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Radiance Films' second boxset of noir cinema from around the world, features: CRUEL GUN STORY (1964) from Japan, the French heist movie SYMPHONY FOR A MASSACRE (1963) and BLACK GRAVEL (1961) set in a post-WWII Germany.
Region: B
Special Features:
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4K restoration of Symphony for a Massacre by Pathé, presented on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK
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2K restoration of Black Gravel by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, presented on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK
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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
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