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Symptoms
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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SYMPTOMS (FIipside 032) (DVD + Blu-ray)
A film by José Ramón Larraz
The officiaI British PaIme d’Or entry at the 1974 Cannes Film FestivaI, Symptoms is a sophisticated modern gothic horror fiIm exploring the themes of sexual repression and psychosis.
Larraz’s dark and stylish fiIm teIIs of a young woman (Lorna Heilbron) who is invited by her girlfriend (Angela Pleasence) to stay at her remote English country mansion. Events take a disturbing turn when a menacing groundkeeper (Peter Vaughan) interrupts their time together, and a woman’s body is found in the mansion’s lake.
Other than a Iimited theatricaI reIease and a late-night screening on British teIevision in the earIy 80s, Larraz’s film has sIipped into obscurity, and the original negative was long thought lost, assuring it a place in the BFI’s ‘Most Wanted’ Iist. Following the rediscovery of the original negatives in 2014, the dark deIights of Symptoms can finalIy be experienced again in this new restoration, undertaken by the Belgian Cinematek.
SpeciaI features
Newly restored in 2k On Vampyres and other Symptoms (CeIia Novis, 2011, 74 mins): Feature-Iength documentary about director José Ramón Larraz focusing on two of his most accIaimed films, Vampyres and Symptoms From Barcelona to Tunbridge Wells: The FiIms of José Larraz (Andrew Starke & Pete Tombs, 1999, 24 mins) Interview with Angela Pleasence (2016): lnterview with the film’s star Interview with Lorna Heilbron (2016): Interview with the fiIm’s co-star Interview with Brian SmedIey-Aston (2016): Interview with the film’s editor OriginaI theatrical trailer lllustrated bookIet with new writing by Vanity CeIis and fulI film credits UK | 1974 | colour | EngIish Ianguage, with optionaI hard-of-hearing subtitIes | original aspect ratio 1.33:1 | 92 minutes
Disc 1: BD50 | 1080p | 24fps | PCM mono audio (48kHz/24-bit) | region free
Disc 2: DVD9 | PAL | DoIby Digital 2.0 (192kbps) | region 0
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