The Escapees Limited Edition (VF) (1981)
de Jean Rollin
Powerhouse Films - 10 décembre 2024
Titre Original : Les paumées du petit matin
Audio : French, English
Sous-titres : English, English SDH
Durée : 1h35
Format : Blu-ray Digipack Limited Edition / 2 montages / import UK
Zone : B
Genre : Thriller, Crime
Synopsis
On the run from an asylum for the insane, a feisty young girl and her forlorn female companion embark on a surreal journey with a group of traveling erotic dancers. Wandering from the fantastic to the farcical and back again, The Escapees contains all the magic and fairy-tale qualities of cult films like Fascination (1979) and Requiem for a Vampire (1971) and has everything one expects from a Rollin film, including two beautiful young women, startling scenes of death, burlesque shows in a junkyard and erotic lesbian encounters with Brigitte Lahaie!
- New 4K restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films
- Two presentations of the film: Les Échappées, Jean Rollin’s original version; and Les Paumées du petit matin, the alternative version with re-ordered scenes
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film expert Tim Lucas (2024)
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One Day in Paris (2008): far-reaching interview with Rollin in which he discusses The Escapees and his other films
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Quant à Louise (2024): regular Rollin collaborators Natalie Perrey and Jean-Pierre Bouyxou remember actress Louise Dhour
- Previously unseen interview with actor Jean-Loup Phillipe (2024)
- Critical appreciation by author and musician Stephen Thrower (2024)
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes
- New and improved English translation subtitles
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Lucas Balbo, archival writing on the film by Jean Rollin, an archival interview with the director, an archival interview with composer Philippe D’Aram, a tribute to Rollin by fantastique cinema expert Nicolas Stanzick, and full film credits