Twisted/Tormented/ Tragic

Twisted/Tormented/
Tragic:
Two Movies from Canada
CONGORAMA
and
A WIND
FROM WYOMING
“There’s a lot to recommend in
Congorama…but it’s the characters that
really make it stick.”—FILMCAN
Facets
2-Pack
“Abetted by a superb ensemble cast and a beautifully
polished production, A Wind from Wyoming is...
wacky, good-natured and skillful....”—VARIETY
TWISTED/TORMENTED/TRAGIC: TWO MOVIES FROM CANADA, an exclusive 2-pack from
Facets contains two critically acclaimed films from Quebec, CONGORAMA and A WIND FROM
WYOMING. Each reflects the unique culture and worldview of the region.
In CONGORAMA, failed inventor Michel discovers he is adopted and sets off to find his birth
parents in Canada. Director Philipe Falardeau toys with coincidence, contrivance, and nearmystical encounters in this comic drama with as many twists of fate as there are twists of plot.
A WIND FROM WYOMING is a crazy film about crazy love! Lea is dumped by her boxer boyfriend
on the eve of her 18th birthday; her mother runs off with her sweetheart; and her obese sister
obsesses over a celebrated author.
CONGORAMA. Written and directed by Philippe Falardeau. With Olivier Gourmet.
2006/Color/Widescreen/105 mins. In French with English subtitles.
A WIND FROM WYOMING. Written and directed by Andre Forcier. With Sarah-Jeanne Salvy.
1994/Color/Fullscreen/100 mins. In French with English subtitles.
TWISTED/TORMENTED/TRAGIC:
Two Movies from Canada
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Czech
Chillers
Valerie and Her
Week of Wonders
and
Witches’ Hammer
An
Exclusive
Facets
2-Pack
“[Valerie is] a cult classic . . . a baroque,
bewitchingly beautiful dream poem.”
—CZECH HORROR AND FANTASY ON FILM
Pilsen Film Festival
Golden Kingfisher
“[Witches is] erotic daring . . .
a black mass of nudity . . . .”
—Josef Skvorecky
During the dark days of Communism, Czech directors sometimes turned to horror and fantasy
to spin tales of girls bewitched by evil forces and innocent victims tortured by inquisitors—but it
wasn’t always monsters from the past that they were talking about!
This unique Facets 2-Pack offers two tales of terror from the other side of the Iron Curtain.
VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS finds a young girl strangely affected by a pair of
enchanted earrings, while WITCHES’ HAMMER takes us deep into the demented psyche of a
witch hunter.
VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS. Written and directed by Jaromil Jires. With Jaroslava Schallerova.
1970/Color/Fullscreen/77 mins. In Czech with English subtitles
WITCHES’ HAMMER. Directed by Otakar Vavra. With Elo Romancik. 1970/Black & White/Fullscreen/103 mins.
In Czech with English subtitles.
CZECH CHILLERS: VALERIE AND HER WEEK
OF WONDERS/WITCHES’ HAMMER
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UPC 736899124328
DVD 2-PACK $39.95
PRE-ORDER: 2/24/2009 STREET: 3/24/2009
Christmas Stories
Keep Walking
and
Christ Stopped
at Eboli
An
ve
c
x
E lusi
Facetcsk
2-Pa
“[Keep Walking is] one of the cinema’s
greatest spiritual artifacts….”
—FILM COMMMENT
“[Eboli is] achingly beautiful.”
—David Denby, NEW YORK
Two giants of Italian cinema offer a pair of powerful Christmas tales that focus on the true
spirituality behind the holiday.
KEEP WALKING is a retelling of the story of the Three Wise Men by Ermanno Olmi in a uniquely
realistic style. Set in the 1930s, CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI is Francisco Rosi’s tale of a
political exile banished to a primitive Italian village, where he learns humility and humanity.
KEEP WALKING. Written, directed, co-photographed, and edited by Ermanno Olmi. Produced by RAI and Scenario S.r.l.
Italy/1982/Color/Fullscreen/171 mins.
CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI. Directed by Francesco Rosi. With Gian Maria Volonte. Produced by Nicola Carraro and Franco
Cristaldi for RAI and others.
