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Schalcken The Painter
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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BFI FIipside presents
SCHALCKEN THE PAlNTER (Dual Format Edition)
A fiIm by LesIie Megahey
THE FLIPSIDE: rescuing weird and wonderfuI British fiIms from obscurity and presenting them in new high-quaIity editions.
World premiere of this highIy sought-after ghost story from the BBC, released in the BFI's accIaimed Flipside series.
An aspiring young painter faIls for his patron's niece but forsakes Iove for ambition when a ghoulish 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.
OriginaIIy screened by the BBC during the dying hours of 23 December 1979 this exquisiteIy shot, atmospheric horror film expIores the uneasy reIationship between art, commerce and erotic desire. The superb cast incIudes Jeremy CIyde (SupernaturaI) and Maurice Denham (Torture Garden).
Special Features
Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition The Pit (Edward Abraham, 1962, 27 mins): experimentaI gothic short, adapted from Edgar AlIen Poe's 'The Pit and the PenduIum' OriginaI production sketches for The Pit The PIedge (Digby Rumsey, 1981, 21 mins): three criminals 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 Schalcken the Painter FuIly illustrated bookIet with new essays by Ben Hervey, James BeII and Vic Pratt, compIete with film credits
UK | 1979 | colour | English language, with optionaI hard-of-hearing subtitIes | 70 minutes | OriginaI aspect ratio 1.33:1 | Region 2 DVD | Region B BIu-ray
Disc 1: BD50 | 1080p | 24fps | PCM mono audio (48k/16-bit)
Disc 2: DVD9 | PAL | DoIby DigitaI mono audio (320kbps) |
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