PRODUCT INFORMATION
Cultural icon, anti-establishment statement, sadistic lord of carnival horror! With his long fingernails, top hat and cape, Coffin Joe was the creation of Brazilian filmmaker José Mojica Marins, who wrote, directed and starred in a series of outrageous movies from 1964 to 2008. Restored from the best available elements and packed with extras, Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe is a love letter to one of the great iconoclasts of horror who forged his films in the face of military dictatorship and religious censorship to become Brazil's national Boogeyman.
FEATURES:
4K restorations of all films
High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations
Original lossless mono audio for all films (except Embodiment of Evil)
Original lossless DTS-HD MA 2.0 and 5.1 audio options for Embodiment of Evil
Optional English subtitles on all films
Reversible sleeves and slipcover featuring newly commissioned artwork by Butcher Billy
DISC 1: AT MIDNIGHT I’LL TAKE YOUR SOUL / THE STRANGE WORLD OF JOSÉ MOJICA MARINS
4K restoration from a 35mm interpositive and a 35mm print of At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul
Archive audio commentary with writer, director and star José Mojica Marins, filmmaker Paulo Duarte and film scholar Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)
Coffin Joe’s Sadean Underworld, a new video essay by film scholar Lindsay Hallam
Damned: The Strange World of José Mojica Marins, the definitive documentary on the life and work of José Mojica Marins by André Barcinski and Ivan Finotti
Bloody Kingdom, José Mojica Marins’ first short film with director’s commentary
The Adventurer’s Fate and My Destiny in Your Hands, excerpts from early works by José Mojica Marins
Theatrical trailer
DISC 2: THIS NIGHT I’LL POSSESS YOUR CORPSE / THE STRANGE WORLD OF COFFIN JOE
4K restoration of This Night I’ll Possess Your Corpse from the original 35mm camera negative and 35mm interpositive
4K restoration of The Strange World of Coffin Joe from a 35mm interpositive and a 35mm print
Archive audio commentaries for both films with José Mojica Marins, Paulo Duarte and Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)
The Strange Mind of Coffin Joe, an interview with author Guy Adams exploring the esoteric aspects of José Mojica Marins
A Woman for Joe, a video essay by film scholar Alexandra Heller-Nicholas exploring the complex gender politics of Marins’ filmography
Alternate opening titles for The Awakening of the Beast
Theatrical trailers
DISC 4: WHEN THE GODS FALL ASLEEP / THE STRANGE HOSTEL OF NAKED PLEASURES
4K restoration of When the Gods Fall Asleep from a 35mm film print, the only known existing element
4K restoration of The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures from the original 35mm camera negative
The Demonic Surrealism of Coffin Joe, an interview with scholar and filmmaker Virginie Sélavy exploring the parallels between the work of José Mojica Marins and the European and South American surrealist movements
Delirium, Surrealism, and Vision, an interview with author Jack Sargeant
Apostle of Evil, an interview with Dennison Ramalho (co-writer of Embodiment of Evil) about his early connection to Coffin Joe
Mojica in the Snow: Tonight I Incarnate at Sundance!, footage of Marins attending the Sundance Film Festival in 2001
A Blind Date for Coffin Joe, a short film by Raymond “Coffin Ray” Castile
Theatrical trailer for The Strange Hostel of Naked Pleasures
DISC 5: HELLISH FLESH / HALLUCINATIONS OF A DERANGED MIND
4K restorations of both films from the original 35mm camera negatives
Archive audio commentary for Hallucinations of a Deranged Mind with José Mojica Marins, editor Nilcemar Leyart, Paulo Duarte and Carlos Primati (Portuguese with English subtitles)
Aesthetics of Garbage: José Mojica Marins, a Complicated Icon, an interview with filmmaker Andrew Leavold (The Search for Weng Weng) examining Marins’ place in the Marginal Cinema movements of the 60s and 70s
Beyond Good and Evil, a video essay by film critic Kat Ellinger
Theatrical trailers
DISC 6: EMBODIMENT OF EVIL
Original lossless DTS-HD MA 2.0 and 5.1 audio options
Archive audio commentary with producer Paulo Sacramento and co-screenwriter Dennison Ramalho (Portuguese with English subtitles)
Learning from the Master, an interview with screenwriter Dennison Ramalho
Fantasia Film Festival Premiere Footage, archival footage of José Mojica Marins at the film's premiere
Apprenticeship of Evil, an interview in which Ramalho pays tribute to José Mojica Marins and looks back on their friendship
Official Making Of and Experimental Making Of, two featurettes about the production
Deleted scenes with commentary by director José Mojica Marins
Visual Effects: Purgatory, a featurette with commentary by director José Mojica Marins
Storyboards, a featurette with commentary by director José Mojica Marins
Theatrical trailer
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