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• Stalker | DVD | (22/08/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Deep within the Zone, a bleak and devastated forbidden landscape, lies a mysterious room with the power to grant the deepest wishes of those strong enough to make the hazardous journey there. Desperate to reach it, a scientist and a writer approach the Stalker, one of the few able to navigate the Zone's menacing terrain, and begin a dangerous trek into the unknown. Adapted from Arkady & Boris Sturgatsky's novel ˜Roadside Picnic', Andrei Tarkovsky's second foray into science fiction after Solaris is a surreal and disturbing vision of the future. Hauntingly exploring man's dreams and desires as well as the consequences of realising them, Stalker has been described as one of the greatest sci-fi films of all time

• Stalker | Blu Ray | (24/07/2017) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Andrei Tarkovsky's hypnotic sci-fi masterpiece, a visually astonishing journey The final Soviet feature by ANDREI TARKOVSKY (Solaris) is a metaphysical journey through an enigmatic post-apocalyptic landscape, and a rarefied cinematic experience like no other. A hired guidethe Stalkerleads a writer and a scientist into the heart of the Zone, the restricted site of a long-ago disaster, where the three men eventually zero in on the Room, a place rumoured to fulfil one's most deeply held desires. Adapting a science-fiction novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Tarkovsky created an immersive world with a wealth of material detail and a sense of organic atmosphere. A religious allegory, a reflection of contemporaneous political anxieties, a meditation on film itself Stalker envelops the viewer by opening up a multitude of possible meanings. Special Features: New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New interview with Geoff Dyer, author of Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room Interview from 2002 with cinematographer Alexander Knyazhinsky Interview from 2002 with set designer Rashit Safiullin Interview from 2002 with composer Eduard Artemyev New English subtitle translation PLUS: An essay by critic Mark Le Fanu Click Images to Enlarge

• Andrei Rublev | Blu Ray | (11/07/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Widely regarded as Andrei Tarkovsky's finest film, Andrei Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th-century Russian history which was marked by endless fighting between rival Princes and Tatar invasions. Made on an epic scale, it does not flinch from portraying the savagery of the time, from which, almost inexplicably, the serenity of Rublev's art arose. The great set pieces the sack of Vladimir, the casting of the bell, the pagan ceremonies of St. John's Night and the Russian crucifixion - are tours-de-force of visceral filmmaking.

• Janacek: Jenufa | Blu Ray | (01/08/2011) from £18.26   |  Saving you £12.99 (76.41%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Recorded live at the Teatro Real, October 2009

• Alexander Nevsky | DVD | (21/03/2000) from £11.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (66.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Alexander Nevsky, Sergei Eisenstein's landmark tale of Russia thwarting the German invasion of the 13th century, was wildly popular with home-grown audiences back in 1938, quite intentionally so, given the prevailing Nazi geopolitical advancement and destruction at the time. It can still be viewed as a masterful use of imagery and music, with the "Battle on the Ice" sequence as the obvious highlight. Unfortunately, the rest of the film pales in comparison. A great score by Prokofiev was effectively integrated by the Russian filmmaker, but stands on its own merit as well. --Bill Desowitz, Amazon.com

• October 1917 - Ten Days That Shook The World | DVD | (08/05/2000) from £3.98   |  Saving you £18.00 (904.52%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Commissioned by the October Revolution Jubilee Committee (Chairman Nikolai Podvolsky) for the tenth anniversary of the revolution Sergei Eisenstein's third major feature film ""October 1917"" is a marvelous reconstruction of the events from February leading up to the revolution and the Bolshevik's overthrow of the czarists and Kerensky's provisional government in 1917. True to the communist philosophy there were no main characters; the proletariat providing the 'heroic' star quality

• Stalker | Blu Ray | (22/08/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Deep within the Zone, a bleak and devastated forbidden landscape, lies a mysterious room with the power to grant the deepest wishes of those strong enough to make the hazardous journey there. Desperate to reach it, a scientist and a writer approach the Stalker, one of the few able to navigate the Zone's menacing terrain, and begin a dangerous trek into the unknown. Adapted from Arkady & Boris Sturgatsky's novel ˜Roadside Picnic', Andrei Tarkovsky's second foray into science fiction after Solaris is a surreal and disturbing vision of the future. Hauntingly exploring man's dreams and desires as well as the consequences of realising them, Stalker has been described as one of the greatest sci-fi films of all time

• Alien Hunter | DVD | (24/11/2003) from £6.73   |  Saving you £13.26 (197.03%)   |  RRP £19.99

  For the NASA-funded research team stationed at the most desolate reaches of Antarctica it's another routine day - until the communications satellite picks up a mysterious signal coming from a strange object lodged several meters beneath the ice. Suspecting it may not be from Earth the lead scientist immediately places a call to Julian Rome (James Spader) an old friend formerly employed as a cryptologist for the U.S. government's SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) progr

