Marlene Dietrich & Josef Von Sternberg at Paramount 1930-1935 (Limited Edition, Region B)
The collaboration between filmmaker Josef von Sternberg and actress Marlene Dietrich is one of the most enduring in all Hollywood cinema. Tasked by Paramount bosses to find āthe next big thingā, director von Sternberg lighted upon German silent star Dietrich and brought her to Hollywood. Successfully transitioning from the silent to the sound era, together they crafted a series of remarkable features that expressed a previously hitherto unbridled ecstasy in the process of filmmaking itself. Marked by striking cinematography, beautiful design and elaborate camerawork these vibrantly sensuous films redefined cinema of the time, while Dietrichās sexually ambiguous on-screen personas caused a sensation and turned her from actor to superstar and icon. Lavish, lascivious and wildly eccentric, the films Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich made for Paramount Pictures in the 1930s provide a unique testimony to Hollywoodās Golden Age.
The six films that von Sternberg made with Dietrich in Hollywood are presented here in new restorations on Blu-ray for the very first time in the UK. Containing a wealth of new and archival extras ā including new appreciations, interviews, audio commentaries, rare films, outtakes and deleted audio, documentariesā¦ and more! This collectionĀ is strictly limited to 6,000 units.
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES
- 2K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film critics Samm Deighan and Kat Ellinger (2019)
- Introduction by Nicholas von SternbergĀ (2019, 11 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discussesĀ MoroccoĀ as well as his fatherās early film career
- The Art of Josef von SternbergĀ (2019, 10 mins): Nicholas von Sternberg reflects on his fatherās work in painting and sculpture
- Lux Radio Theatre: āThe Legionnaire and the LadyāĀ (1936, 59 mins): radio adaptation ofĀ Morocco, starring Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- 4K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Introduction by Nicholas von SternbergĀ (2019, 12 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discussesĀ Dishonored
- Josef von Sternberg, a RetrospectiveĀ (1969, 78 mins): feature-length television documentary by the acclaimed Belgian filmmaker Harry KĆ¼mel, containing rare interview footage with von Sternberg
- āI did what he told me to do.āĀ (2019, 17 mins): video essay on the films of Marlene Dietrich and Josef von Sternberg by film historian Tag Gallagher
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- 4K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with critic and film historian David Thompson (2019)
- Introduction by Nicholas von SternbergĀ (2019, 4 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discussesĀ Shanghai Express
- Trouble in HollywoodĀ (2019, 24 mins): writer and filmmaker Jasper Sharp explores the life and career of actor Anna May Wong
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- 4K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film and arts critic Adrian Martin (2019)
- Introduction by Nicholas von SternbergĀ (2019, 7 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discussesĀ Blonde Venus
- Dietrich, a Queer IconĀ (2019, 25 mins): So Mayer, author ofĀ Political Animals: The New Feminist Cinema, analyses the queer iconography and legacy of Marlene Dietrich
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- 4K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with writer and film programmer Tony Rayns (2019)
- Introduction by Nicholas von SternbergĀ (2019, 7 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discussesĀ The Scarlet Empress
- Josef von Sternberg: An IntroductionĀ (2009, 75 mins): archival audio recording of von Sternbergās biographer John Baxter exploring the directorās career in an event conducted at Londonās BFI Southbank
- The Twilight of an AngelĀ (2012, 54 mins): Dominique Leebās acclaimed French television documentary on Marlene Dietrichās final years
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- 4K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Introduction by Nicholas von SternbergĀ (2019, 9 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discussesĀ The Devil Is a Woman
- The Fashion Side of HollywoodĀ (1935, 11 mins): Paramount Pictures promotional film featuring acclaimed costume designer and long-time Marlene Dietrich collaborator Travis Banton
- Styling the StarsĀ (2019, 23 mins): film historian Nathalie Morris explores the costume designs of Dietrich and von Sternbergās Hollywood films
- If It Isnāt Pain (Then It Isnāt Love)Ā (1935, 3 mins): surviving audio from a deleted musical number
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- Limited edition exclusive 120-page book with a new essay by Pamela Hutchinson, archival articles, a critical archive, and film credits
- Limited edition of 6,000Ā individually numbered units
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$49.00Marlene Dietrich & Josef Von Sternberg at Paramount 1930-1935 (Limited Edition, Region B)
The collaboration between filmmaker Josef von Sternberg and actress Marlene Dietrich is one of the most enduring in all Hollywood cinema. Tasked by Paramount bosses to find āthe next big thingā, director von Sternberg lighted upon German silent star Dietrich and brought her to Hollywood. Successfully transitioning from the silent to the sound era, together they crafted a series of remarkable features that expressed a previously hitherto unbridled ecstasy in the process of filmmaking itself. Marked by striking cinematography, beautiful design and elaborate camerawork these vibrantly sensuous films redefined cinema of the time, while Dietrichās sexually ambiguous on-screen personas caused a sensation and turned her from actor to superstar and icon. Lavish, lascivious and wildly eccentric, the films Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich made for Paramount Pictures in the 1930s provide a unique testimony to Hollywoodās Golden Age.
