Él (1953) 4K UHD (Criterion Collection)

[MifuneFan]

Criterion will be releasing Luis Buñuel’s Él (aka The Strange Passion) (1953) on 4K in November!

Él 4K Blu-ray

Él 4K Blu-ray



https://www.criterion.com/films/33695-el

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, supervised by photographer Gabriel Figueroa Flores, director of photography Gabriel Figueroa’s son, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
• New video essay on director Luis Buñuel by scholar Jordi Xifra
• Appreciation by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro
• Interview with Buñuel from 1981 by writer Jean-Claude Carrière, a longtime collaborator of the director's
• Panel discussion from 2009, moderated by filmmaker José Luis Garci
• Trailer
• New English subtitle translation
• PLUS: An essay by critic Fernanda Solórzano and an interview with Buñuel by critics José de la Colina and Tomás Pérez Turrent

Spanish surrealist master Luis Buñuel’s fiendish tale of love gone wrong is among the most perverse and unsettling films he made during his two decades of exile in Mexico. Folding his own neuroses into an adaptation of Mercedes Pinto’s autobiographical novel, Buñuel crafts an expressionistically stylized nightmare in which a young woman (Delia Garcés) discovers that the outward sophistication of her new husband (Arturo de Córdova) masks disturbing depths of jealousy and paranoia. A characteristically raw indictment of religious and social hypocrisy, Él stands as the director’s greatest excursion into melodrama, a vivid portrayal of society’s inability to restrain the irrational urges of the human id.

EL - Official Trailer - YouTube

[Rizor]

Hadn't heard of this title until the new restoration started going around! Happy to see a US release.

[HundredYearLurker]

One of my favorites from the Mexican era ... and in 4K, I can hardly believe it!

Can finally retire that films sans frontiers DVD!

[Nitroes]

A beautiful film from Mexico. Over 70 years old and it's still wonderful.

Amazing news.

[rafaelsalguero]

Beautiful Mexican Film, I cant wait to watch this movie in 4K !!!

[Deciazulado]

Él 4K Blu-ray

[BluBonnet]

Buñuel made some amazing movies during his exile in Mexico.

Would really love a 4k of Simón del Desierto - an unforgettable parable that seems to become more pertinent every year, and some of the best performances by Silvia Pinal and Claudio Brook ever committed to film (had a chance to watch Pinel live when she was starring in a Mame! revival in the early 80s - what a fabulous star!)

[Nitroes]

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FNRPQFKW/

https://hmv.com/store/film-tv/4k-ult...ion-collection

EAN: 5061088921231

[BluPat]

I just watched the trailer and the part where it shows a bell tower and them running up the stairs reminded me of "Vertigo" (1958). Even though this film is from 1953.

[latehong]

Originally Posted by BluPat

I just watched the trailer and the part where it shows a bell tower and them running up the stairs reminded me of "Vertigo" (1958). Even though this film is from 1953.

It is a common observation, so much so that lengthy critiques on the subject, such as these, are not uncommon. And it is well-known that Alfred Hitchcock vocally admired Luis Buñuel, purportedly calling him "the best director in the world" at a Hollywood party. (Presumably the famous "Director's Group Party" in November 1972, which George Cukor hosted at his house for Buñuel.)



(from top to bottom, left to right: Robert Mulligan, William Wyler, George Cukor, Robert Wise, Jean-Claude Carriere, and Serge Silverman. Billy Wilder, George Stevens, Luis Buñuel, Alfred Hitchcock, and Rouben Mamoulian.)

[Deciazulado]

And here guys, is my new 120" OLED in which people will see our films one day. - George Cukor