ANDREI TARKOVSKY COLLECTION – out on dvd and Blu Ray

ANDREI TARKOVSKY COLLECTION (15) RUSSIA (5021866837307) DVD – £62.99 BLU RAY – £71.99
This features – Andrei Rublev, Solaris, Mirror, Stalker, Nostalgia, The Sacrifice and Ivan’s Childhood along with many special features and a 177-page book.

ANDREI RUBLEV (15) 1966 RUSSIA TARKOVSKY, ANDREI
Widely regarded as Andrei Tarkovsky’s finest film, which charts the life of the famous icon painter Rublev.

IVAN’S CHILDHOOD (PG) 1962 RUSSIA TARKOVSKY, ANDREI
Story of a twelve year old boy seeking to revenge the murder of his family by the Nazis in World War Two.

MIRROR (U) 1974 RUSSIA TARKOVSKY, ANDREI
This dazzlingly beautiful autobiographical film intertwines real life, memories of childhood and dreams as well as reflections on the Russian people and their history.

NOSTALGIA (15) 1983 ITALY TARKOVSKY, AMDREI IN ITALIAN
At a spa in the Tuscan Hills, a Russian poet and musicologist meets a mysterious man who is convinced that the end of the world is nigh.

SACRIFICE (12) 1986 SWEDEN TARKOVSKY, AMDREI IN SWEDISH
An isolated Swedish island Alexander (Erland Josephson), his wife, their children, her lover and various eccentric friends gather around a radio when nuclear war is announced. Alexander attempts to strike a deal with God and is willing to sacrifice everything, including his six-year-old son, in order to avert the war and mankind’s annihilation.

SOLARIS (PG) 1972 RUSSIA TARKOVSKY, ANDREI
Science fiction film adaptation of Stanislaw Lem novel set on a space station orbiting the ocean-covered planet Solaris. The planet seems bring to life physical manifestation of painful memories of one of the crew. The film won the Jury prize at Cannes.

STALKER (PG) 1979 RUSSIA TARKOVSKY, ANDREI
Demanding, hallucinogenic Sci-fi film, boldly photographed and relentless in it’s depiction of a world gone mystically awry.

In Russian  with English subtitles.

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SPECIAL FEATURES – BLU-RAY ONLY

Ivan’s Childhood: Interviews with composer Vyaaheslav Ovchinnikov, cinematographer Vadim Usov and actor Evgeniy Zharikov

Andrei Rublev: Making-of featurette; interview with actor Yuriy Nazarov

Mirror: Interviews with screenwriter A. Misharin, composer Eduard Artemev and actor Oleg Yankovskiy; featurette

Solaris: Interview with actor Natalia Bondarchuk; Donatas Banionis featurette

Stalker: Interviews with cinematographer Aleksandr Knyazhinsky and set designer Rashit Safiullin

Nostalgia: Interviews with co-writer Tonino Guerra and Marina Tarkovsky

The Sacrifice: Video essay ‘Poetic Harmony’; commentary with author and translator Layla Alexander-Garrett and James King from Curzon Artificial Eye

Andrei Tarkovsky’s metaphysical dream zone: Selected scene commentary by psychoanalyst Mary Wild

DVD available to buy at –

http://www.worldonlinecinema.com/Home/russian-and-eastern-european-films-on-dvd

Now available as a limited edition Blu Ray Box set , – ANDREI TARKOVSKY DELUXE COLLECTION

ANDREI TARKOVSKY DELUXE COLLECTION (15) BLU RAY ONLY £109
This limited Blu Ray features the following films –

DISC 1
IVAN’S CHILDHOOD (PG) 1962 RUSSIA
Story of a twelve year old boy seeking to revenge the murder of his family by the Nazis in World War Two
Russian and German with English subtitles
Running time: 94 mins
Black and white
1.33:1
LPCM 2.0

