Django Prepare a Coffin + Caltiki The Immortal Monster + Three Brothers on Blu-Ray
Arriving this week on Blu-ray are three Special Edition releases from Arrow Video. First we have the 1968 “Django, Prepare a Coffin”, directed by Ferdinando Baldi in a brand new HD transfer. Next there is a brand new 2K restoration of “Caltiki The Immortal Monster”. This is a collaboration between two giants of Italian cult cinema Riccardo Freda (The Vampires, The Horrible Dr Hichcock) and Mario Bava (5 Dolls for an August Moon, Blood and Black Lace)! Finally we have the Oscar-nominated “Three Brothers” in a 2K restoration.
Django Prepare a Coffin (Special Edition)
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
- New High Definition digital transfer of the film in the original 1.66:1 aspect ratio
- Optional English and Italian audio tracks
- Newly translated English subtitles for Italian audio and English SDH for the deaf and hard of hearing on the English audio
- Django Explained A new interview with Spaghetti Western expert and author Kevin Grant
- Original Trailer
- FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet by critic and Spaghetti Western expert Howard Hughes
Order: Django Prepare of Coffin (Blu-ray)
Caltiki The Immortal Monster (Special Edition)
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
- Brand new 2K restoration of the film from the original camera negative
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
- Original mono Italian and English soundtracks (lossless on the Blu-ray Disc)
- Newly translated English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
- New audio commentary by Tim Lucas, author of Mario Bava: All the Colors of the Dark
- New audio commentary by Troy Howarth, author of The Haunted World of Mario Bava and So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films
- From Quatermass to Caltiki, a new discussion with author and critic Kim Newman on the influence of classic monster movies on Caltiki
- Riccardo Freda, Forgotten Master, an archival interview with critic Stefano Della Casa
- The Genesis of Caltiki, an archival interview with filmmaker Luigi Cozzi
- Archival introduction to the film by Stefano Della Casa
- Alternate opening titles for the US version
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys
- FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing by Kat Ellinger and Roberto Curti
Order: Caltiki The Immortal Monster (Blu-ray)
Three Brothers (Special Edition)
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
- 2K restoration from original film materials
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray and Standard Definition DVD presentations
- Original mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
- Optional newly translated English subtitles
- Archival interview with Francesco Rosi
- Original theatrical trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Matthew Griffin
- FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Booklet featuring an essay by Professor Millicent Marcus, a 1981 interview with Rosi and a selection of contemporary reviews (first printing only)
Order: Three Brothers (Blu-ray)
By Marc Ferman