The Bird With The Crystal Plumage 4K Remaster (Arrow) (1 Viewer)

[Sgt Pepper]

NEW UK/US TITLE: The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (Dual Format Blu-ray & DVD) Limited Edition

A film which redefined the ‘giallo’ genre of murder-mystery thrillers

North American pre-orders links should be live soon!

Release Dates: 19/20 June

In 1970, young first-time director Dario Argento (Deep Red, Suspiria) made his indelible mark on Italian cinema with The Bird with the Crystal Plumage – a film which redefined the ‘giallo’ genre of murder-mystery thrillers and catapulted him to international stardom.
Sam Dalmas (Tony Musante, We Own the Night), an American writer living in Rome, inadvertently witnesses a brutal attack on a woman (Eva Renzi, Funeral in Berlin) in a modern art gallery. Powerless to help, he grows increasingly obsessed with the incident. Convinced that something he saw that night holds the key to identifying the maniac terrorising Rome, he launches his own investigation parallel to that of the police, heedless of the danger to both himself and his girlfriend Giulia (Suzy Kendall, Spasmo)…
A staggeringly assured debut, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage establishes the key traits that would define Argento’s filmography, including lavish visuals and a flare for wildly inventive, brutal scenes of violence. With sumptuous cinematography by Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now) and a seductive score by legendary composer Ennio Morricone (Once Upon a Time in the West), this landmark film has never looked or sounded better in this new, 4K-restored limited edition from Arrow Video!

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:

• Brand new 4K restoration of the film from the camera negative in its original 2.35:1 aspect ratio, produced by Arrow Video exclusively for this release
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations
• Original mono Italian and English soundtracks (lossless on the Blu-ray Disc)
• English subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English soundtrack
• New audio commentary by Troy Howarth, author of So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films
• The Power of Perception, a new visual essay on the cinema of Dario Argento by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, author of Devil’s Advocates: Suspiria and Rape-Revenge Films: A Critical Study
• New analysis of the film by critic Kat Ellinger
• New interview with writer/director Dario Argento
• New interview with actor Gildo Di Marco (Garullo the pimp)
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Candice Tripp
• Double-sided fold-out poster featuring
• 6 Lobby Card reproductions
• Limited edition 60-page booklet illustrated by Matthew Griffin, featuring an appreciation of the film by Michael Mackenzie, and new writing by Howard Hughes and Jack Seabrook

 

[Bob Cashill]

I've bought this more than I've bought GOLDFINGER. Argento is the 007 of horror film directors when it comes to multi-dips of his work.

 

[Sgt Pepper]

I was hoping this might have been Arrow's first attempt at a UHD release with this one...but hell i am looking forward to this more than i can say.

 

[TravisR]

I love Argento's early stuff so I'm in.

 

[SAhmed]

Yeah - it's a great time if you are fan of Argento's work (particularly pre mid-80s) with both this from Arrow and Suspiria from Synapse this year!

Regards,

 

[Charles Smith]

Great news.

This was my introduction to Argento (seen on its US theatrical release), and this should be my last time buying it.

(Still have the Roan Group LD and Blue Underground DVD.)

 

[haineshisway]

I like this film - I have the Blue Underground Blu-ray and thought it looked pretty great. I've ordered this, but I'll be interested to see just how much better it is, if at all.

 

[Sgt Pepper]

I like this film - I have the Blue Underground Blu-ray and thought it looked pretty great. I've ordered this, but I'll be interested to see just how much better it is, if at all.

I am sure it will be.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

I also have the Blue Underground disc but this looks like a serious upgrade (I say that obviously without having seen it but new 4K scan and Arrow is quite dependable when they decide to do something) so all in on this.