DISC 2
ANDREI RUBLEV (15) 1966 RUSSIA
Widely regarded as Andrei Tarkovsky’s finest film, which charts the life of the famous icon painter Rublev.
Russian, Italian and Tatar with English subtitles
Running time: 178 mins
Black and white
2.35:1
LPCM 2.0

DISC 3
SOLARIS (PG) 1972
Science fiction film adaptation of Stanislaw Lem novel set on a space station orbiting the ocean-covered planet Solaris. The planet seems to bring to life physical manifestation of painful memories of one of the crew. The film won the Jury prize at Cannes.
Russian with English subtitles
Running time: 166 mins
Black and white/ colour
2.35:1
LPCM 2.0

DISC 4
MIRROR (U) 1973 RUSSIA
This dazzlingly beautiful autobiographical film intertwines real life, memories of childhood and dreams as well as reflections on the Russian people and their history.
Russian with English subtitles
Running time: 105 mins
Black and white/ colour
1.37:1
LPCM 2.0

DISC 5
STALKER(PG) 1979 RUSSIA
Demanding, hallucinogenic Sci-fi film, boldly photographed and relentless in it’s depiction of a world gone mystically awry.
Russian with English subtitles
Running time: 162 mins
Black and white/colour
1.33:1
LPCM Dual mono

DISC 6
NOSTALGIA (15) 1983 ITALY
At a spa in the Tuscan Hills, a Russian poet and musicologist meets a mysterious man who is convinced that the end of the world is nigh.
Russian and Italian with English subtitles
Running time: 125 mins
Black and white/ colour
1.66:1
LPCM 2.0

DISC 7
THE SACRIFICE (12) 1986 SWEDEN
An isolated Swedish island Alexander (Erland Josephson), his wife, their children, her lover and various eccentric friends gather around a radio when nuclear war is announced. Alexander attempts to strike a deal with God and is willing to sacrifice everything, including his six-year-old son, in order to avert the war and mankind’s annihilation.
English, Swedish and French with English subtitles
Running time: 148 mins
Audio commentary
Colour
1.66:1
LPCM mono

DISC 8
SPECIAL FEATURES
Andrei Tarkovsky Metaphysical Dream Zone introductions and Selected
scene commentary with Film Psychoanalyst Mary Wild.
THE COLLECTION ALSO INCLUDES:

• 177-page book

• Ivan’s Childhood: Interviews with composer Vyaaheslav Ovchinnikov, cinematographer Vadim Usov and actor Evgeniy Zharikov

• Andrei Rublev: Making-of featurette; interview with actor Yuriy Nazarov

• Mirror: Interviews with screenwriter A. Misharin, composer Eduard Artemev and actor Oleg Yankovskiy; featurette

• Solaris: Interview with actor Natalia Bondarchuk; Donatas Banionis featurette

• Stalker: Interviews with cinematographer Aleksandr Knyazhinsky and set designer Rashit Safiullin

• Nostalgia: Interviews with co-writer Tonino Guerra and Marina Tarkovsky

• The Sacrifice: Video essay ‘Poetic Harmony’; audio commentary with author and translator Layla Alexander-Garrett and James King from Curzon Artificial Eye

• Andrei Tarkovsky’s metaphysical dream zone: Selected scene commentary for all seven films by psychoanalyst Mary Wild

BLU RAY IS REGION CODE: B

Blu Ray set  available to buy at –

http://www.worldonlinecinema.com/Home/russian-and-eastern-european-films-on-dvd

Andrei Tarkovsky – THE SACRIFICE – issued on dvd and Blu Ray

THE SACRIFICE (PG) 1986 SWEDEN TARKOVSKY, ANDREI DVD – £15.99 BLU RAY £19.99
Visionary film unfolds in the hour before a nuclear war. Alexander, his wife Adelaide (, their two children, and various eccentric friends gather around a radio to hear the impending announcement of nuclear war.

Alexander attempts to strike a deal with God and is willing to sacrifice everything, including his six-year-old son in order to avert the war and mankind’s annihilation.

