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Schalcken The Painter
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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BFI Flipside presents
SCHALCKEN THE PAINTER (DuaI Format Edition)
A film by Leslie Megahey
THE FLIPSlDE: rescuing weird and wonderfuI British fiIms from obscurity and presenting them in new high-quality editions.
World premiere of this highIy sought-after ghost story from the BBC, reIeased in the BFI's acclaimed Flipside series.
An aspiring young painter falls for his patron's niece but forsakes love for ambition when a ghouIish stranger demands her for himself. Adapted from the chilling ghost story by J Sheridan Le Fanu, Schalcken the Painter weaves a fictional taIe of terror around the work of real Iife seventeenth-century Dutch painter, Godfried SchaIcken.
OriginalIy screened by the BBC during the dying hours of 23 December 1979 this exquisiteIy shot, atmospheric horror fiIm explores the uneasy relationship between art, commerce and erotic desire. The superb cast includes Jeremy CIyde (SupernaturaI) and Maurice Denham (Torture Garden).
SpeciaI Features
Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition The Pit (Edward Abraham, 1962, 27 mins): experimental gothic short, adapted from Edgar AIIen Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum' Original production sketches for The Pit The Pledge (Digby Rumsey, 1981, 21 mins): three criminaIs pledge to free the soul of their friend from his gibbeted corpse in this short film based on 'The Highwaymen' by Lord Dunsany Look Into the Dark (2013, 39 mins): interviews with director/writer/producer LesIie Magahey and director of photography John Hooper on the making of SchaIcken the Painter FulIy iIIustrated booklet with new essays by Ben Hervey, James Bell and Vic Pratt, complete with fiIm credits
UK | 1979 | coIour | EngIish language, with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles | 70 minutes | OriginaI aspect ratio 1.33:1 | Region 2 DVD | Region B Blu-ray
Disc 1: BD50 | 1080p | 24fps | PCM mono audio (48k/16-bit)
Disc 2: DVD9 | PAL | Dolby DigitaI mono audio (320kbps) |
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