Italy/1979/Color/Fullscreen/150 mins.
Both in Italian with English subtitles.
PRE-ORDER: 10/27/2009
STREET: 11/24/2009
Christmas Stories: Keep Walking and Christ Stopped at Eboli
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DVD 2-PACK $39.95
Dazzling
Directors
Tickets
and
Medea
An
c
Ex lusive
Facetsk
2-Pac
Berlin International Film Festival
Official Selection: Tickets
“[Aventurera is] outrageous. . . .”
—VILLAGE VOICE
“[Medea is] haunting.”
—THE NEW YORK TIMES
Facets brings you two DVDs featuring the inspiring work of five of the world’s greatest directors.
TICKETS offers a trilogy of interwoven stories set aboard a train traveling from Central Europe to Rome.
Each story is directed by an influential award-winning filmmaker: Ken Loach, Abbas Kiarostami, and
Ermanno Olmi. With MEDEA, iconoclastic filmmaker Lars Von Trier directs an exploration of the dark
passions of a woman scorned. MEDEA, a modernization of the play by Euripides, is based on a script by
legendary Danish director Carl Theodor Dreyer.
TICKETS. Directed by Ken Loach, Abbas Kiarostami, and Ermanno Olmi. With Carlo Delle Piane and Filippo Trojano.
Cinematography by Chris Menges, Mahmoud Kalari, and Fabio Olmi. Music by George Fenton.
Produced by Fandango, Medusa Productions, and Sixteen Films.
U.K. and Italy/2005/Color/Widescreen/130 mins. In Italian, English, Albanian, and Farsi with English subtitles.
MEDEA. Written and directed by Lars Von Trier, from a script by Carl Theodor Dreyer. With Udo Kier.
Cinematography by Sejr Brockmann. Produced by Motion Pictures.
Denmark/1988/Fullscreen/Color/75 mins. In Danish with English subtitles.
PRE-ORDER: 9/29/2009
STREET: 10/27/2009
Dazzling Directors: Tickets and Medea
DV98984 UPC 736899128128 DVD 2-PACK $39.95
Killer
Kids
The Witman Boys
and
Child Murders
An
Exclusive
Facets
2-Pack
The Witman Boys
Cannes Film Festival, Un Certain Regard
Hungarian Film Week, Gene Moskowitz Award
Moscow International Film Festival, FIPRESCI Prize
“[The Witman Boys is] . . . deeply disturbing . . .
compelling . . . .”—SCREEN INTERNATIONAL
Child Murders
Hungarian Film Week, Best Feature
Hungarian Film Week, Gene Moskowitz Award
Cannes Film Festival, FIPRESCI Prize
“[Child Murders is]…poetic, affecting,
quietly horrific….”—VARIETY
These two haunting Hungarian tales paint a terror-filled portrait of disaffected youth. THE WITMAN BOYS
are scarred for life by the neglect of their mother. They search for human warmth and meaning in their lives,
but they search in the wrong places. They may look innocent on the surface, but ultimately they are driven
to despicable deeds. CHILD MURDERS features exquisite black-and-white cinematography, which softens
this macabre story of despair and murder among Hungary’s outcasts.
THE WITMAN BOYS. Written and directed by Janos Szasz. With Alpar Fogarasi and Szaboles Gergely.
Hungary/1997/Color/Fullscreen/95 mins.
CHILD MURDERS. Written and directed by Ildiko Szabo. With Barnabas Toth.
Hungary/1993/B&W/Fullscreen/79 mins.
Both in Hungarian with English subtitles.
PRE-ORDER: 11/24/2009
STREET: 12/22/2009
Killer Kids: The Witman Boys and Child Murders
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DVD 2-PACK $39.95
Medieval Madness
The Valley of the Bees
and
Witches’ Hammer
An
Exclusive
Facets
2-Pack
“[The Valley of the Bees] Banishment, slaughter, and
vengeance; lust and incest; raving religious bigots,
dreamily handsome knights and doe-eyed teenage brides...
all are revealed with a fusion of sound and image so
perfectly dreamlike that one sense bleeds into another.”
—PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE
“[Witches is] erotic daring . . .
a black mass of nudity . . . .”
