45 / BD 18 Diamonds of the Night

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bunuelian · #76 Post by **bunuelian** » Wed Feb 06, 2019 6:38 am

This is a great package. I'd not watched the feature in a while, and revisiting it this way was quite a treat. This film takes a ton of risks.

A Loaf of Bread is a nice bonus. Some heavy Bresson riffing going on there. Maybe I'm easily impressed, but I think it's quite a feat to use Bresson's style so exactly, and appropriately. These FAMU kids made a lot of interesting work.

Bikey · #77 Post by **Bikey** » Mon Feb 11, 2019 1:53 pm

Blu-ray.com review

Bikey · #78 Post by **Bikey** » Mon Mar 04, 2019 2:12 pm

"Gorgeous restoration, plus Nemec's first short film, another Lustig adaptation, A Loaf of Bread, interviews with Lustig's daughter Eva Lustigova, and Peter Hames, and top-notch commentary by Michael Brooke."

Andrew Male reviews DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT in the latest Sight & Sound magazine

Bikey · #79 Post by **Bikey** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:49 am

"The film folds in on itself over and over, a series of recursions that emphasize the compound trauma of one of history’s greatest horrors. In that way, it’s the most accurate Holocaust film I’ve ever seen.[...]
The film looks exceptional, with superb levels of fine detail and image consistency....
why wait? Second Run’s gorgeous, region-free Blu-ray beckons."

Dusty Somers at World Cinema Paradise on our Blu-ray edition of Němec’s DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT

Bikey · #80 Post by **Bikey** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:17 pm

Excellent news!!
Our DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT Blu-ray Special Edition just jointly won Best Single Release at Bologna's Cinema Ritrovato Awards !

Gregory · #81 Post by **Gregory** » Thu Jun 27, 2019 3:24 pm

Very well deserved.

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