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Walerian Borowcyk RIP (1922 - 2006) 6 Feb 2006: A French press agency today reports the sad passing of Walerian Borowczyk on Friday 3 Feb, due to cardiac complications. Read the article (French language) Décès du cinéaste Walerian Borowczyk | ||
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Love Rites Two-Sided DVD! 10 Mar 2005: The last film by the great Walerian Borowczyk, about the terrors of seduction. When Hugo (Mathieu Carriere) meets Myriam (Marino Pierro), a prostitute who picks up her clients on the Paris metro, he soon becomes obsessed with her sultry beauty and follows her to a flat owned by the mysterious Sara Sand, where he consummates his passion. Suddenly he finds the rules of the game have changed as Myriam is now in charge of his body and his soul. A macabre love poem from the Director of THE BEAST and IMMORAL TALES. SPECIAL FEATURES Buy Love Rites DVD | |
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The Beast Special Edition Three Disc Set! 10 Oct 2004: America's Cult Epics have announced a spectacular three-disc Special Edition of Borowczyk's controversial The Beast. Mondo Erotico supplied the gorgeous cover art, which was scanned from the original 1980 UK release cinema poster.
Walerian Borowczyk's erotic masterpiece receives its definitive presentation on three discs, including a brand new Widescreen (16x9) transfer with optional French and English dialogue, Two Hours of Behind The Scenes, and the rare rediscovered complete version. Disc 1
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Limited and Numbered Edition of 10,000 copies, includes the 52 page book: Beast Bis | |
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The Story of Sin due on UK DVD! 10 Apr 2004: We can confirm that we have brokered a deal to allow the UKs Nouveaux Pictures to release Borowczyk's acclaimed Story of Sin (Dzieje Grzechu, 1974) onto DVD. This release will mark its World DVD debut! We also supplied the stunning cover image, which was sourced from the Japanese theatrical release poster art.
From Nouveaux's press release: Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival, Walerian Borowczyk's THE STORY OF SIN is a tragic romance based on the turn-of-the-century literary classic by acclaimed Polish writer Stefan Zeromski. Passionate melodrama, surrealist erotica and the rapturous strains of Mendelssohn collide head on in THE STORY OF SIN - the tale of Eva, a young Victorian girl whose passionate affair with a married man leads to betrayal, infanticide, prostitution and a final heroic and grotesque act of self-sacrifice. The DVD will feature the original Polish soundtrack, with optional English subtitles. DVD Extras are being completed by Borowczyk expert Daniel Bird:
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Behind Convent Walls and Immoral Tales due on UK DVD! 20 Jun 2003: Behind Convent Walls has now been passed fully uncut by the BBFC for the first time ever - with the notorious hardcore 'dildo' sequence intact! Nouveaux Pictures are about release Behind Convent Walls and Immoral Tales on DVD in June 2003. Both will feature anamorphic transfers. The uncut version of Behind Convent Walls (with the rarely seen hardcore dildo sequence) has been submitted to the BBFC. The Mondo Erotico archive has supplied stills and poster art etc. Update! Nucleus Films were commissioned to produce featurettes for both titles, and Mondo Erotico's own Marc Morris was interviewed for both discs. Behind Convent Walls featurette: Behind the Walls Immoral Tales featurette: Telling Tales Buy Behind Convent Walls on DVD Buy Immoral Tales on DVD | |
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Boro hits Japanese DVD 18 Jun 2003: Japan's Trash Mountain Video recently released Borowczyk's Goto Island of Love and La Marge on DVD. They also have the Walerian Borowczyk Kantoku Sakuhin Shu - Kakumei Eroticism DVD Box on the way too, which will include Behind Convent Walls + The Art of Love + Goto Island of Love. Buy Goto Island of Love on DVD Buy La Marge on DVD Buy Walerian Borowczyk Kantoku Sakuhin Shu - Kakumei Eroticism DVD Box on DVD | ||
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New Polanski book Mondo Erotico's Borowczyk correspondent Daniel Bird recently had his book on Roman Polanski published as part of the excellent Pocket Essentials series. These low cost reference books certainly live up to their collection name! | ||
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Borowczyk shorts to be screened in Hull, UK The Hull International Short Film Festival is pleased to present a screening of short films by Borowczyk: Dom / Le Dictionnaire de Joachim / Rosalie. All shorts will be film projections, and will be introduced by Daniel Bird. Time: Sunday 17th February 8pm - 10pm. Place: Adephi Live Music Venue, 89 De Grey St. Hull. Entry fee is just £1.00. All enquiries 01482 381512 | ||
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The Beast / La bête comes to American DVD! Following our previous announcement about the forthcoming British DVD release of this film, Cult Epics recently announced that they will also be releasing this title on DVD in America. I have no advance word on its completeness at this stage. I presume, like their other releases, that it will include English and Dutch subtitles, and will be All Region compatible. | |
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Jan Lenica passes away News just in from Mondo Erotico's Borowczyk correspondent, Daniel Bird: Jan Lenica, Borowczyk's early collaborator, died last Friday night (5 October 2001). For the last four years he was working on a feature length animation. Daniel is currently looking into what state it is in. Lenica worked on many early animations with Borowczyk, and is famous for his fantastic poster designs. Find out more about Lenica by following this link. | |
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The Beast / La bête on UK DVD and VHS! Nouveaux Pictures will release on November 5 the most sought after and anticipated of Borowczyk's films on DVD and VHS, La bête / The Beast. As reported below, La bête was screened theatrically in the UK several months ago (with a running time of 98m, which, when transferred to video/DVD works out to 94m 05s), and it is this French language, English subtitled print which will be used for the newly created master. The only "problem" with doing this as I seet it is that the subtitles which are on the print will not be removable on the DVD. The DVD will feature the short The Tide (from Immoral Tales) as an extra, and a stills gallery provided courtesy of Mondo Erotico. Buy The Beast / La bête on DVD or VHS | |