— Josef Skvorecky
Two masters of the Czech New Wave offer twin tales of religious intolerance set back in
the day of knights, witch hunters, and fanatics.
THE VALLEY OF THE BEES, a medieval epic of forbidden passion and bloody politics,
dramatizes the folly of religious intolerance. Young Ondrej, who is estranged from his father,
enters a strict, puritanical order of Teutonic Knights and promptly befriends the fanatical Armin.
WITCHES’ HAMMER takes us deep into the demented psyche of a witch hunter who brings bad
tidings to a local village.
THE VALLEY OF THE BEES. Directed by Frantisek Vlacil. With Petr Cepek and Jan Kacer. Written by Vladimir Korner
and Frantisek Vlacil. Czechoslovakia/1967/Black & White/Fullscreen/97 mins.
WITCHES’ HAMMER. Directed by Otakar Vavra. With Elo Romancik. Czechoslovakia/1970/Black & White/Fullscreen/103 mins.
Both in Czech with English subtitles.
PRE-ORDER: 11/24/2009 Medieval Madness: The Valley of the Bees and Witches’ Hammer
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STREET: 12/22/2009 DVD 2-PACK $39.95
Mexican
Melodrama
Aventurera
and
The Woman
of the Port
An
ve
Exclusi
Facetcsk
2-Pa
“[Aventurera is] outrageous. . . .”
—VILLAGE VOICE
“Within...Mexican cinema, the figure of Andrea Palma [in The Woman of the Port] posing
languidly in the doorway while Lina Boytler sings ‘To please the men who come from the sea....’
has reached mythical proportions.” —Maximiliano Maza, 100 YEARS OF MEXICAN CINEMA
The popularity of Mexican movies during the 1940s and 1950s in the Americas was second only to Hollywood’s.
The Golden Age of Mexican Cinema will always be remembered for its dynamic genres, charismatic stars, and
innovative directors. These two films represent two of the era’s biggest box office sensations.
Aventurera is a famous example of a cabareteras, a curious film noir and musical hybrid wildly popular in
Mexico in the 1940s and 1950s. This passionate melodrama follows the rise and fall of a popular nightclub
star with a dark past.
In The Woman of the Port, a cowardly murder and an illicit romance drive this melancholy mystery melodrama,
which stars the sensual Lina Boytler as Rosario. After the horrible death of her father, and the betrayal of her
fiancé, Rosario is cast adrift in Vera Cruz. She becomes a prostitute, living above a cabaret where she picks up her
clients. One night a sailor saves her from the brutal hands of violent drunk. The lonely sailor and the lost girl are
drawn to each other for reasons that become all too clear as the mystery unfolds.
THE WOMAN OF THE PORT. La Mujer del Puerto. Directed by Arcady Boytler. Mexico/1934/Black & White/76 minutes.
AVENTURERA. Directed by Alberto Gout. Mexico/1950/Black & White/101 minutes. Both in Spanish with English subtitles.
PRE-ORDER: 8/25/2009
STREET: 9/22/2009
Mexican Melodrama: Aventurera and The Woman of the Port
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DVD 2-PACK $39.95
Movie Magic
Don’t Die Without Telling Me
Where You’re Going
and
A King and His Movie
An
Exclusive
Facets
2-Pack
“[Don’t Die is] witty and erotic . . .
a natural for film buffs.” –VARIETY
Venice Film Festival
Silver Lion
A King and His Movie
Two tales from Argentina about the magic of cinema in the style of magical realism offers a double dose
of enchantment.
From Eliseo Subiela comes DON’T DIE WITHOUT TELLING ME WHERE YOU’RE GOING, a magical,
time-shifting romance about the power of love and the movies. Dario Grandinetti (Talk to Her) stars as
Leopoldo, a lonely film projectionist who invents a machine that can record his dreams. Leopoldo’s
dreams reveal him to be the reincarnation of the inventor of cinema, who is in love with a beautiful
woman. A KING AND HIS MOVIE, directed by Carlos Sorin, is a surreal and touching story of a filmmaker
whose dreams of cinematic grandeur fall victim to reality.
