PRODUCT INFORMATION
Niccolò Paganini was a legend in his time; a master violinist and renowned composer who brought new depth and complexity to the art of music. But in his private life Paganini was a brute and a womanizer who used his talents to seduce and manipulate beautiful women, driving himself, his young son, and devoted wife to the brink of madness.
A mesmerizing biography of the infamous composer as imagined through the eyes of equally notorious actor and director Klaus Kinski (Aguirre, the Wrath of God), PAGANINI explores the violinist's descent into derangement and carnal mayhem. Moving between the abstract, the beautiful, and the erotic, Kinski distills Paganini's life into a consuming cinematic fever dream as photographed by Pier Luigi Santi (Weapons of Death). Vinegar Syndrome Labs is excited to offer the Blu-ray debut of Kinski's sole feature film directing effort, newly restored in 2K from its 35mm original camera negative and loaded with an abundance of fascinating behind-the-scenes footage along with a selection of new interviews with cast and crew, detailing the untold and often harrowing story of how this unique outlier in Italian genre cinema came to be.
FEATURES:
Region Free Blu-ray
Newly scanned and restored in 2K from its 35mm original camera negative
Presented in its original Italian language mono soundtrack with newly-translated English subtitles, as well as its English language dub soundtrack
Brand new commentary track with film historians Eugenio Ercolani and Troy Howarth
My Life with Kinski (16 min) - an audio interview with actress Debora Caprioglio
The Devil's Left Hand (30 min) - an interview with music consultant / violinist Salvatore Accardo
The Voice of Madness (26 min) - an interview with soundman Luciano Muratori
Aiming at the Director (29 min) - an interview with unit manager Stefano Spadoni
How to Kill a Producer (30 min) - an interview with film historian Eugenio Ercolani
Paganini - 95-minute English language director's cut (sourced from tape)
Behind-the-scenes footage (sourced from tape, partially translated, 52 min)
Klaus Kinski press conference from Cannes 1988 (5 min) • English theatrical trailer
English opening titles and end credits
Reversible sleeve artwork
Newly-translated English subtitles
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