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Master of the House (1925) Directed by Carl Th. Dreyer Country: Denmark Duration: 107 minutes Language: Danish Spine #706 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with Carl Theodor Dreyer historian Casper Tybjerg New visual essay on Dreyer’s innovations by film historian David Bordwell PLUS: An essay by film scholar Mark Le Fanu

Breaking the Waves (1996) Directed by Lars von Trier Country: Denmark Duration: 159 minutes Language: English Spine #705 DVD BONUS FEATURES Selected-scene audio commentary featuring von Trier, editor Anders Refn, and location scout Anthony Dod Mantle New interview with filmmaker and critic Stig Björkman New interviews with actors Emily Watson and Stellan Skarsgård Interview from 2004 with actor Adrian Rawlins Excerpts from Watson’s audition tape, with commentary by von Trier Deleted and extended scenes, with commentary by von Trier Deleted scene featuring the late actor Katrin Cartlidge Cannes Film Festival promotional clip Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic David Sterritt and an excerpt from the 1999 book Trier on von Trier

Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) Directed by Don Siegel Country: United States Duration: 80 minutes Language: English Spine #704 DVD BONUS FEATURES New audio commentary by film scholar Matthew H. Bernstein Excerpts from the director’s 1993 autobiography, A Siegel Film, read by his son Kristoffer Tabori Excerpts from Stuart Kaminsky’s 1974 book Don Siegel: Director, read by Tabori Excerpts from the 1953 NBC radio documentary series The Challenge of Our Prisons PLUS: An essay by critic Chris Fujiwara, a 1954 article by producer Walter Wanger, and a 1974 tribute to Siegel by filmmaker Sam Peckinpah

The Freshman (1925) Directed by Sam Taylor and Fred Newmeyer Country: United States Duration: 76 minutes Language: English Spine #703 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary featuring director and Harold Lloyd archivist Richard Correll, film historian Richard Bann, and film critic Leonard Maltin On-camera introduction to The Freshman by Lloyd and a clip reel, both from Harold Lloyd’s Funny Side of Life (1966) Three newly restored Lloyd shorts: The Marathon (1919), with a new piano score by Gabriel Thibaudeau, and An Eastern Westerner and High and Dizzy (both 1920), with new orchestral scores by Davis Harold Lloyd: Big Man on Campus, a new visual essay on the film’s locations by Lloyd author John Bengtson Conversation between Correll and film historian Kevin Brownlow Footage from a 1963 Delta Kappa Alpha tribute to Lloyd, featuring comedian Steve Allen, director Delmer Daves, and actor Jack Lemmon Lloyd’s 1953 appearance on the television show What’s My Line? PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Stephen Winer

The Great Beauty (2013) Directed by Paolo Sorrentino Country: Italy Duration: 142 minutes Language: Italian Spine #702 DVD BONUS FEATURES New conversation between Sorrentino and Italian cultural critic Antonio Monda New interview with actor Toni Servillo New interview with screenwriter Umberto Contarello Deleted scenes Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Phillip Lopate

Persona (1966) Directed by Ingmar Bergman Country: Sweden Duration: 83 minutes Language: Sweidsh Spine #701 DVD BONUS FEATURES New visual essay on the film’s prologue by Ingmar Bergman scholar Peter Cowie New interviews with actor Liv Ullmann and filmmaker Paul Schrader Excerpted archival interviews with Bergman, Ullmann, and actor Bibi Andersson On-set footage, with audio commentary by Bergman historian Birgitta Steene Liv & Ingmar, a 2012 feature documentary directed by Dheeraj Akolkar Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Thomas Elsaesser, an excerpt from the 1970 book Bergman on Bergman, and an excerpted 1977 interview with Andersson

