eXistenZ 4K UHD (1999)

[Dailyan]

eXistenZ 4K Blu-ray

Details

Subscribers, Flash Pre-order 'Everything' & Flash Pre-order 'Secret Releases' Customers: this is included in your package.

This special limited edition 2-disc 4K UHD/Blu-ray set comes with a spot gloss flesh-textured hard slipcase + slipcover combo (designed by Haunt Love), includes a 40-page perfect bound book and is limited to 10,000 units. It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

In the near future, video games have evolved to a point where they are able to biologically interact with players through the use of an electronic umbilical cord. Allegra Geller has created eXistenZ, a highly anticipated virtual reality game which has come under fire for its potential ability to effectively warp players' perceptions of reality. When an anti-game zealot attempts to murder Allegra during a demo, she narrowly escapes with the help of her publicist, Ted Pikul. However, Allegra discovers that the only master copy of the game might have been damaged during the attack and convinces Ted to test it with her. After Ted reluctantly agrees, the pair enter the virtual world of eXistenZ, but it’s not long before they start becoming uncertain as to where the violent gameplay ends and reality begins...

Director David Cronenberg’s (Videodrome, Crash) masterpiece of sci-fi horror for the video game age, eXistenZ stars two-time Academy Award nominee Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley), Oscar® nominee Jennifer Jason Leigh (Single White Female), and four-time Oscar® nominee Willem Dafoe (Platoon). Action-packed from beginning to end, and featuring memorable creature effects designed by Stephan Dupuis (Scanners), loaded with a consummate selection of new and archival extras, Vinegar Syndrome is proud to present the 4K UHD debut of this slime-filled look at a virtual future which might become reality sooner than we'd like to think.

directed by: David Cronenberg
starring: Jude Law, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Willem Dafoe, Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Christopher Eccleston, Don McKellar, Callum Keith Rennie
1999 / 97 min / 1.85:1 / English 5.1 Surround + 2.0 Stereo

Additional info:

2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray
4K UHD presented in High-Dynamic-Range
Newly scanned & restored in 4K from its 35mm interpositive
Brand new commentary track with film historian Dr. Jennifer Moorman
Archival commentary track with director David Cronenberg
Archival commentary track with cinematographer Peter Suschitzky
Archival commentary track with visual effects supervisor Jim Isaac
"Crafting (un)Reality" (22 min) - a brand new interview with art director Tamara Deverell on building the worlds of eXistenZ
"Frankenstein Syndrome" (9 min) - a brand new interview with make-up effects artist Stephan Dupuis on bringing eXistenZ to life
"Sticking with Genius" (10 min) - a brand new interview with producer Robert Lantos
"The Art of the Title" (7 min) - a brand new interview with opening title designer Robert Pilichowski
"Frame by Frame: The Invisible Art of Production Designer Carol Spier" (48 min) - archival featurette
Archival Promotional Featurette (7 min)
Archival Special Effects Featurette (4 min)
Promotional & behind-the-scenes still gallery
Theatrical trailer
Archival EPK interviews with: director David Cronenberg (4 min), actor Jude Law (15 min), actress Jennifer Jason Leigh (2 min), actor Willem Dafoe (7 min) and visual effects supervisor Jim Isaac (28 min)
40-page perfect bound book (exclusive to the Limited Edition Slipcase) with essays by Justin LaLiberty and Jon Dieringer
Reversible sleeve artwork
English SDH subtitles

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[snipemonkey]

But WHENNNNNNN???????

[Kubrick0730]

Preordered.

With this and the 3 Soavi films from Severin it’s costing me $200 for 4 films

[DR Herbert West]

In for any Cronenberg.

[Telemachus]

Bombshell

[SpacemanDoug]

this is quite a shock, I was not expecting this at all especially today of all days

this movie needed it badly too

[Gacivory]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!

[drownsoda]

It might be odd, but this was a childhood favorite of mine. My brother and I both liked it—I, because it was horror-adjacent, and he, because it had a video game-esque aspect to it. I think we saw it on Showtime or something late on a Saturday night when I was in junior high.

As an adult who gradually became a Cronenberg fan, this film has always seemed to be a bit of an outlier in his filmography, but I still love it. I have been tempted but held off from buying a secondhand copy of the Echo Bridge disc for several years now. I'm glad I didn't buy the 101 Films disc either. Instant order for me.

[Telemachus]

Sci-Fi Channel also used to show this back in the day, that's the last time I saw it

[deatheats]

Saw this during its original theatrical run. Been waiting a long time for a decent home release…until tonight! Thank you VS!!

[Samu_]

Standard edition ordered. 1999 was a great year for movies!

[Infallible Presence]

Originally Posted by Samu_

Standard edition ordered. 1999 was a great year for movies!

On my stats, it's the highest.

[CelestialAgent]

Extras comparison

Originally Posted by CelestialAgent

eXistenz retains the three commentaries from the Alliance DVD release (Cronenberg, Suschitzky and Isaac) (plus a new one by Jennifer Moorman) and Frame by Frame documentary. It also retains the featurettes, EPK interviews and trailer from the 101/Ledick BDs. The release includes new interviews with Tamara Deverell, Stephan Dupuis, Robert Lantos and Robert Pilichowski and gallery (on a Region A disc), and a 40 page booklet by LaLiberty/Dieringer. However, missing from the 101 release are commentaries with Newman/Lambie and Thompson/Samuelson, Eccleston interview and Morris/Escott booklet.

[Stream]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZZJrQc-wtw

[dissention]

If it’s Cronenberg, it gets ordered. You’d think $45 would net you a 4K scan of the negative, though.

[Socko]

Originally Posted by snipemonkey

But WHENNNNNNN???????

Cameron and Bill Hunt say March 2024, on a Tuesday.
Which makes sense

[asmodeux21]

Originally Posted by dissention

If it’s Cronenberg, it gets ordered. You’d think $45 would net you a 4K scan of the negative, though.

I was thinking the same thing. I love the movie and ordered it, but I was surprised that the source was an interpositive, especially considering it is Cronenberg. I wonder why VS was not able to secure the OCN.

[George.P]

Hmmm, might wait to see if Arrow does this one. Tired of re-buying.

[ntotoro]

This day extracts a heavy toll...

[wonkavision]

I'm all in of course (see my avatar)!

I'm not particularly fond of the limited edition artwork at all...I just don't get it. The bio-ports are on the lower back, so not sure what a hairy bellybutton has anything to do with it. No biggie as I do dig the standard artwork.