Jerzy Skolimowski Collection (Walkover/Barrier/Dialogue 20 40 60, December 2023)

[Nitroes]

Nice to see this great director get more love especially after EO giving people a chance to see he's still relevant.

Listed as all-region on Diabolik.

Walkover (Walkower)
Jerzy Skolimowski’s autobiographical second feature, shot in a series of superbly orchestrated and choreographed long-takes, presents a tale of a disillusioned young boxer and his romance with a girlfriend. Inspired as much by jazz composition and Skolimowski’s own poetry, the wonderfully kinetic Walkover is a landmark of 1960s cinema.
1966 Cahiers du cinema / #2 Best Film of 1966

Barrier (Bariera)
Skolimowski’s intoxicatingly inventive masterpiece about man and the modern world, is ostensibly a “boy-meets-girl” romance, but emerges as a devastating allegory of the
contemporary Polish psyche, a film about national schizophrenia and the barrier between generations.

Dialogue 20 40 60 (Dialóg 20-40-60)

Extras:
• Walkover and Barrier presented from new 2K restorations by Wytwórnia Filmów
Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych (WFDiF), Poland.
• Dialogue 20 40 60 presented from a new 2K restoration by the Slovak Film Institute.
• Introductions to Walkover and Barrier by Polish cinema expert Michał Oleszczyk.
• Audio commentaries on Walkover and Barrier by producer and film historian Michael Brooke.
• Jerzy Skolimowski’s rarely seen early short films, newly remastered in HD: The Menacing Eye
(Oko wykol, 1960); Little Hamlet (Hamleś, 1960); Erotyk (1961); Your Money or Your Life
(Pieniądze albo życie, 1961)
• Booklets with new writing on the films by filmmaker, author and Polish cinema specialist David
Thompson.
• New and improved English subtitle translations.
• World and UK premieres on Blu-ray.


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[CelestialAgent]

Used to be only a few Skolimowski films on Blu-ray - Deep End, The Shout, Moonlighting, Essential Killing and looks like The Lightship had a French release. Over the past year that’s doubled with Identification Marks: None/Hands Up!, this boxset and EO! Great to see Second Run releasing some Polish director sets like with Wajda’s War Trilogy.

His Criterion closet video is essential - he talks about being slapped by Miloš Forman, and his sadness over many of his contemporaries having passed on.

Jerzy Skolimowski's Closet Picks - YouTube

[Nitroes]

I have The Lightship it looks great.

Still cheap €8.00 https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B07Q7MGPFY/

[Aunt Peg]

I wish somebody would release Skolimowski's King, Queen, Knave (1972) next.

Apparently he disowned the film so any release will be without his blessing.

[latehong]

Le départ / The Departure (1967), please!

[Nedoflanders]

Originally Posted by Aunt Peg

I wish somebody would release Skolimowski's King, Queen, Knave (1972) next.

Apparently he disowned the film so any release will be without his blessing.

According to the organisers of the recent BFI retrospective, he's disowned quite a few of his films, including The Adventures of Gerard, Success is the Best Revenge and Torrents of Spring.

They're not that bad. Success, in particular, is pretty underrated, albeit far from perfect.

[rapta]

Originally Posted by latehong

Le départ / The Departure (1967), please!

It was on Netflix recently, keep forgetting to check it out!

Just ordered the BFI set though, and tempted to get this (bad timing though as Christmas on the horizon).

[Nitroes]

Some damn good info in this BFI interview:

Jerzy Skolimowski in Conversation | BFI Q&A - YouTube

[Nitroes]

[ikms]

Amazon is still having issues listing the pre-order and now the release date is delayed. This is going to get lost in the 23/24 gap when best-of lists are being prepared. I think Second Run should aim to release their boxsets in November because this seems to happen (to worthy releases) every year.

[dbvsh]

Arrow charged me for this today.

[charal]

Mine shipped directly from SR last night.

[Nitroes]

Got my set:

[KrugerIndustrial]

How well does SR pack items for international deliveries? I am not sure whether I should order directly from SR or DiabolikDVD.

[charal]

I’ve had a numerous deliveries from SR to Australia over the years and never had damaged goods. I can’t recall the actual packaging they use but I remember my Hungarian box was well packed.