Demonlover (Arrow Academy)

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Couldn't find a thread on this one, so I figured I would start one. I finally bit the bullet out of impatience on Criterion's (apparent) pending release and picked up the Arrow Academy release. It is a major step up from the old North American DVD. I find Olivier Assayas to be hit-or-miss, generally speaking, though I think this is one of his best films. I have never seen anything remotely like it before.

Special features:

• Brand new 2K restoration of the 121-minute director s cut, approved by Olivier Assayas
• High Definition Blu-Ray (1080p) presentation
• 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