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) Directed by Wes Anderson Country: United States Duration: 87 minutes Language: English Spine #700 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary featuring Anderson Storyboard animatic for the entire film Footage of the actors voicing their characters, puppet construction, stop-motion setups, and the recording of the score Interviews with cast and crew Puppet animation tests Photo gallery of puppets, props, and sets Animated awards acceptance speeches Audio recording of author Roald Dahl reading the book on which the film is based Fantastic Mr. Dahl, an hour-long 2005 documentary about the author Gallery of Dahl’s original manuscripts Discussion and analysis of the film Stop-motion Sony robot commercial by Anderson PLUS: An essay by critic Erica Wagner (REISSUE) A 2002 article on Dahl’s Gipsy House by Anderson; White Cape, a comic book used as a prop in the film; and drawings, original paintings, and other ephemera

A Brief History of Time (1991) Directed by Errol Morris Country: United States Duration: 84 minutes Language: English Spine #699 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interview with Morris New interview with Bailey PLUS: An essay by critic David Sterritt, a chapter from Stephen Hawking’s 2013 memoir My Brief History, and an excerpt from Hawking’s 1988 book A Brief History of Time

King of the Hill (1993) Directed by Steven Soderbergh Country: United States Duration: 103 minutes Language: English Spine #698 DVD BONUS FEATURES New interviews with Soderbergh and source memoir author A. E. Hotchner Against Tyranny, a new video essay by :: kogonada exploring Soderbergh’s unique approach to narrative The Underneath (1995), Soderbergh’s follow-up feature to King of the Hill, with an interview with the director Trailers PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Peter Tonguette, a 1993 interview with Soderbergh, and an excerpt from Hotchner’s 1972 memoir

Tess (1979) Directed by Roman Polanski Country: United Kingdom Duration: 171 minutes Language: English Spine #697 DVD BONUS FEATURES Once Upon a Time . . . “Tess,” a 2006 documentary about the film Three programs on the making of the film—From Novel to Screen, Filming “Tess,” and “Tess”: The Experience—featuring interviews with Polanski, actors Nastassja Kinski and Leigh Lawson, producer Claude Berri, costume designer Anthony Powell, composer Philippe Sarde, and others Interview with Polanski from a 1979 episode of The South Bank Show Forty-five-minute documentary shot on location for French television during the making of the film Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Colin MacCabe

Foreign Correspondent (1940) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Country: United States Duration: 120 minutes Language: English Spine #696 DVD BONUS FEATURES New piece on the film’s special effects by visual effects expert Craig Barron Hollywood Propaganda and World War II, a new interview with writer Mark Harris Interview with director Alfred Hitchcock from a 1972 episode of The Dick Cavett Show Radio adaptation of the film from 1946, starring Joseph Cotten “Have You Heard? The Story of Wartime Rumors,” a 1942 Life magazine “photo-drama” by Hitchcock Trailer PLUS: An essay by film scholar James Naremore

Blue is the Warmest Color (2013) Directed by Abdellatif Kechiche Country: France Duration: 179 minutes Language: French Spine #695 DVD BONUS FEATURES Trailer and TV spot PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic B. Ruby Rich

The Long Day Closes (1992) Directed by Terence Davies Country: United Kingdom Duration: 85 minutes Language: English Spine #694 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary by Davies and Coulter Episode of the British television series The South Bank Show from 1992, featuring Davies, footage from the film’s production, and interviews with cast and crew New interviews with executive producer Colin MacCabe and production designer Christopher Hobbs Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Koresky

La vie de bohème (1992) Directed by Aki Kaurismäki Country: Finland, France Duration: 103 minutes Language: French Spine #693 DVD BONUS FEATURES Where Is Musette?, an hour-long documentary on the making of the film New interview with actor André Wilms PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Luc Sante

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) Directed by Stanley Kramer Country: United States Duration: 163 minutes Language: English Spine #692 DVD BONUS FEATURES 2013 audio commentary featuring It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World aficionados Mark Evanier, Michael Schlesinger, and Paul Scrabo 2013 documentary on the film’s visual and sound effects, featuring interviews with visual-effects specialist Craig Barron and sound designer Ben Burtt Excerpt from a 1974 talk show hosted by director Stanley Kramer and featuring Mad World actors Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, and Jonathan Winters Press interview from 1963 featuring Kramer and cast members Excerpts about the influence of the film from the 2000 AFI program 100 Years . . . 100 Laughs Two-part 1963 episode of the TV program Telescope that follows the film’s press junket and premiere The Last 70 mm Film Festival, a 2012 program featuring Mad World cast and crew, hosted by actor Billy Crystal Selection of humorist and voice-over artist Stan Freberg’s original TV and radio ads for the film, with a 2013 introduction by Freberg Trailers and radio spots PLUS: An essay by film critic Lou Lumenick and illustrations by legendary cartoonist Jack Davis

Thief (1981) Directed by Michael Mann Country: United States Duration: 124 minutes Language: English Spine #691 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary featuring Mann and actor James Caan New interviews with Mann, Caan, and Johannes Schmoelling of the band Tangerine Dream, which contributed the film’s soundtrack Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Nick James

The Housemaid (1960) Directed by Kim Ki-young Country: South Korea Duration: 108 minutes Language: Korean Spine #690

Trances (1981) Directed by Ahmed El Maânouni Country: Morocco Duration: 88 minutes Language: Arabic Spine #689

Dry Summer (1964) Directed by Metin Erksan Country: Turkey Duration: 90 minutes Language: Turkish Spine #688

A River Called Titas (1973) Directed by Ritwik Ghatak Country: Bangladesh Duration: 156 minutes Language: Bengali Spine #687

Redes (1936) Directed by Emilio Gómez Muriel and Fred Zinnemann Country: Mexico Duration: 59 minutes Language: Spanish Spine #686

Touki bouki (1973) Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty Country: Senegal Duration: 89 minutes Language: Wolof Spine #685

Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project Spine #684 DVD BOX SET FEATURES New introductions to the films by World Cinema Project founder Martin Scorsese New interview programs featuring filmmakers Abderrahmane Sissako (on Touki bouki), Kumar Shahani (on A River Called Titas), Metin Erksan and Fatih Akın (on Dry Summer), and Bong Joon-ho (on The Housemaid) New visual essay on Redes by filmmaker and critic Kent Jones New program on Trances featuring interviews with director Ahmed El Maânouni, producer Izza Génini, musician Omar Sayed, and Scorsese PLUS: A booklet featuring a foreward by Jones and essays on the films by Richard Porton, Charles Ramirez Berg, Adrian Martin, Bilge Ebiri, Sally Shafto, and Kyung Hyun Kim

Nashville (1975) Directed by Robert Altman Country: United States Duration: 160 minutes Language: English Spine #683 DVD BONUS FEATURES Audio commentary featuring director Robert Altman New documentary on the making of the film, featuring interviews with actors Ronee Blakley, Keith Carradine, Michael Murphy, Allan Nicholls, and Lily Tomlin; screenwriter Joan Tewkesbury; assistant director Alan Rudolph; and Altman’s widow, Kathryn Reed Altman Three archival interviews with Altman Behind-the-scenes footage Demo of Carradine performing his songs from the film Trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Molly Haskell

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970) Directed by Elio Petri Country: Italy Duration: 115 minutes Language: Italian Spine #682 DVD BONUS FEATURES Archival interview with director Elio Petri, conducted by critic and filmmaker Alexandre Astruc Elio Petri: Notes About a Filmmaker (2005), a ninety-minute documentary on the director’s career, featuring interviews with friends, collaborators, and filmmakers New interview with film scholar Camilla Zamboni Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté (2008), a fifty-minute documentary about actor Gian Maria Volonté Music in His Blood, an interview with composer Ennio Morricone from 2010, conducted by film critic Fabio Ferzetti Trailers PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Evan Calder Williams and excerpts from a 2001 book by screenwriter Ugo Pirro