Happy End Blu-Ray

Oldřich Lipský's unique Czech black comedy uses an ingenious twist—it tells the life story of a prankster and convicted murderer in reverse: from his "birth" at the guillotine to his departure as an infant. With the great Vladimír Menšik in a rare leading role, the film is incredibly inventive and disarmingly funny.

The inverted chronology, with events unfolding entirely backwards, turns the narrative upside down and becomes a playful, surreal, Dadaist experience unlike anything else in modern cinema.

Happy End has now been beautifully restored in 4K and is making its world premiere on Blu-ray.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:

Happy End (Šťastný konec, 1967) presented from a new 4K restoration by the Czech National Film Archive.

An audio commentary from Projection Booth with Mike White, Kat Ellinger, and Ben Buckingham.

Cerise Howard on "Happy End": a video essay by the film critic and program director of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival.

Booklet with a new essay by Jonathan Owen.

New and improved translation of English subtitles.

World premiere on Blu-ray.

Region-free (A/B/C) Blu-ray.

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