DON’T DIE WITHOUT TELLING ME WHERE YOU’RE GOING. Written and directed by Eliseo Subiela. With Dario
Grandinetti. Cinematography by Hugo Colace. Edited by Marcela Saenz. Produced by Artear and INCAA.
Argentina/1995/Color/130 mins.
A KING AND HIS MOVIE. Written and directed by Carlos Sorin. With Julio Chavez. Cinematography by Estaban Courtalan.
Edited by Alberto Yaccelini. Produced by Motion Pictures.
Argentina/1986/Color/107 mins.
Both films in Spanish with English subtitles.
PRE-ORDER: 9/29/2009
STREET: 10/27/2009
Movie Magic: Don’t Die Without Telling Me
Where You’re Going and A King and His Movie
DV98971 UPC 736899128029 DVD 2-PACK $39.95
The Parody Pack
Mike Yokohama:
A Forest With
No Name
and
Who Wants
to Kill Jessie?
An
ve
Exclusi
Facetcsk
2-Pa
“[Jessie is] full of wonderfully inventive gags
and effects.” —Phil Hardy, SCIENCE FICTION
“[Mike Yokohama is a] tasty blend of Japanese
and American pop culture.” —VARIETY
International directors spoof America’s favorite genres—film noir and science fiction—in these
two crazy comedies! A hip, action-packed re-creation of the hard-boiled detective tale, MIKE
YOKOHAMA: A FOREST WITH NO NAME follows the adventures of the hapless title character
as he struggles to find the missing daughter of a wealthy businessman. In WHO WANTS TO
KILL JESSIE?, a scientist discovers a formula for making dreams and thoughts come alive.
When her husband daydreams about busty comic-book heroine Jessie, the fictional character
materializes in the real world!
MIKE YOKOHAMA: A FOREST WITH NO NAME. With Masatoshi Nagase. Directed by Shinji Aoyama.
Japan/2002/Color/Widescreen/71 mins. In Japanese with English subtitles.
WHO WANTS TO KILL JESSIE? With Dana Medricka, Jiri Sovak, and Olga Schoberova. Directed by Vaclav Vorlicek.
Czech Republic/1966/Black & White/Widescreen/80 mins. In Czech with English subtitles.
PRE-ORDER: 6/30/2009
STREET: 7/28/2009
The Parody Pack: Mike Yokohama:
A forest With no Name /Who Wants to Kill Jessie
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DVD 2-PACK $39.95
Tales
of a
Terror
Cult
A and A2
“...I have scrutinized Aum more than anyone
else ever has.”—Director Tatsuya Mori,
ASAHI NEWS SERVICE
An
Exclusive
Facets
2-Pack
“...Mori is perhaps the only member of the
Japanese media who’s had the courage to
really examine one of the most contentious
issues in modern Japanese society.”
—Naomi Tajitsu, DAILY YOMIURI
In these two controversial documentaries, filmmaker Tatsuya Mori reveals the inner workings
of the notorious Aum Shinrikyo cult, which was accused of releasing deadly poison gas into
the Tokyo subway in 1995. Mori benefited from unprecedented access to the sect, resulting
in a multi-faceted view of the cult members and the society that fears them. “Rather than
explain Aum,” says Mori about his controversial films, “I wanted to show how Japanese
society has deteriorated.”
TALES OF A TERROR CULT: A and A2. Directed by Tatsuya Mori. Photographed by Takaharu Yasuoka.
Edited by Tatsuya Mori and Takaharu Yasuoka. Produced by Takaharu Yasuoka for A Production Committee.
Japan/1998 and 2001/Color/Fullscreen/136 mins. and 131 mins. In Japanese with English subtitles.
PRE-ORDER: 5/26/2009
STREET: 6/23/2009
Tales of a Terror Cult: A and A2
DV98595 UPC 736899125721
DVD 2-PACK $39.95
U.K.
Chronicles
London and Robinson in Space
An
Exclusive
Facets
2-Pack
“A trained architect, Keiller brings a sharp eye and
a keen sense of social politics to his mapping of
contemporary Britain.” –LONDON INDEPENDENT
“...Keiller remains an original talent....”