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those obscure objects of desire: the films of Walerian Borowczyk. The tireless Daniel Bird has programmed a truly incredible retrospective of Borowczyk's work, to be screened between Thursday 12 July and Sunday 15 July at the Lux Centre, 2-4 Hoxton Square, London, N1. Many of these films, particularly the early shorts, have never been previously screened in Britain. I'm sure that this is, without any doubt whatsoever, the most comprehensive selection of Borowczyk's work yet screened in one place, ever. And Borowczyk himself has agreed to make a rare appearance! Show your support for this event by pre-ordering tickets from the Lux Centre now on (020) 7684 0200. Click here to see the programme. | ||
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The Beast / La bête: Update Expect to see a UK theatrical release starting May 4th at the ABC Piccadilly Circus (opposite Tower Records). Support those nice folks over at Blue Dolphin Films by attending this independent screening! I have reproduced their current poster artwork on the left. Folloing its brief cinema run, it will appear on DVD and VHS later this year from Nouveaux Pictures. | |
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Behind Convent Walls on UK television! British fans should tune in to Channel 4 on Sunday 11 March at 03:25 am for the Network Television Premiere of this Erotic Nunsploitation masterpiece. It was photographed by Luciano Tovoli, who also shot Argento's Suspiria, so you're in for a visual treat with this one! It's listed as the Italian language version with English subtitles. | ||
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The Beast / La bête Blue Dolphin Films have submitted an uncut version (see note above) of Borowczyk's most sought after film, La bête to the BBFC for a theatrical classification certificate. I expect it to pass uncut this time around, even though it was rejected outright when last submitted by New Realm Distributors back in February 1978. A decisicon is expected very soon. Luckily, things have changed dramatically at the board since those days, with the recent relaxation on censorship guidelines. Blue Dolphin also hope to follow the theatrical release with a sell through DVD and video - keep your fingers crossed! | ||
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Story of Sin / Dzieje Grzechu Britain's Pagan Video have acquired the UK distribution rights to Borowczyk's rarely seen Story of Sin (Dzieje Grzechu, 1975) for future DVD and Video release. They have confirmed to me that it will be the Polish language version with English subtitles. More details soon. | ||
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Goto, Island of Love UK based Nouveaux have released Borowczyk's Goto, Island of Love in a nice looking French language, English subtitled print. Unfortunately the colour shots are presented here in black and white, but it's still great to have it on tape after all this time. | |
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The Brothers Quay Collection: 10 short films Animation fans should order this Now! Featuring the incredible, surreal stop-motion animation shorts The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer, the Quay's tribute to the great surrealist Czech animator Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies, a ravishing black and white fugue of musical bars and bouncing balls Anamorphosis in which the Quays mischeivously reveal hidden symbols in old paintings, the gorgeous, haunting dreamscapes of The Comb and their masterpiece Street of Crocodiles, in which a nightmarish netherworld comes alive inside a deserted museum. The collection also includes Are We Still Married and Can't Go Wrong Without You - two unique pop promos made by the Quays for the group His Name Is Alive, plus The Epic of Gilgamesh, Tales from the Vienna Woods, and the rarely seen Dramolet | |
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Immoral Tales on DVD and Video! America's Anchor Bay have released a DVD and video of Immoral Tales - fully uncut, in French or English with English subtitles. Extras include a rare theatrical trailer. Note: the English subtitles are non removable, which some viewers may find distracting when viewing the English dubbed version. The first Boro title makes its way to DVD in a less than perfect presentation - Why couldn't they get this one right? | |
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Pagan Films release Love Rights on British Video! Pete Tombs, the man behind the incredible Immoral Tales and Mondo Macabro books launched his own UK video label, Pagan Films. Among the titles released to date is Borowczyk's Love Rights (aka: Ceremonie D'amour, 1988) It's a French language print with English subtitles. | |
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Blanche This title is currently available in Britian on the VHS PAL format only. The quality is superb, and the film is presented in French with English subtitles. If you are a Borowczyk fan and you haven't seen this film, then we urge you to purchase it now. Buy Blanche on VHS | |
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Other Borowczyk News Follow this link for a great Borowczyk exhibition. It features his paintings, drawings, animation stills and notes, as well as 3D sculptures, all from the Museum of Annecy in France. I have converted into HTML Daniel Bird's extensive essay written for the animation screenings programme at BAF, which took place on 9 June 1998. Kerri Sharp wrote an interesting piece for Headpress Magazine issue 18 entitled Hairy Hands Make Light Work - about female masturbation in La Bete / The Beast. It's well worth a read. | ||
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Older News Items Take a look at the Annecy animation festival web site, which you'll find here. I have included credits, stills and video art, although I still have many theatrical posters which I have not included due to space limitations. I have however managed to compile a near complete list of every animation short Borowczyk worked on, including those with animator and artist Jan Lenica. Read the following interview, which should prove of interest. I hope to include many more soon. | ||
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Borowczyk: Cineaste Onirique This highly collectible French publicaton features many pages of colour stills from Borowczyk's Le cas étrange du Dr. Jekyll et Miss Osbourne, plus black and white images from his other work. It was published by Editions Walter / Albatros, Paris, 1981. | |
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