If you love classic, yet often obscure, cinematic brilliance from throughout time and from around the world, then you probably love yourself a bit of Eureka’s Masters Of Cinema series. Each film selected by the distribution company is cleaned and restored within inches of absolute perfection. This is exactly how these films are supposed to look and the following releases will arrive on Blu-ray during June and July: Those are TABU, THE NAKED ISLAND, KURONEKO, THE BIRTH OF A NATION, and LE PONT DU NORD. I can attest to the sheer brilliance of THE NAKED ISLAND and KURONEKO, as well as one of the most important films in cinematic history, THE BIRTH OF A NATION (despite the whole racist thing).
From landmark silent cinema and a thrilling rediscovery from a French legend to an early sound cinema classic and the finest art cinema of 1960s Japan, The Masters of Cinema Series remains as eclectic as ever in its June and July 2013 line-up – a five-release slate that includes big name directors D.W. Griffith, F.W. Murnau, Jacques Rivette, and Kaneto Shind?.
Producer of the Masters of Cinema Series, Andrew Utterson stated “In June, we will be releasing beautiful Blu-ray presentations of Kaneto Shind?’s 1960s cult supernatural horror Kuroneko and haunting drama The Naked Island, alongside a definitive reissue of Tabu, F.W. Murnau’s Oscar-winning collaboration with Robert Flaherty.
More cinematic treats follow in July with an immaculate reissue of D.W. Griffith’s troubling but hugely significant silent epic The Birth of a Nation, and we welcome legendary French director and New Wave pioneer Jacques Rivette into the series for the very first time with the major rediscovery of his rarely seen Le Pont du Nord”
Managing Director of Eureka Entertainment, Ron Benson added “Across five standout releases, world and UK premières abound, with new restorations aplenty, we continue our quest to release the very finest in world cinema, using the best available materials and a meticulous attention to detail and design.”
Source: Eureka Video
