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The Christian Haute Couture fashion house is a home to models... and backstabbing... and blackmail... and drug deals... and MURDER.
Having established a template forthe giallo with The Girl Who Knew Too Much, Mario Bava set about cementing its rules with Blood and Black Lace. In doing so, he created one of the most influential films ever made - an Italian classic that would spearhead the giallo genre, provide a prototype for the slasher movie, and have a huge effect on filmmakers as diverse as Dario Argento and Martin Scorsese.
Restored from the original camera negative and presented here in its original uncut form, this 4K Ultra HD release allows fans to see Blood and Black Lace afresh and offers newcomers the ideal introduction to a major piece of cult filmmaking.
Product Features
4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- 4K restoration from the original camera negative by Arrow Films
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- Restored original lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks
- Optional English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
- Audio commentary by Mario Bava's biographer Tim Lucas
- Psycho Analysis - a documentary on Blood and Black Lace and the origins of the giallo genre featuring interviews with directors Dario Argento (Suspiria) and Lamberto Bava (Demons), screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi (All the Colours of the Dark), critics Roberto Curti and Steve Della Casa, and crime novelists Sandrone Dazieri and Carlo Lucarelli
- An appreciation by Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, the creative duo behind Amer and The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears
- Gender and Giallo - a visual essay by Michael Mackenzie exploring the giallo's relationship with the social upheavals of the 1960s and 70s
- Blood and Bava - a panel discussion on Mario Bava featuring Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava and Steve Della Casa, recorded at the 2014 Courmayeur Film Festival
- The Sinister Image: Cameron Mitchell - an episode of David Del Valle's television series, devoted to the star of Blood and Black Lace and presented in full
- The alternative US opening titles, sourced from Joe Dante's private print
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image galleries
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan Sheady
- 89 mins approx
- Mario Bava
- English
- 18
- Eva Bartok
- Cameron Mitchell
- Thomas Reiner
- 1.85:1
- English SDH
- 1964
- Italian
- 1
- Free
- Arrow Video
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Arrow Video
The Christian Haute Couture fashion house is a home to models... and backstabbing... and blackmail... and drug deals... and MURDER.
Having established a template forthe giallo with The Girl Who Knew Too Much, Mario Bava set about cementing its rules with Blood and Black Lace. In doing so, he created one of the most influential films ever made - an Italian classic that would spearhead the giallo genre, provide a prototype for the slasher movie, and have a huge effect on filmmakers as diverse as Dario Argento and Martin Scorsese.
Restored from the original camera negative and presented here in its original uncut form, this 4K Ultra HD release allows fans to see Blood and Black Lace afresh and offers newcomers the ideal introduction to a major piece of cult filmmaking.
Product Features
4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- 4K restoration from the original camera negative by Arrow Films
- 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- Restored original lossless mono Italian and English soundtracks
- Optional English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
- Audio commentary by Mario Bava's biographer Tim Lucas
- Psycho Analysis - a documentary on Blood and Black Lace and the origins of the giallo genre featuring interviews with directors Dario Argento (Suspiria) and Lamberto Bava (Demons), screenwriter Ernesto Gastaldi (All the Colours of the Dark), critics Roberto Curti and Steve Della Casa, and crime novelists Sandrone Dazieri and Carlo Lucarelli
- An appreciation by Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, the creative duo behind Amer and The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears
- Gender and Giallo - a visual essay by Michael Mackenzie exploring the giallo's relationship with the social upheavals of the 1960s and 70s
- Blood and Bava - a panel discussion on Mario Bava featuring Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava and Steve Della Casa, recorded at the 2014 Courmayeur Film Festival
- The Sinister Image: Cameron Mitchell - an episode of David Del Valle's television series, devoted to the star of Blood and Black Lace and presented in full
- The alternative US opening titles, sourced from Joe Dante's private print
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image galleries
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ilan Sheady
- 89 mins approx
- Mario Bava
- English
- 18
- Eva Bartok
- Cameron Mitchell
- Thomas Reiner
- 1.85:1
- English SDH
- 1964
- Italian
- 1
- Free
- Arrow Video
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My first giallo and still my favourite.
It’s the best giallo of all time and it’s so colourful and it’s never looked so good as it does on 4k
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Quintessential Giallo
The quintessential Giallo film. Sublime dreamlike directing, psychedelic colours, a masked killer, a leather gloved hand and razor, beautiful ladies, grizzly murders, a compelling who dunnit replete with red herrings. The archetypal Giallo. If you only watch one in your life watch this one. Re-watched this on 4K UHD and it was a visual treat. P.s It has Cameron Mitchell in it.
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Absolute best of the format
It has to be one of the absolute best 4k transfers around. Credit to the restoration team but also to the original photography, so crisp and colourful. A visual treat that finally gets to home video presentation it deserved. The extra material rounds up very nicely a terrific edition. Highly recommended!
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Beautiful Treatment
This is a stunning 4K transfer of one of Bava's best looking films. The colours pop off the screen with pin-sharp clarity, setting the the lurid palette for future Giallo, and the brass-heavy score provides a jazzy and suitability sinister soundtrack. The film itself is classic Giallo; masked and black-gloved killer, beautiful women, morally dubious and suspicious men, inept police and some great set-piece murders. Apart from the amazing presentation, the disc has a great collection of extras, making it one of the releases of the year from Arrow.
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