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117 A Severed Head

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 6:06 am
by MichaelB
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A SEVERED HEAD
(Dick Clement, 1971)
Release date: 18 February 2019
Limited Blu-ray Edition (World Blu-ray premiere)

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Dick Clement followed the success of his first feature Otley with this wry adaptation of Iris Murdoch’s celebrated 1961 satirical novel, a harbinger of the sexual liberation that was to blossom in the mid-60s.

A Severed Head chronicles the sexual and amoral escapades of a group of middle-class, middle-aged London couples, portrayed by a wonderful cast which includes Ian Holm (Alien, The Lord of the Rings), Lee Remick (Days of Wine and Roses, The Omen), Claire Bloom (The Haunting, The King’s Speech) and Richard Attenborough (10 Rillington Place, Young Winston). Absurdist and delightfully funny, A Severed Head is a dark satire staged with wit and intelligence.

INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• High Definition remaster
• Original mono audio
• Audio commentary with director Dick Clement and film historian Sam Dunn (2018)
• Interview with artist Saskia de Boer (2019): new and exclusive interview with the acclaimed sculptor who created the film’s arresting title sequence and produced many iconic likenesses of actors and musicians from Elizabeth Taylor to Jimi Hendrix
• Interview with Timothy Burrill (2019): new and exclusive interview with the production manager
• Rob Deering on ‘A Severed Head’ (2019): new appreciation by the comedian, musician and writer
• Theatrical trailer
• Image gallery: on-set and promotional photography
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
• Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Pamela Hutchinson, an overview of contemporary critical responses, archival articles, and film credits
• World premiere on Blu-ray
• Limited Edition of 3,000 copies
• All extras subject to change


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BBFC cert: TBC
REGION FREE
EAN: 5037899071731

Re: 117 A Severed Head

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2018 6:16 am
by Morbii
Oh, and I want this.

Re: 117 A Severed Head

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 8:24 am
by MichaelB
Final specs:

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Re: 117 A Severed Head

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2019 1:50 pm
by MichaelB

Re: 117 A Severed Head

Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2019 3:24 pm
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Re: 117 A Severed Head

Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2019 2:02 pm
by MichaelB
Cinema Scope (Jonathan Rosenbaum).
The appreciative English extras from Powerhouse, especially the spirited rap by comedian-writer Rob Deering, show I’m not alone in my enjoyment, but it seems that many others reacted very differently and quite negatively when this movie first appeared, starting with Roger Greenspun in The New York Times, who liked the novel and regarded the film as a betrayal. Perhaps he’s right (and I haven’t yet re-read the original to discover whether or not I still like it), but for me, the movie is a hilarious send-up of upscale, would-be Swinging London types trying to be free-spirited ’60s bohemians and then reverting to their worst middle-class crutches and neuroses when they fail.