• Eisenstein Collection Vol.1 | DVD | (13/08/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Strike (1925): In 1922 Lenin also had said that ""...of all of the arts for us the cinema was the most important."" In 1924 the Proletkult offered Eisenstein then 26 years of age the job of directing the first of eight episodes in the film series 'Towards the Dictatorship'. This brilliant and complex re-creation of the development of a 1912 factory strike in Tsarist Russia and its savage destruction by agents provocateurs police and mounted troops was an ideal vehicle for the youthful Eisenstein to express his desire to reflect the dialectic of the Russian revolution in the most comprehensive of art forms. Eisenstein had been developing the Kuloshov's 'montage' effect in editing and in this his first film he uses it with tremendous skill to enhance symbolism and achieve highly charged emotional responses to the strength energy and heroism of the working classes and the tragic events depicted. Strike is a truly visual and technical masterpiece which is at times overwhelming in its powerful portrayal of these events in history. Strike was the only film ever made in the series and it changed the direction of the soviet cinema for many decades to come. Battleship Potemkin (1925): Planned by the Soviet Central Committee to coincide with the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the unsuccessful 1905 Russian Revolution this film was developed by the 27 year-old Sergei Eisenstein from less than one page of script from a planned eight-part epic that was intended to chronicle a large number of revolutionary actions. Starting with the Potemkin's crew's refusal to eat maggot-infested meat the mutiny develops and their leader Vakulinchuk is shot by a senior officer. The officers are overthrown and when the Potemkin docks at Odessa crowds appear from all directions to take up the cause of the dead sailor and open rebellion ensues. What became the Czarist soldiers fire on the crowds thronging down the Odessa steps: the broad newsreel-like sequences being inter-cut with close-ups of harrowing details. Returning to sea the Potemkin's crew prepares the guns for action as the ship flying the flag of freedom steams to confront the squadron. When they finally meet theirs worst fears are allayed as with relief coupled with joy they are universally acclaimed. This film which was destined to become such an influential landmark in cinematographic history opened in Moscow in January 1926. It ran for only four weeks. October (1927): Commissioned by the October Revolution Jubilee Committee (Chairman Nikolai Podvolsky) for the tenth anniversary of the revolution Sergei Eisenstein's third major feature film ""October 1917"" is a marvelous reconstruction of the events from February leading up to the revolution and the Bolshevik's overthrow of the czarists and Kerensky's provisional government in 1917. True to the communist philosophy there were no main characters; the proletariat providing the 'heroic' star quality throughout. The ultimate victory belonging to the revolution. Eisenstein's skill and experimentation in using fast moving and rhythmic montage to produce telling metaphors and build and intensify sequences was not fully understood by the early Russian audiences; typical examples being the rapidly alternating images employed to create a machine-gun firing and the cross-cutting between power-hungry Kerensky and the statue of Napoleon. Outstanding for the period are the dynamic sequences illustrating the massacre in the vicinity of the St Petersburg bridges and the storming of the Winter Palace which feature a profusion of exciting cinematic techniques. Eisenstein's research was extremely thorough and he did not allow contemporary events to influence his production. The film's release was dela

• Ivan's Childhood | DVD | (27/06/2016) from £8.49   |  Saving you £7.50 (88.34%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Andrei Tarkovsky's debut feature is an extraordinarily moving and powerful story of war and revenge. Determined to avenge his family's death at the hands of the Nazis, 12 year-old Ivan joins a Russian partisan regiment as a scout, where he becomes indispensable for his ability to slip unnoticed behind enemy lines. But, as his missions become increasingly dangerous, it is decided that he must be removed from the front line. Ivan resists and convinces his commanding officers to allow him to carry out one last expedition. Click Images to Enlarge

• Sculpting Time - The Andrei Tarkovsky Collection | Blu Ray | (11/12/2017) from £59.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Disc 1 Ivan's Childhood 1962 Russian and German with English subtitles Running time: 94 mins Black and white 1.33:1 LPCM 2.0 Disc 2 Andrei Rublev 1966 Russian, Italian and Tatar with English subtitles Running time: 178 mins Black and white 2.35:1 LPCM 2.0 > Disc 3 Solaris 1972 Russian with English subtitles Running time: 166 mins Black and white/ colour 2.35:1 LPCM 2.0 Disc 4 Mirror 1973 Russian with English subtitles Running time: 105 mins Black and white/ colour 1.37:1 LPCM 2.0 Disc 5 Stalker 1979 Russian with English subtitles Running time: 162 mins Black and white/colour 1.33:1 LPCM Dual mono Disc 6 Nostalgia 1983 Russian and Italian with English subtitles Running time: 125 mins Black and white/ colour 1.66:1 LPCM 2.0 Disc 7 The Sacrifice 1986 English, Swedish and French with English subtitles Running time: 148 mins Audio commentary Colour 1.66:1 LPCM mono

• Ivan's Childhood | Blu Ray | (27/06/2016) from £16.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (33.36%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Andrei Tarkovsky's debut feature is an extraordinarily moving and powerful story of war and revenge. Determined to avenge his family's death at the hands of the Nazis, 12 year-old Ivan joins a Russian partisan regiment as a scout, where he becomes indispensable for his ability to slip unnoticed behind enemy lines. But, as his missions become increasingly dangerous, it is decided that he must be removed from the front line. Ivan resists and convinces his commanding officers to allow him to carry out one last expedition. Click Images to Enlarge

