 by film scholar Casper Tybjerg
– New interview with Einhorn
– New conversation between Gregory and Utley
– New video essay by Tybjerg exploring the debate over the film’s frame rate
– Interview from 1995 with actor Renée Falconetti’s daughter and biographer, Hélène Falconetti
– Version history
– Production design archive
– New English subtitle translation
– PLUS: An essay by critic Mark Le Fanu, a 1929 director’s statement by Carl Theodor Dreyer, and the full libretto for VOICES OF LIGHT

King of Jazz, de John Murray Anderson (EUA, 1930)

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
– New 4K digital restoration by Universal Pictures, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
– New audio commentary featuring jazz and film critic Gary Giddins, music and cultural critic Gene Seymour, and musician and bandleader Vince Giordano
– New introduction by Giddins
– New interview with musician and pianist Michael Feinstein
– Four new video essays by authors and archivists James Layton and David Pierce on the development and making of KING OF JAZZ
– Deleted scenes and alternate opening-title sequence
– ALL AMERICANS, a 1929 short film featuring a version of the ‘Melting Pot’ number that was restaged for the finale of King of Jazz
– I KNOW EVERYBODY AND EVERYBODY’S RACKET, a 1933 short film featuring Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
– Two Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons from 1930, featuring music and animation from KING OF JAZZ

Women in Love, de Ken Russell (Reino Unido, 1969)

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
– New 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
– Two audio commentaries from 2003, one featuring director Ken Russell and the other screenwriter and producer Larry Kramer
– Segments from a 2007 interview with Russell for the BAFTA Los Angeles Heritage Archive
– A BRITISH PICTURE: PORTRAIT OF AN ENFANT TERRIBLE, Russell’s 1989 biopic on his own life and career
– Interview from 1976 with actor Glenda Jackson
– Interviews with Kramer and actors Alan Bates and Jennie Linden from the set
– New interviews with director of photography Billy Williams and editor Michael Bradsell
– SECOND BEST, a 1972 short film based on a D. H. Lawrence story, produced by and starring Bates
– Trailer
– PLUS: An essay by scholar Linda Ruth Williams

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