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| For anyone who is interested here is a list of Borowczyk films currently on DVD. "No further info on Ligia Branice has come to light yet, but I found out in passing that several more shorts are included on the French DVD of La Bęte, namely: Les Astronautes (1959), Renaissance (1963), Les Jeux des anges (1964), Rosalie (1966), Une Collection particuličre (1973) and Scherzo infernal (1985). Here's a first attempt at a DVD overview: 1960 - LES ASTRONAUTES (animated short) - extra on La Bęte (Gaumont-Columbia TriStar, France, PAL) - no spoken dialogue - extra on Goto, l'isola dell'amore (Columbia TriStar, Italy, PAL) - no spoken dialogue 1963 - RENAISSANCE (animated short) - extra on La Bęte (Gaumont-Columbia TriStar, France, PAL) - no spoken dialogue 1964 - LES JEUX DES ANGES (animated short) - extra on La Bęte (Gaumont-Columbia TriStar, France, PAL) - no spoken dialogue 1966 - ROSALIE (live-action short) - extra on La Bęte (Gaumont-Columbia TriStar, France, PAL) - presumably unsubtitled French 1968 - GOTO, L'ILE D'AMOUR/GOTO, ISLE OF LOVE - Cult Epics, US, NTSC (French with English subtitles) - Gaumont-Columbia TriStar, France, PAL (French, no subtitles) - Goto, l'isola dell'amore, Columbia TriStar, Italy, PAL (Italian or French with Italian subtitles) 1973 - UNE COLLECTION PARTICULIERE (live-action short) - extra on La Bęte (Gaumont-Columbia TriStar, France, PAL) - extra on Racconti immorali (Columbia TriStar, Italy, PAL) 1974 - CONTES IMMORAUX/IMMORAL TALES - Anchor Bay, US, NTSC (French with English subtitles) - Nouveaux Pictures, UK, PAL (French with English subtitles) - Gaumont-Columbia TriStar, France, PAL (French, no subtitles) - Racconti immorali, Columbia TriStar, Italy, PAL (Italian or French with Italian subtitles) 1975 - LA BETE/THE BEAST - Cult Epics, US, NTSC (English or French with English subtitles) - Nouveaux Pictures, UK, PAL (French with English subtitles) - Gaumont-Columbia TriStar, France, PAL (French, no subtitles) - La bestia, Columbia TriStar, Italy, PAL (Italian or French with Italian subtitles) 1977 - INTERNO D'UN CONVENTO/BEHIND CONVENT WALLS - Nouveaux Pictures, UK, PAL (dubbed into English) 1977 - L'AMOUR MONSTRE DE TOUS LES TEMPS (short) - extra on La bestia, Columbia TriStar, Italy, PAL (French with Italian subtitles) 1980 - LULU - LCJ Editions, France, PAL (French, no subtitles) 1983 - ARS AMANDI/THE ART OF LOVE - Millennium Storm, Italy, PAL (Italian, no subtitles) 1984 - SCHERZO INFERNAL (short) - extra on La Bęte (Gaumont-Columbia TriStar, France, PAL) - extra on Goto, l'isola dell'amore (Columbia TriStar, Italy, PAL) 1985 - EMMANUELLE 5 - New Concorde, US, NTSC (English, no subtitles) - Uca Catalogue, UK, PAL (English, no subtitles) - Legocart, Italy, PAL (Italian, no subtitles) 1988 - CEREMONIE D'AMOUR/LOVE RITES - Cult Epics, US, NTSC (French with English subtitles) - Pagan, UK, PAL (French with English subtitles) - Regina della notte, Legocart, Italy, PAL (Italian, no subtitles) I won't bother listing the shorts, but of the features these ones appear to be unavailable on DVD as yet: LE THEATRE DE M. ET MME. KABAL (1967) BLANCHE (1971) - though this has had a British VHS release LA MARGE/THE STREETWALKER (1976) LES HEROINES DU MAL/THREE IMMORAL WOMEN (1978) DOCTEUR JEKYLL ET LES FEMMES (1981) I don't for one second believe this is complete, so do please feel free to post additions/corrections. - Michael Brooke" Info found here: http://daily.greencine.com/archives/001618.html ------------- Here's some more Borowczyk info, as compiled by my good friend Sam Dunn: 1960 - LES ASTRONAUTES (animated short) - extra on Goto, l’ille d’amour (Trash Mountain Video, Japan, NTSC) - no spoken dialogue 1968 - GOTO, L'ILE D'AMOUR/GOTO, ISLE OF LOVE - Goto, l’ile d’amour, Trash Mountain Video, Japan, NTSC (French w/ removable Japanese subs) 1975 – DZIEJE GRZECHU/THE STORY OF SIN - The Story of Sin, Nouveau Pictures, UK, PAL (Polish w/ removable English subs) 1975 - ESCARGOT DE VENUS (short) - extra on Goto, l’ile d’amour (Trash Mountain Video, Japan, NTSC) - French w/ Japanese subs - extra on Goto, l'isola dell'amore (Columbia TriStar, Italy, PAL) - French w/ Italian subs 1976 - LA MARGE - La Marge, Pioneer, Japan, NTSC (French w/ removable Japanese subs) 1979 - LES HEROINES DU MAL - Les Heroine du Mal, Pioneer, Japan, NTSC (French w/ removable Japanese subs) 1983 - ARS AMANDI/THE ART OF LOVE - Trash Mountain Video, Japan, NTSC (Italian, removable Japanese subs) N.B: includes inserts, optically censored 1984 - SCHERZO INFERNAL (short) - extra on Goto, l’ile d’amour (Trash Mountain Video, Japan, NTSC) Also, Michael’s excellent list includes the Italian DVD edition of ‘Regina della notte’ (Legocart) which, it should be noted, is little more than a dupey-bootleg-looking release, which should be avoided at all costs. Finally, here are a couple of great links for Boro enthusiasts: http://www.awn.com/gallery/boro/intro.html http://www.arte-tv.com/fr/cinema-fiction/C...CmC=763786.html |