Jerzy Skolimowski Limited Edition Blu-Ray

Second Run presents a selection of important works by Polish filmmaker and iconoclast Jerzy Skolimowski, one of international cinema's most prolific and acclaimed filmmakers.

This special edition includes three feature films - Walkover (1965), Barrier (1966) and Dialogue 20 40 60 (1968)—presented from stunning new 2K restorations, plus rarely seen early short films recently remastered in HD and released on Blu-ray for the first time ever.

Walkower

Jerzy Skolimowski's autobiographical second feature film, shot in a series of superbly orchestrated and choreographed long takes, is the story of a disillusioned young boxer and his romance with a girlfriend. The wonderfully kinetic Walkover, inspired as much by jazz compositions as by Skolimowski's own poetry, is a milestone in 1960s cinema.

Barrier (Bariera)

Skolimowski's intoxicatingly inventive masterpiece about man and the modern world is seemingly a "boy meets girl"romance, but turns out to be a scathing allegory of the contemporary Polish psyche, a film about national schizophrenia and the barrier between generations.

Dialogue 20 40 60 (Dialóg 20-40-60)

A film by Jerzy Skolimowski, Peter Solan, and Zbyn?k Brynych

A film in three parts written by Slovak screenwriter Tibor Vichta (Before Tonight is Over) and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski with Czechoslovakian directors Peter Solan (The Case of Barnabás Kos) and Zbyn?k Brynych (The Fifth Horseman is Fear), who use the same dialogue in three individual stories centred on characters from different generations. The identical lines take on unexpected new meanings in their different contexts in this bold, experimental film.

BLU-RAY 3-DISC LIMITED EDITION BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES:

Walkover and Barrier presented from new 2K restorations by Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych (WFDiF), Poland.

Dialog 20 40 60 presented from a new 2K restoration by the Slovak Film Institute.

Introductions to Walkover and Barrier by Polish film expert Micha? Oleszczyk.

Audio commentaries on Walkover and Barrier by producer and film historian Michael Brooke.

Jerzy Skolimowski's rarely seen early short films, recently remastered in HD: The Menacing Eye (Oko wykol, 1960); Little Hamlet (Hamle?, 1960); Erotyk (1961); Your Money or Your Life (Pieni?dze albo ?ycie, 1961)

Booklets with new texts about the films by filmmaker, author, and Polish film specialist David Thompson.

New and improved translations of English subtitles.

World premieres and UK premieres on Blu-ray.

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

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