• Sculpting Time - The Andrei Tarkovsky Collection | DVD | (11/12/2017) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Disc 1 Ivan's Childhood 1962 Russian and German with English subtitles Running time: 94 mins Black and white 1.33:1 LPCM 2.0 Disc 2 Andrei Rublev 1966 Russian, Italian and Tatar with English subtitles Running time: 178 mins Black and white 2.35:1 LPCM 2.0 > Disc 3 Solaris 1972 Russian with English subtitles Running time: 166 mins Black and white/ colour 2.35:1 LPCM 2.0 Disc 4 Mirror 1973 Russian with English subtitles Running time: 105 mins Black and white/ colour 1.37:1 LPCM 2.0 Disc 5 Stalker 1979 Russian with English subtitles Running time: 162 mins Black and white/colour 1.33:1 LPCM Dual mono Disc 6 Nostalgia 1983 Russian and Italian with English subtitles Running time: 125 mins Black and white/ colour 1.66:1 LPCM 2.0 Disc 7 The Sacrifice 1986 English, Swedish and French with English subtitles Running time: 148 mins Audio commentary Colour 1.66:1 LPCM mono

• POINT BREAK (2015) (3D & 2D BL | Blu Ray | (28/07/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Verdi - Messa Da Requiem | DVD | (15/08/2005) from £15.79   |  Saving you £1.20 (7.60%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Acknowledged to be the finest Karajan recording of this overwhelming sacred masterpiece. This 1967 performance features four of the 20th century's greatest Verdi singers - Price Cossotto and Ghiaurov were at the peak of their careers while the young Pavarotti was still comparatively unknown (though not for long).

• Andrei Rublev | DVD | (11/07/2016) from £7.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Widely regarded as Andrei Tarkovsky's finest film, Andrei Rublev charts the life of the great icon painter through a turbulent period of 15th-century Russian history which was marked by endless fighting between rival Princes and Tatar invasions. Made on an epic scale, it does not flinch from portraying the savagery of the time, from which, almost inexplicably, the serenity of Rublev's art arose. The great set pieces the sack of Vladimir, the casting of the bell, the pagan ceremonies of St. John's Night and the Russian crucifixion - are tours-de-force of visceral filmmaking.

• Aeon Flux | DVD | (22/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Charlize Theron stars in this sci-fi spectacular based on the hit MTV series.

• Ivan's Childhood | Blu Ray | (29/01/2018) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  THE VISUALLY STUNNING FIRST MASTERPIECE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF SOLARIS The debut feature by the great ANDREI TARKOVSKY (Andrei Rublev), Ivan's Childhood is a poetic journey through the shards and shadows of one boy's war-ravaged youth. Moving back and forth between the traumatic realities of World War II and serene moments of family life before the conflict began, Tarkovsky's film remains one of the most jarring and unforgettable depictions of the impact of war on children. Special Edition Features: High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack Appreciation of filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky and Ivan's Childhood featuring Vida T. Johnson, co-author of The Films of Andrei Tarkovsky: A Visual Fugue Interviews with cinematographer Vadim Yusov and actor Nikolai Burlyaev PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Dina Iordanova; Between Two Films, Tarkovsky's essay on Ivan's Childhood; and Ivan's Willow, a poem by the director's father, Arseny Tarkovsky

• Don Quixote | DVD | (24/09/2012) from £11.59   |  Saving you £6.40 (55.22%)   |  RRP £17.99

  After years spent reading books of chivalry, a middle-aged Spanish gentleman (Nikolai Cherkassov) is convinced that he is the real-life knight-errant, Don Quixote de la Mancha. To this end, he commissions his battered horse Rocinante to be his steed and appoints fellow Manchegan Sancho Panza (Yuri Tolubeyev) to be his reluctant squire. Both Knight and Squire find themselves living anachronisms in 16th Century Spain, subject to constant humiliation and frequent defeat; safeguarded only by Sancho's good humour and Quixote's mad zeal. Don Quixote, made in 1957, is the first version of the novel in colour and CinemaScope, shot on location in the Crimean region. In adapting Cervantes, Grigori Kozintsev anticipates the style of his renowned Shakespeare adaptations (Hamlet, King Lear); crafting a film of comparable visual richness and poetic wit. The legendary Nikolai Cherkassov (Alexander Nevsky, Ivan the Terrible) adds a third to his roster of iconic screen roles with his stirring performance as the 'Knight of the Rueful Face.'

• Cirque Du Soleil - Vol. 3 - Alegria / La Nouba / Dralion / Saltimbanco | DVD | (31/01/2005) from £20.23   |  Saving you £9.76 (32.50%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Cirque Du Soleil - Alegria: A feature-length film starring the Cirque du Soleil Alegria is a beautifully filmed fantasy about the strange world inhabited by circus performers and their interpersonal relations. Veteran thespians Mako Langella and Cox provide the acting chops while members of the famed Canadian troupe do their inimitable thing. Cirque Du Soleil - La Nouba: Derived from the French expression ""faire la nouba "" which means ""to live it up "" the show lives u