For The First Time On Blu-Ray And DVD, The Uncut, Uncensored Modern Masterpiece From The Visionary Alejandro Jodorowsky. Virtually Unseen for 20 Years, the Surreal Epic Makes Its Long-Awaited Return on January 25, 2011, Accompanied by Over Five Hours of Bonus Material
The term “cult director” applies to no one more than Chilean-born filmmaker and visionary shaman Alejandro Jodorowsky. Now Jodorowsky’s long-unseen masterpiece SANTA SANGRE will make its eagerly anticipated American Blu-ray and DVD debut on January 25, 2011, from Severin Films via MPI Media Group. The internationally acclaimed tale of madness, passion and redemption will be fully retored and accompanied by a wealth of extras, carrying an SRP of $29.98 on DVD and $34.98 on Blu-Ray.
Jodorowsky exploded onto the international scene with his notorious 1970s sensations El Topo and Holy Mountain. Endorsed by John Lennon and embraced by underground culture worldwide, the films redefined movies as both art and entertainment while single-handedly creating the midnight movie genre.
Legal frustrations with the films’ owner (and Beatles manager) Allen Klein, as well as a failed attempt to direct a 14-hour movie adaptation of Dune starring Orson Welles and Salvador Dali, kept Jodorowsky from making movies for 16 years until his triumphant return with SANTA SANGRE. Blanca Guerra, Guy Stockwell and the filmmaker’s sons Axel and Adan Jodorowsky star in this surreal epic about a young circus performer, the crime of passion that shatters his soul and the macabre journey back to the world of his armless mother and deaf-mute lover.
“This is a movie like none I have seen before,” wrote Roger Ebert in his original four-star review, “a wild kaleidoscope of images and outrages, a collision between Freud and Fellini. It contains blood and glory, saints and circuses, and unspeakable secrets of the night. And it is all wrapped up in a flamboyant parade of bold, odd, striking imagery, with Alejandro Jodorowsky as the ringmaster. SANTA SANGRE is a movie in which the inner chambers of the soul are laid bare.”
4 STARS – “This is a movie like none I have seen before.” – Roger Ebert
“a film that no adventurous moviegoer can afford to miss.” – TV Guide
Bonus features on the Blu-ray and two-disc DVD include:
DISC 1:
* Feature Audio Commentary w Jodorowsky & Journalist Alan Jones
* Deleted scenes w Jodorowsky commentary
* Theatrical Trailer
* Japanese Trailer
DISC 2:
* FORGET EVERYTHING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN: THE WORLD OF SANTA SANGRE (90MINS): Exclusive Feature Length Making-of Documentary Featuring All-New Interviews with Cast and Crew.
* For One Night Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky – Channel X UK 1990 Documentary Featuring Interviews with Jodorowsky, Dennis Hopper, Marcel Marceau, Omar Sharif, and others
* Goyo Cardenas Spree Killer: Documentary on the real life inspiration for SANTA SANGRE
* On Stage Q&A with Jodorowsky
* Jodorowsky 2003 interview
* Composer Simon Boswell Interviews Jodorowsky
* Blink Jodorowsky Short by Simon Boswell
* “Close Your Eyes” Music Video by Simon Boswell
* Echeck – Adan Jodorowsky Short Film with Optional Commentary
# SANTA SANGRE Street date: January 25, 2011
# SRP: DVD $29.98 / Blu-ray $34.98
# Not Rated
# DVD Extras: Deleted scenes, trailers, director commentary, cast and crew interviews, more