In Swedish with English subtitles

DVD available to buy at –

http://www.worldonlinecinema.com/Home/scandinavian-films-on-dvd

 

Andrei Tarkovsky films reissued on dvd and blu ray

ANDREI RUBLEV (15) 1966 RUSSIA TARKOVSKY, ANDREI                                            DVD – £15.99 BLU RAY – £19.99
Widely regarded as Andrei Tarkovsky’s finest film, which charts the life of the famous icon painter Rublev. In Russian with English subtitles
IVAN’S CHILDHOOD (PG) 1962 RUSSIA TARKOVSKY, ANDREI
DVD – £15.99 BLU RAY – £19.99
Story of a twelve year old boy seeking to revenge the murder of his family by the Nazis in World War Two. In Russian with English subtitles
MIRROR (U) 1974 RUSSIA TARKOVSKY, ANDREI
DVD – £15.99 BLU RAY – £19.99
This dazzlingly beautiful autobiographical film intertwines real life, memories of childhood and dreams as well as reflections on the Russian people and their history.  In Russian with English subtitles.
NOSTALGIA (15) 1983 ITALY TARKOVSKY, AMDREI IN ITALIAN
DVD – £15.99 BLU RAY – £19.99 – due to be released on 12.9.2016
Tarkovsky’s first film outside the USSR is set in a spa in the Tuscan Hills, where a Russian poet meets a mysterious man who is convinced that the end of the world is nigh. The film is seen as a study of memory, melancholia and disenchantment with the material world. In Italian with English subtitles
SOLARIS (PG) 1972 RUSSIA TARKOVSKY, ANDREI
DVD – £15.99 BLU RAY – £19.99 – due to be released on 8.8.2016
Science fiction film adaptation of Stanislaw Lem novel set on a space station orbiting the ocean-covered planet Solaris. The planet seems bring to life physical manifestation of painful memories of one of the crew. The film won the Jury prize at Cannes.  In Russian with English subtitles
STALKER (PG) 1979 RUSSIA TARKOVSKY, ANDREI
DVD – £15.99 BLU RAY – £19.99 – due to be released on 22.8.2016
Demanding, hallucinogenic Sci-fi film, boldly photographed and relentless in it’s depiction of a world gone mystically awry.

In Russian with English subtitles

DVD available to buy at –

http://www.worldonlinecinema.com/Home/russian-and-eastern-european-films-on-dvd

AMDREI TARKOVSKY’S NOSTALGIA re-issued on dvd

NOSTALGIA (15) 1983   ITALY   TARKOVSKY, AMDREI   IN  ITALIAN £15.99
At a spa in the Tuscan Hills, a Russian poet and musicologist, researching the life of an 18th century composer, meets a mysterious man who is convinced that the end of the world is nigh. The Russian, Andrei Gorchakov (Oleg Yankovsky), is asked to cross an ancient sulphur pool carrying a lighted candle as an act of faith.

Tarkovsky’s first film outside the USSR is full of personal and Christian symbols and works as a study of such themes as memory, melancholia and disenchantment with the material world.

In Italian with English subtitles

DVD available at – http://www.worldonlinecinema.com/Home/italian-films-on-dvd

TARKOVSKY’S SACRIFICE re-issued on dvd

THE SACRIFICE (12) 1986 SWEDEN  TARKOVSKY, AMDREI    £15.99
Andrei Tarkovsky’s final film, which won a special Jury Prize at Cannes in 1986. On an isolated Swedish island Alexander (Erland Josephson), his wife, their children, her lover and various eccentric friends gather around a radio when nuclear war is announced. Alexander attempts to strike a deal with God and is willing to sacrifice everything, including his six-year-old son, in order to avert the war and mankind’s annihilation.

In Swedish with English subtitles

DVD available to buy at –  http://www.worldonlinecinema.com/Home/scandinavian-films-on-dvd

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