Pretty Packaging: Take A Look At The Walerian Borowczyk Collection
Earlier this year, UK distributor Arrow Films announced they were planning to release newly remastered editions of Walerian Borowczyk's films, both on Blu-ray and DVD, as part of their Arrow Academy label. These releases would include several of his longer theatrical films and a collection of shorts.
And then they announced something else: a boxset of all these titles, combined with a book, and limited to only a 1000 pieces. This release was called Camera Obscura: The Walerian Borowczyk Collection, and it was finally released this week. And it is undoubtedly one of the finest releases this year.
Walerian Borowczyk was a Polish director, writer, and illustrator, who made both animated and live-action films, and is hailed as an inspiration by many filmmakers, Terry Gilliam included. While his work is notorious for often containing offensive or even pornographic content, this is not as pervasive as you might think. People who check his films with titillation in mind will most likely be disappointed. Even his The Beast, while having quite a reputation, is first and foremost an arthouse film.
Back to this boxset, the arrival of which on my doorstep was met with much rejoicing, as it has been sold-out for months already, just on pre-orders. I ordered mine in February, and count myself lucky to now be holding one.
Like with the Herzog boxset, I will not be reviewing the films here in one go, as I want to peruse them at my leisure (instead of making a marathon of them). But here is a gallery of pictures showing what the set looks like, and I will list the extras for each title.
And then they announced something else: a boxset of all these titles, combined with a book, and limited to only a 1000 pieces. This release was called Camera Obscura: The Walerian Borowczyk Collection, and it was finally released this week. And it is undoubtedly one of the finest releases this year.
Walerian Borowczyk was a Polish director, writer, and illustrator, who made both animated and live-action films, and is hailed as an inspiration by many filmmakers, Terry Gilliam included. While his work is notorious for often containing offensive or even pornographic content, this is not as pervasive as you might think. People who check his films with titillation in mind will most likely be disappointed. Even his The Beast, while having quite a reputation, is first and foremost an arthouse film.
Back to this boxset, the arrival of which on my doorstep was met with much rejoicing, as it has been sold-out for months already, just on pre-orders. I ordered mine in February, and count myself lucky to now be holding one.
Like with the Herzog boxset, I will not be reviewing the films here in one go, as I want to peruse them at my leisure (instead of making a marathon of them). But here is a gallery of pictures showing what the set looks like, and I will list the extras for each title.
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