—Derek Elley, VARIETY
Architect-turned-director Patrick Keiller crafted a pair of unique documentaries in which
two fictional characters–the Narrator and Robinson–explore the good, the bad, and the ugly
of England. Centuries-old structures share the screen with ugly industrial parks and malls.
Signs of decay exist next to sites of busy industrial activity. The pointed observations, quotes
from famous authors, and fascinating facts prove the perfect commentary for the carefully
composed images. Profound yet amusing meditations on the state of the modern world.
LONDON and ROBINSON IN SPACE. Written, directed, and photographed by Patrick Keiller.
Narrated by Paul Scofield.
England/1994 and 1997/Color/Fullscreen/82 mins. and 78 mins.
PRE-ORDER: 4/28/2009
STREET: 5/26/2009
U.K. Chronicles: London and Robinson in Space
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DVD 2-PACK $39.95
Wadja,
Man of Cinema
Lotna and
Innocent Sorcerers
An
Exclusive
Facets
2-Pack
“Lotna…visual enchantment for
which I can find no precedent.”
—Marcel Martin, CINEMA 65
“[Innocent Sorcerers] Cybulski was...Poland’s
most popular star...like James Dean in America,
he was an important cultural symbol....”
—David Cook, A HISTORY OF NARRATIVE FILM
From Andrzej Wajda, Poland’s greatest living director, comes a pair of films made during the communist
era that carefully chronicles two unique moments in his country’s history.
The controversial war drama LOTNA was inspired by Wajda’s father, who had been an officer in the Polish
cavalry during World War II. Lotna is a beautiful Arabian mare passed through the ranks of officers during
the 1939 campaign. A mythic image of nobility and victory, the horse becomes a symbol of a Poland.
Three legends of Polish cinema—Wajda, star Zbigniew Cybulski, and writer-director Jerzy Skolimowksi—
teamed together to create INNOCENT SORCERERS, a wry, cynical tale of attraction, desire, and
disaffected youth in late 1950s Poland.
LOTNA. Directed by Andrzej Wajda. With Jerzy Pichelski. Written by Andrzej Wajda and Wojciech Zukrowski.
Produced by the Kadr Film Unit.
Poland/1959/Color/Fullscreen/89 mins.
INNOCENT SORCERERS. Directed by Andrzej Wajda. With Zbigniew Cybulski. Written by Jerzy Skolimowski
and Jerzy Andrzejewski. Produced by the Kadr Film Unit.
Poland/1960/Black & White/Fullscreen/86 mins.
Both in Polish with English subtitles.
PRE-ORDER: 11/24/2009
STREET: 12/22/2009
Wadja, Man of Cinema: Lotna and Innocent Sorcerers
DV99091 UPC 736899128623 DVD 2-PACK $39.95
battlelines:
wwii in europe
La Bataille du Rail and
Somewhere in Europe
An
Exclusive
Facets
2-Pack
“[LA BATAILLE DU RAIL is] the most important film...
about the French resistance...”
—Brian Baxter, THE GUARDIAN
“[SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE is] one of the best films
of the immediate postwar period...a well-merited
international success.”—Georges Sadoul
On European soil, World War II disrupted the lives of ordinary men, women, and children in ways that Americans
never dreamed of. These two classic films from the era offer a look at the brave souls who struggled against
occupation, war, and the ugly aftermath.
LA BATAILLE DU RAIL chronicles the struggles and victories of French railway workers who bravely worked
against the Nazi cause, doing everything from carrying forbidden mail to committing sabotage. Rene Clement
(Forbidden Games) directed this remarkable film at the close of World War II, using a cast of non-professionals.
Shot by legendary cameraman Henri Alekan, himself a resistance fighter who had escaped the Nazi POW camps,
the film uses a gritty semi-documentary style to capture the reality of the times.
In SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE, the chaos and violence of post-WWII Europe is revealed and examined through a
band of wild, roving children–homeless in the aftermath of WWII– that wander into the crumbling castle of a famous
musician. He teaches them to take a more positive attitude about society.
LA BATAILLE DU RAIL. Directed by Rene Clement. Cinematography by Henri Alekan. Produced by Resistance-Fer, the Cine-Union, and the National
Council of the Resistance. France/1946/B&W/Fullscreen/85 minutes. In French with English subtitles.
SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE. Valahol Europaban. Directed by Geza Radvanyi. Written by Bela Balazs, Geza Radvanyi, Judit Fejer, and Felix Mariassy.
Cinematography by Barnabas Hegyi. Produced for MAFIRT. Hungary/1947/B&W/Fullscreen/100 minutes. In Hungarian with English subtitles.
All-Zone NTSC DVD. © 2006 Facets Multi-Media, Inc.
PRE-ORDER: 7/28/2009
STREET: 8/25/2009
Battlelines: WWII in Europe—
La Bataille Du Rail and Somewhere in Europe
DV98826 UPC 736899127022 DVD 2-PACK $39.95
Puppy Pack
A Pug’s Life
and
American Pit Bull
An
Exclusive
Facets
2-Pack
“…thoroughly entertaining….” —BARK MAGAZINE
Produced by the Academy Award®-nominated team of Marilyn and Chuck Braverman, this
pair of “dog-umentaries” will have you panting for more.
AMERICAN PIT BULL explores the evolution of the breed from an upper-class working dog
and beloved companion to a fighter and guard dog for inner city residents. It examines the
stereotypes associated with the Pit Bull, which is also known as the American Staffordshire
Terrier. A PUG’S LIFE explores how these canines are used as therapy dogs, make perfect
companions for children and adults, and attract customers to retail businesses.
AMERICAN PIT BULL. Directed and photographed by Marilyn Braverman. Additional cinematography by
Chuck Braverman. U.S./2007/Color/Widescreen/63 mins.
A PUG’S LIFE. Directed by Marilyn Braverman. Cinematography and sound recording by Marilyn Braverman.
Executive produced by Chuck Braverman. U.S./2003/Color/Widescreen/50 mins.
PRE-ORDER: 11/24/2009 Puppy Pack: A Pug’s Life and American Pit Bull
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STREET: 12/22/2009 DVD 2-PACK $29.95
Still Standing:
The New Films
of Dariush Mehrjui
The Pear Tree
and Sara
The Pear Tree
Chicago International
Film Festival,
Silver Hugo
Fajr Film Festival,
Best Actress
“[The Pear Tree is] . . . a lush,
golden evocation of first love
and temps perdu . . . .”—VARIETY
An
Exclusive
Facets
2-Pack
Sara
Fajr Film Festival,
Best Screenplay
San Sebastian International
Film Festival, Best Director
“[Sara is] one of the most powerful
commentaries to date on the status of women
in contemporary Iran.”—THE AUSTRALIAN
Legendary Iranian filmmaker Dariush Mehrjui has the distinction of being censored by both the Shah
of Iran and the Islamic fundamentalists that followed in the wake of the Revolution. That he has survived
and continues to make films is a testament to his talent, fortitude, and influence on younger generations
of filmmakers.
SARA is an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House set in modern-day Iran, while THE PEAR TREE
focuses on a popular novelist who is suffering from writer’s block and looks to past memories of his
family’s lush estate in Tehran for comfort.
SARA. Written and directed by Dariush Mehrjui. With Niki Karimi.
Iran/1992/Color/Widescreen/102 mins.
THE PEAR TREE. Directed by Dariush Mehrjui. With Homayoun Ershadi. Written by Dariush Mehrjui and Goli Tarraghi.
Iran/1998/Color/Widescreen/96 mins.
Both in Persian with English subtitles.
PRE-ORDER: 11/24/2009
STREET: 12/22/2009
Still Standing: The New Films of Dariush Mehrjui:
The Pear Tree and Sara
DV99092 UPC 736899128722 DVD 2-PACK $39.95
Tarkovsky Rediscovered
The Steamroller and the Violin
and
Voyage in Time
An
Exclusive
Facets
2-Pack
“. . . [Tarkovsky is] a true
visionary.”—VILLAGE VOICE
“Tarkovsky is for me the greatest, the man who
invented a new language true to the nature of film
as a mirror to life, life as a dream.”—Ingmar Bergman
Two forgotten films from the legendary director of Andrei Rublev, Solaris, and The Mirror are
packaged together for the first time.
