World Noir Vol 2 (blu ray) Limited Edition boxset

• 4K restoration of Symphony for a Massacre by Pathé, presented on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK
• 2K restoration of Black Gravel by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, presented on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK
• High-Definition digital transfer of Cruel Gun Story, presented on Blu-ray for the first time in the world
• Original uncompressed mono PCM audio for all films
• Optional English subtitles for all films
• Newly designed artwork based on original posters
• Limited edition 80-page perfect bound book by critics and experts including Carmen Gray on post-war German politics and film, Elena Lazic on Jose Giovanni, David Hering on noir’s evolution in the 1960s, and Jake Cole on the filmography of Joe Shishido
• Limited Edition of 3,000 copies presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases for each film and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

BLACK GRAVEL

• Includes both uncensored original cut and the re-edited distribution cut
• Audio commentary with film historian Olaf Möller (2020)
• Newl introduction from writer and programmer Margaret Deriaz (2024)
• Newsreel footage of film set featuring behind-the-scenes footage and an interview with Käutner (1960)
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork

SYMPHONY FOR A MASSACRE

• New audio commentary by critic Travis Woods (2024)
• New introduction by critic Christina Newland (2024)
• Archival interviews with cast members Charles Vanel, Jean Rochefort and director Jacques Deray (1963)
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork

CRUEL GUN STORY

• Audio commentary by author and filmmaker Jasper Sharp (2024)
• New introduction by critic and programmer Tony Rayns (2024)
• Archival interview with actor Joe Shishido 
• Visual essay by critic Philip Kemp on Nikkatsu’s noir films of the 1960s (2024)
• Original trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork