Exotic animals abound in the post-apocalyptic fantasy Black Moon.
The Criterion Collection released Louis Malle’s (Atlantic City) bizarre and seldom-seen 1975 science-fiction fantasy Black Moon on Blu-ray
Evocatively shot by Ingmar Bergman’s (The Magician) go-to cinematographer Sven Nykvist (Cries and Whispers), the foreign film is reportedly a Freudian tale of adolescent sexuality set in a post-apocalyptic world of shifting identities, talking animals and general weirdness.
The movie tells the story of a beautiful young woman (Cathryn Harrison, The Dresser), who, takes refuge in a remote farmhouse after skirting the horrors of an unidentified war being waged in an anonymous countryside. But there she becomes embroiled in the surreal domestic odyssey of a mysterious family.
We haven’t seen this cult movie, but the good people of Criterion describe it as “one of Malle’s most experimental films and a cinematic daydream like no other,” and that definitely works for us.
As with all of Criterion’s releases, Black Moon features a new high-definition digital restoration. The Blu-ray has an uncompressed monaural soundtrack, and both got a new and improved English subtitle translation.
The Blu-ray and DVD carry the list prices of $39.95 and $29.95, respectively, and include these special features:
- archival interview with director Louis Malle
- gallery of behind-the-scenes photos
- alternate French-dubbed soundtrack
- original theatrical trailer
- new essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau
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