Each film represents a different stage of Andrei Tarkovksy’s career. THE STEAMROLLER
AND THE VIOLIN, about a little boy’s friendship with a steamroller operator, was the great
director’s diploma film to graduate from the Soviet Union’s famous film academy. VOYAGE
IN TIME, a diary film about his exile in Italy, was made near the end of his life while awaiting
word on his family trapped in the Soviet Union. A must-have for cinephiles everywhere!
THE STEAMROLLER AND THE VIOLIN. Cowritten with Andrei Konchalovsky. U.S.S.R./1960/Color/Fullscreen/
43 mins. In Russian with English subtitles
VOYAGE IN TIME. Tempo di Viaggio. Cowritten with Tonino Guerra. Italy/1983/Color/Fullscreen/53 mins. In Italian
and Russian with English subtitles.
All-Zone NTSC DVD
PRE-ORDER: 3/31/2009
STREET: 4/28/2009
Tarkovsky Rediscovered:
The Steamroller and the Violin/Voyage in Time
DV98130 UPC 736899125424 DVD 2-PACK $39.95
Holiday in Buenos Aires
Felicidades
and
Jews in Space
An
ve
c
Ex lusi
Facetcsk
2-Pa
“[Felicidades] pacts an emotional
punch.”—VILLAGE VOICE
“[Jews in Space is] “…a twisted
comedy….”—SAN FRANCISCO WEEKLY
No cold! No snow! Celebrate the holidays South of the Border-style with these two lighthearted holiday movies from the New Argentine Cinema.
In FELICIDADES, the lives of several diverse characters intersect on a hot and humid
Christmas Eve in the festive streets of Buenos Aires, while JEWS IN SPACE chronicles a
Jewish family who come together to celebrate the holiday, despite petty jealousy, mismatched
romantic feelings, and a suicidal patriarch.
FELICIDADES. Directed by Lucho Bender. With Luis Machin and Gaston Pauls. Produced by Cecilia Hecht, Gabriela Tagliabue,
Juan Bucich, and Lucho Bender.
2000/Argentina/Color/Fullscreen/100 mins.
JEWS IN SPACE. Written and directed by Gabriel Lichtmann. With Luna Paiva. Produced by Diego Radivoy, Fernando Sirianni,
and Pablo Larripa for Primer Plano Film Group S.A.
Argentina/2005/Color/Fullscreen/89 mins.
Both in Spanish with English subtitles.
PRE-ORDER: 10/27/2009
STREET: 11/24/2009
Holiday in Buenos Aires: Felicidades and Jews in Space
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DVD 2-PACK $39.95
Japanese Punk
Carnival in the Night
and
Peep “TV” Show
An
Exclusive
Facets
2-Pack
“Is there really any movie that can ‘change
your life’ by seeing it?...Carnival in the Night
did exactly this for me.”—MIDNIGHT EYE
Rotterdam International
Film Festival
FIPRESCI Prize
“[Peep TV Show is]...a guerilla-like video
style, loaded with rough images, wild
angles and loud music.”—VARIETY
Take a walk on the wild side with this exclusive Facets 2-pack featuring two dark, disturbing,
and delusional tales of disaffected youth.
In CARNIVAL IN THE NIGHT, edgy indie director Masashi Yamamota captures the punk scene
of the 1980s with the tale of punk rocker Kumi Ota, who leaves her son with her ex-husband
and then begins an unusual odyssey along the fringes of Tokyo’s night life. In PEEP TV SHOW,
two mixed-up social misfits, a video geek and a gothic Lolita, take the concept of reality tv to
a new, hideous level.
CARNIVAL IN THE NIGHT. Yami no Carnival. Written, directed, and photographed by Masashi Yamamoto.
With Kumiko Ota, Akemi Edo, Chika, and Michiro Endo. 1982/Color/Fullscreen/108 mins.
PEEP “TV” SHOW. Written, directed, and edited by Yutaka Tsuchiya. With Takayuki Hasegawa and Shiori Gechov.
Cinematography by Masaki Ninomiya. 2004/Color/Fullscreen/98 minutes.
PRE-ORDER: 3/31/2009
STREET: 4/28/2009
Japanese Punk: Carnival in the Night/Peep “TV” Show
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DVD 2-PACK $39.95