BR-DVD: Eloy De La Iglesia Collection
Severin Films has announced the August 24 Blu-ray releases of five films by Eloy de la Iglesia ), including:
CANNIBAL MAN
From subversive Spanish writer/director Eloy de la Iglesia comes the international hit and DPP 39 ‘Video Nasty’ that remains among the most notorious and misunderstood shockers of the ‘70s: When a slaughterhouse worker (Vicente Parra of NO ONE HEARD THE SCREAM) accidentally kills a man during a fight, it will trigger a desperate descent into madness, mass murder and “the most horrific use of a single apartment since Polanski’s REPULSION” (Mondo Digital). Emma Cohen (CUT-THROATS NINE) and Eusebio Poncela (LAW OF DESIRE) co-star in this “unforgettable mix of Euro arthouse and exploitive sleaze” (DVD Drive-In) – also known as THE APARTMENT ON THE 13TH FLOOR and WEEK OF THE KILLER – now featuring both the International and extended Spanish Version newly scanned from the original negatives for the first time ever.
Special Features:
Two Cuts of the Film:
– Extended version (Week of the Killer) – 107min
– International version (The Cannibal Man) – 98m
Cinema At The Margins: Stephen Thrower and Dr. Shelagh Rowan-Legg on Eloy de la Iglesia
The Sleazy And The Strange: Interview with Carlos Aguilar
Deleted Scenes
Trailer
Reversible Artwork
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: Extended Version: English Mono w/Partial Spanish, International Version: Spanish mono w/Partial English
Subtitles: Extended Version: English (Forced over Spanish Audio), International Version: English
Closed Captions: English SDH for both versions
Region Free
ELOY DE LA IGLESIA’S QUINQUI COLLECTION
Short for quincallero (delinquent) and pronounced ‘kinky’, it was a brutal sub-genre of juvenile gang dramas produced in ‘70s/‘80s Spain. But for Basque writer/director Eloy de la Iglesia (CANNIBAL MAN, NO ONE HEARD THE SCREAM), these three Cine Quinqui classics would become the most successful, controversial and tragically defining films of his entire career. José Luis Manzano – the charismatic street kid discovered by de la Iglesia – stars in this graphic neorealist trilogy that depicts the crime, violence and drug abuse that ravaged the post-Franco nation, and led to the filmmaker and actor’s real-life addictions to heroin – and each other – that would ultimately destroy them both. NAVAJEROS, EL PICO and EL PICO 2 are now scanned in HD from the original negatives with all-new Special Features created especially for this collection.
Navajeros Special Features:
José Sacristán on Eloy de la Iglesia: Interview with Actor José Sacristán
El Pico Special Features:
Blood In The Streets: The Quinqui Film Phenomenon: An interview with Quinqui Historians Mery Cuesta and Tom Whittaker
Trailer
El Pico 2 Special Features:
Queerness, Crime, And The Basque Conflict In The Quinqui Films Of Eloy de la Iglesia: A Panel with Scholars Alejandro Melero and Paul Julian Smith, Moderated by Evan Purchell of Ask Any Buddy
Trailer
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: Spanish mono with English Subtitles
Region Free
NO ONE HEARD THE SCREAM
One year after his international breakthrough with CANNIBAL MAN, defiant Basque filmmaker Eloy de la Iglesia co-wrote and directed this twisted thriller – his last under Spain’s repressive Franco regime – that instantly made him “the father of Spanish giallo” (Spanish Fear): When a woman spies her neighbor disposing of his wife’s corpse, she will cross the line from witness to accomplice to something far more depraved. Vicente Parra (CANNIBAL MAN), Carmen Sevilla (THE GLASS CEILING), María Asquerino (THAT OBSCURE OBJECT OF DESIRE) and Antonio Casas (THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY) star in “a must for all European film fans, with a final twist that will resonate with you for a very long time” (The Gore Splattered Corner), now featuring an HD scan from the original negative.
Special Features:
Eloy de la Iglesia And The Spanish Giallo: An Interview with Film Scholar Dr. Andy Willis
Disc Specs:
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: Spanish mono with English Subtitles
Region Free
