
Love Death and Apocalypse - Three Films by Alex De La Iglesia Limited Edition Blu-Ray
Scandalous, absurd, grotesque! Spanish director Álex de la Iglesia's films are often hilarious, always stylish, and completely unpredictable, and they are an invigorating shock to the cinematic system.
De la Iglesias' debut film, Acción Mutante, produced by the legendary provocateur Pedro Almodóvar, is a violent black sci-fi comedy set in a post-apocalyptic worldwhere attractive people have all the power and a terrorist group, who see themselves as mutants, take up arms to free the world from its superficial oppressors. With his second feature film, The Day of the Beast (El día de la bestia), de la Iglesia delivered one of the greatest horror comedies of all time, in which a Catholic priest teams up with a heavy metal fan and the host of a popular occult TV show to kill the Antichrist.teams up with a heavy metal fan and the host of a popular occult TV show to kill the Antichrist on Christmas Eve. The Day of the Beast was a critical and commercial success worldwide and paved the way for the gonzo action-crime-horror film Perdita Durango (also known as Dance with the Devil), a Spanish-American-Mexican co-production based on a novel by Barry Gifford (author of Wild at Heart). With Rosie Perez (Do the Right Thing), the then unknown Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men), and James Gandolfini (The Sopranos) in the lead roles, Perdita Durango is a twisted tale of love, guns, drugs, voodoo ceremonies, and refrigerated fetuses.
With a wealth of new bonus features and archive material, Arrow Video welcomes you to Álex de la Iglesia's delirious, diabolical, and insane world. Not for the faint of heart!
Extras LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS
- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of all three films
- Lossless Spanish stereo, 5.1, and Dolby Atmos audio options in the original for Acción Mutante
- Lossless original audio in Spanish and English in stereo 2.0 and Spanish 5.1 for The Day of the Beast
- Original lossless English stereo 2.0, as well as English and Spanish 5.1 audio options for Perdita Durango
- Optional English subtitles for all three films
- Double-sided fold-out posters for all three films
- 9 reproduction cards in postcard size
- Illustrated collector's booklet with newly written texts by film critics Kat Ellinger, Xavier Aldana Reyes, and Valeria Villegas Lindvall
- Limited edition deluxe packaging with reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Heather Vaughan
DISK ONE: ACCIÓN MUTANTE
- Brand new audio commentary by film scholars Xavier Aldana Reyes and Kat Ellinger
- Audio commentary from the archives with director Álex de la Iglesia, screenwriter Jorge Guerricaechevarría, producer Esther García, and production designers José Luis Arrizabalaga and Biaffra
- Brand new appreciation of director Álex de la Iglesia by film scholar José Arroyo
- Well-Done Baloney, an archive interview with director Álex de la Iglesia
- Bad Blood Costumbrism, an archive interview with screenwriter Jorge Guerricaechevarría
- The F*cking Boss, an archive interview with actor Antonio Resines
- Some Crazy Sh*t, an archive interview with production designers José Luis Arrizabalaga and Biaffra
- Liters of blood... Wonderful! An archive interview with special effects artist Raúl Romanillos
- Archive interview with director Álex de la Iglesia
- Vintage "Making Of" featurette
- Behind the scenes
- Storyboards
- Music video
- Theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
DISK TV: DAY OF THE BEAST
- Brand new audio commentary by film scholar Shelagh Rowan-Legg
- Clean Up Madrid, a brand new visual essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
- Heirs of the Beast, a feature-length archival documentary
- Antichrist Superstar, an archival interview with director Álex de la Iglesia
- The Man Who Saved the World, an archival interview with actor Armando De Razza
- Beauty and the Beast, an archival interview with actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta
- Shooting the Beast, an archive interview with photographer Flavio Martínez Labiano
- Mirindas Asesinas, a short film from 1990 by Álex de la Iglesia
- Biographical trailers
- Image gallery
DISC THREE: PERDITA DURANGO
- Brand new audio commentary by film critic Valeria Villegas Lindvall
- On the Border, an archival interview with director Álex de la Iglesia
- Writing Perdita Durango, an archival interview with screenwriter Barry Gifford
- Dancing with the Devil, an archival review by film scholar Dr. Rebekah McKendry
- Narcosatanicos: Perdita Durango and the Matamoros Cult, an archival interview with Abraham Castillo Flores and Cauldron of Blood author Jim Schutze
- Canciones de Amor Maldito: The Music of Perdita Durango, an archival interview with composer Simon Boswell
- Shooting Perdita Durango, an archival interview with cinematographer Flavio Martínez Labiano
- Biographical trailers
- Image gallery
- Languages Spanish, English
- Subtitles English, English for the hearing impaired
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