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Demonlover and John Farrow's The Big Clock (1948). The two releases will be available for purchase in May.



The Big Clock



Synopsis: Adapted by acclaimed screenwriter Jonathan Latimer from a novel by the equally renowned crime author Kenneth Fearing, The Big Clock is a superior suspense film which classily combines screwball comedy with heady thrills.



Overworked true crime magazine editor George Stroud (Ray Milland, The Lost Weekend, The Pyjama Girl Case) has been planning a vacation for months. However, when his boss, the tyrannical media tycoon Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton, Witness for the Prosecution), insists he skips his hols, Stroud resigns in disgust before embarking on an impromptu drunken night out with his boss's mistress, Pauline York (Rita Johnson, The Major and the Minor). When Janoth kills Pauline in a fit of rage, Stroud finds himself to have been the wrong man, in the wrong place, at the wrong time: his staff have been tasked with finding a suspect with an all too familiar description... Stroud's very own!



Directed with panache by John Farrow (Around the World in 80 Days), who stylishly renders the film's towering central set, the Janoth Building, The Big Clock benefits from exuberant performances by Ray Milland and Charles Laughton, who make hay with the script's snappy dialogue. A huge success on its release, it is no wonder this fast-moving noir was remade years later as the Kevin Costner vehicle No Way Out.



Special Features and Technical Specs: High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation transferred from original film elements

Uncompressed Mono 1.0 PCM audio soundtrack

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

New audio commentary by film scholar Adrian Martin

Turning Back the Clock, a newly filmed analysis of the film by the critic and chief executive of Film London, Adrian Wootton

A Difficult Actor, a newly filmed appreciation of Charles Laughton and his performance in The Big Clock by the actor, writer, and theatre director Simon Callow

Rare hour-long 1948 radio dramatization of The Big Clock by the Lux Radio Theatre, starring Ray Milland

Original theatrical trailer

Gallery of original stills and promotional materials

Reversible sleeve featuring two original artwork options

First pressing only: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Christina Newland U.S. STREET DATE: MAY 14.

UK STREET DATE: MAY 13.



Demonlover



Synopsis: Twenty years after David Cronenberg prophesised the dark side of the Internet age in Videodrome, acclaimed French filmmaker Olivier Assayas (Irma Vep) updated it for the New Millennium in his startlingly prescient Demonlover, a chilling exploration of the nexus between sex and violence available at the click of a button.



Up-and-coming executive Diane (Connie Nielsen, One Hour Photo) lets nothing stand in her way when it comes to landing the lucrative Tokyo Anime contract for the Volf Corporation, guaranteeing worldwide exclusive rights to the latest in cutting-edge hentai. Despised by her assistant (Chloe Sevigny, American Psycho) and engaged in a risky game of corporate espionage, her ruthless ambition meets its match in Elaine (Gina Gershon, Bound), the charismatic representative of an American Internet porn company called Demonlover. However, the company is only the front for an online portal to the Hellfire Club, which gives its users control over the next big thing in interactive extreme pornography: real women, tortured according to subscribers' whims, in real time. Diane wants a piece of the action, and will stop at nothing to get it; but as she delves deeper into the twisted world of the Hellfire Club, reality slips away and the stakes of the game are raised to the point of no return.



Armed with an iconic score by art-rock pioneers Sonic Youth, Assayas' neo-noir/cyberhorror masterpiece is finally unleashed for the first time on Blu-Ray, with revealing extras and a new director-approved restoration.



Special Features and Technical Specs: NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE DIRECTOR'S CUT OF THE FILM (121 MIN) , approved by approved by Olivier Assayas

, approved by approved by Olivier Assayas Original 5.1 DTS-HD master audio

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

Audio commentary by writer/director Olivier Assayas

New visual essay written and narrated by critic Jonathan Romney

Peripherie de Demonlover, an hour-long behind-the-scenes documentary directed by Yorick Le Saux

Archive interviews with Olivier Assayas, Connie Nielsen, Chloe Sevigny and Charles Berling

SY NYC 12/12/01: The Demonlover Sessions, a fly-on-the-wall documentary about the recording of the music score by Sonic Youth

Q&A with Olivier Assayas filmed at the Wexner Center for the Arts in 2003

Extended version of the Hellfire Club sequence

Original theatrical trailers

Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon

First pressing only: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Anne Billson UK STREET DATE: MAY 27.









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Top contributor mrjohnnyb Feb 08, 2019 The Big Clock! Wow!

Kakihara Feb 08, 2019 The Big Clock is cool but I'm really excited for Demonlover!!!! Such an underrated film!!!

Wireduck1 Feb 08, 2019 Might upgrade my German copy of 'The Big Clock': Great Noir. nitin Feb 08, 2019 In for both, The Big Clock is a great film and have been wanting to se Demonlover for ages.

SnakePlissken29 Feb 08, 2019 Great news for The Big Clock

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Top contributor tallrichard Feb 08, 2019 Big Clock DAY ONE!!

moviebuffed Feb 08, 2019 Charles Laughton. Day one. Such an excellent actor.

swansong Feb 09, 2019 Never thought I would see the day. The Big Clock!!! Great film on every level. Day one for me.

drterror666 Feb 09, 2019 I've never heard of Demonlover, but it sounds right up my street. Will think about getting that one.

Konrad Feb 09, 2019 Demonlover, finally!

sandman slim Feb 09, 2019 Well damn, I want both of these.

NebulaM78 Feb 09, 2019 Hmmm, wonder what the porn version of this is called? Donimo Feb 10, 2019 Demonlover!! Yes, I had been waiting for that one. Day one!



Edit: I just realized it's UK only region 2. CRAP! Never mind.

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Top contributor John_Drake Feb 10, 2019 Definitely in for both of these!

PBateman87 Feb 10, 2019 Demonlover is an awesome film. reaperx187 Feb 11, 2019 I believe i had heard of DemonLover but in name and premise to the film only never seen it before but sound's like it could be a good watch!.

PBateman87 Feb 11, 2019 @ reaper: Demonlover to me was kind of like a hybrid of Paul Verhoeven and Brian De Palma. If that appeals to you, then definitely go for it!

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