Martin Scorsese Presents: World Cinema Foundation (Vol. 1) - 3-Disc Box Set ( Susuz yaz / Transes / Mest ) ( Dry Summer / Trances / Revenge (The Red Flute) )

Martin Scorsese Presents: World Cinema Foundation (Vol. 1) - 3-Disc Box Set (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Susuz yaz / Transes / Mest
Alternate Title: Dry Summer / Trances / Revenge (The Red Flute)
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Multi-lingual ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
282 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet
Remastered
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1963 - 1989 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Morocco ( Africa, Middle East )
Turkey ( Africa, Middle East )

Directed By:
Metin Erksan
Ahmed El Maanouni
Yermek Shinarbayev

Written By:
Necati Cumali
Metin Erksan
Ahmed El Maanouni
Anatoli Kim

Actors:
Erol Tas ..... Kocabas Osman
Hülya Koçyigit ..... Bahar
Ulvi Dogan ..... Hasan
Alaettin Altiok ..... Veli Sari
Hakki Haktan ..... Köylü
Zeki Tüney ..... Köylü
Yavuz Yalinkiliç
Larbi Batma ..... Percussion
Nass-El Ghiwane ..... Themselves
Abderrahman Paco ..... Bass
Omar Sayed ..... Percussion
Allal Yaala ..... Bonjo
Aleksandr Pan
Valentina Te
Kasym Zhakibayev

Synopsis:

Founded in 2007 and overseen by Martin Scorsese, the World Cinema Foundation (WCF) has spearheaded efforts to preserve, restore, and annually re - present neglected masterpieces of world cinema, particularly those from areas of the globe that have not traditionally been highlighted in prevailing evaluations of film, or which have lacked the financial, technical, or governmental infrastructure to ensure their preservation. As the WCF's mission statement announces: "Cinema is an international language, an international art, but, above all, it is a source of enlightenment. There are wonderful, remarkable films, past and present, from Mexico, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Central Asia that deserve to be known and seen. Composed of filmmakers from every continent, the World Cinema Foundation breathes life into the idea that when a cultural patrimony is lost, no matter how small or supposedly 'marginal' the country might be, we are all poorer for it." The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to act as the official partner of the World Cinema Foundation for the UK region. In this first in a regular series of Blu-ray box sets, we present the WCF's restorations of masterpieces from Turkey (Erksan's Dry Summer - 1963), Morocco (El Maanouni's Trances - 1981), Kazakhstan (Shinarbaev's Revenge - 1989). (Each film features an exclusive introduction by Martin Scorsese).

Dry Summer (1963)
A tobacco farmer tries to ruin his competitors crops by diverting water to his property.
Trances (1981)
The group's "Trances" are our equivalent of "soul music", our irrationality. I followed the example of the Nass El Ghiwane themselves: I went back to the roots. They draw their music from the last thousand years of Moroccan and African history. the film sets out to reveal and emphasize this heritage. I chose the music of the Saharan brotherhood, The Gnawas, and the verses of the famous poet El Mejdoub, to underline the trances.
Revenge (1989)
A rural schoolteacher, Jan, murders a pupil, the young daughter of a family under whom he had previously been a tenant. The father, Caj [pronounced 'Tsaiya'], tracks him to China to exact revenge - but at at the moment of vengeance, Caj cannot act. He returns home only to take a concubine, who in turn bears him a son: Sungu, a prodigious composer of verse. At Caj's deathbed, the boy is informed he has been brought into the world purely for the sake of vengeance; he takes an oath to annihilate Jan.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 06 March, 2015.