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Happy End (Region Free)

 

Oldřich Lipský's one-of-a-kind Czech black comedy employs an ingenious twist - telling the life story of a philanderer and condemned murderer entirely in reverse: from his 'birth' at the guillotine, to his departure as an infant. Starring the great Vladimír Menšík in a rare leading role, the film is wildly inventive and disarmingly hilarious.

The reverse chronology, with events playing out completely backwards, upends the narrative flow to become a playful, surreal, Dadaist experience unlike anything else in contemporary cinema.

Now beautifully restored in 4K, Happy End makes its world premiere on Blu-ray.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
• Happy End (Šťastný konec, 1967) presented from a new 4K restoration by the Czech National Film Archive.
• A Projection Booth audio commentary with Mike White, Kat Ellinger and Ben Buckingham.
• Cerise Howard on ‘Happy End’: a new video essay by the film critic and Program Director of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival
• Booklet featuring a new essay by Jonathan Owen.
• New and improved English subtitle translation.
• World premiere release on Blu-ray.
• Region free Blu-ray (A/B/C)



             

            Oldřich Lipský's one-of-a-kind Czech black comedy employs an ingenious twist - telling the life story of a philanderer and condemned murderer entirely in reverse: from his 'birth' at the guillotine, to his departure as an infant. Starring the great Vladimír Menšík in a rare leading role, the film is wildly inventive and disarmingly hilarious.

            The reverse chronology, with events playing out completely backwards, upends the narrative flow to become a playful, surreal, Dadaist experience unlike anything else in contemporary cinema.

            Now beautifully restored in 4K, Happy End makes its world premiere on Blu-ray.

            BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
            • Happy End (Šťastný konec, 1967) presented from a new 4K restoration by the Czech National Film Archive.
            • A Projection Booth audio commentary with Mike White, Kat Ellinger and Ben Buckingham.
            • Cerise Howard on ‘Happy End’: a new video essay by the film critic and Program Director of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival
            • Booklet featuring a new essay by Jonathan Owen.
            • New and improved English subtitle translation.
            • World premiere release on Blu-ray.
            • Region free Blu-ray (A/B/C)



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                      Oldřich Lipský's one-of-a-kind Czech black comedy employs an ingenious twist - telling the life story of a philanderer and condemned murderer entirely in reverse: from his 'birth' at the guillotine, to his departure as an infant. Starring the great Vladimír Menšík in a rare leading role, the film is wildly inventive and disarmingly hilarious.

                      The reverse chronology, with events playing out completely backwards, upends the narrative flow to become a playful, surreal, Dadaist experience unlike anything else in contemporary cinema.

                      Now beautifully restored in 4K, Happy End makes its world premiere on Blu-ray.

                      BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
                      • Happy End (Šťastný konec, 1967) presented from a new 4K restoration by the Czech National Film Archive.
                      • A Projection Booth audio commentary with Mike White, Kat Ellinger and Ben Buckingham.
                      • Cerise Howard on ‘Happy End’: a new video essay by the film critic and Program Director of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival
                      • Booklet featuring a new essay by Jonathan Owen.
                      • New and improved English subtitle translation.
                      • World premiere release on Blu-ray.
                      • Region free Blu-ray (A/B/C)