The six films that von Sternberg made with Dietrich in Hollywood are presented here in new restorations on Blu-ray for the very first time in the UK. Containing a wealth of new and archival extras ā including new appreciations, interviews, audio commentaries, rare films, outtakes and deleted audio, documentariesā¦ and more! This collectionĀ is strictly limited to 6,000 units.
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES
- 2K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film critics Samm Deighan and Kat Ellinger (2019)
- Introduction by Nicholas von SternbergĀ (2019, 11 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discussesĀ MoroccoĀ as well as his fatherās early film career
- The Art of Josef von SternbergĀ (2019, 10 mins): Nicholas von Sternberg reflects on his fatherās work in painting and sculpture
- Lux Radio Theatre: āThe Legionnaire and the LadyāĀ (1936, 59 mins): radio adaptation ofĀ Morocco, starring Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- 4K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Introduction by Nicholas von SternbergĀ (2019, 12 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discussesĀ Dishonored
- Josef von Sternberg, a RetrospectiveĀ (1969, 78 mins): feature-length television documentary by the acclaimed Belgian filmmaker Harry KĆ¼mel, containing rare interview footage with von Sternberg
- āI did what he told me to do.āĀ (2019, 17 mins): video essay on the films of Marlene Dietrich and Josef von Sternberg by film historian Tag Gallagher
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- 4K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with critic and film historian David Thompson (2019)
- Introduction by Nicholas von SternbergĀ (2019, 4 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discussesĀ Shanghai Express
- Trouble in HollywoodĀ (2019, 24 mins): writer and filmmaker Jasper Sharp explores the life and career of actor Anna May Wong
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- 4K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film and arts critic Adrian Martin (2019)
- Introduction by Nicholas von SternbergĀ (2019, 7 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discussesĀ Blonde Venus
- Dietrich, a Queer IconĀ (2019, 25 mins): So Mayer, author ofĀ Political Animals: The New Feminist Cinema, analyses the queer iconography and legacy of Marlene Dietrich
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- 4K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with writer and film programmer Tony Rayns (2019)
- Introduction by Nicholas von SternbergĀ (2019, 7 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discussesĀ The Scarlet Empress
- Josef von Sternberg: An IntroductionĀ (2009, 75 mins): archival audio recording of von Sternbergās biographer John Baxter exploring the directorās career in an event conducted at Londonās BFI Southbank
- The Twilight of an AngelĀ (2012, 54 mins): Dominique Leebās acclaimed French television documentary on Marlene Dietrichās final years
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- 4K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Introduction by Nicholas von SternbergĀ (2019, 9 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discussesĀ The Devil Is a Woman
- The Fashion Side of HollywoodĀ (1935, 11 mins): Paramount Pictures promotional film featuring acclaimed costume designer and long-time Marlene Dietrich collaborator Travis Banton
- Styling the StarsĀ (2019, 23 mins): film historian Nathalie Morris explores the costume designs of Dietrich and von Sternbergās Hollywood films
- If It Isnāt Pain (Then It Isnāt Love)Ā (1935, 3 mins): surviving audio from a deleted musical number
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- Limited edition exclusive 120-page book with a new essay by Pamela Hutchinson, archival articles, a critical archive, and film credits
- Limited edition of 6,000Ā individually numbered units
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The collaboration between filmmaker Josef von Sternberg and actress Marlene Dietrich is one of the most enduring in all Hollywood cinema. Tasked by Paramount bosses to find āthe next big thingā, director von Sternberg lighted upon German silent star Dietrich and brought her to Hollywood. Successfully transitioning from the silent to the sound era, together they crafted a series of remarkable features that expressed a previously hitherto unbridled ecstasy in the process of filmmaking itself. Marked by striking cinematography, beautiful design and elaborate camerawork these vibrantly sensuous films redefined cinema of the time, while Dietrichās sexually ambiguous on-screen personas caused a sensation and turned her from actor to superstar and icon. Lavish, lascivious and wildly eccentric, the films Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich made for Paramount Pictures in the 1930s provide a unique testimony to Hollywoodās Golden Age.
The six films that von Sternberg made with Dietrich in Hollywood are presented here in new restorations on Blu-ray for the very first time in the UK. Containing a wealth of new and archival extras ā including new appreciations, interviews, audio commentaries, rare films, outtakes and deleted audio, documentariesā¦ and more! This collectionĀ is strictly limited to 6,000 units.
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES
- 2K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film critics Samm Deighan and Kat Ellinger (2019)
- Introduction by Nicholas von SternbergĀ (2019, 11 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discussesĀ MoroccoĀ as well as his fatherās early film career
- The Art of Josef von SternbergĀ (2019, 10 mins): Nicholas von Sternberg reflects on his fatherās work in painting and sculpture
- Lux Radio Theatre: āThe Legionnaire and the LadyāĀ (1936, 59 mins): radio adaptation ofĀ Morocco, starring Marlene Dietrich and Clark Gable
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- 4K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Introduction by Nicholas von SternbergĀ (2019, 12 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discussesĀ Dishonored
- Josef von Sternberg, a RetrospectiveĀ (1969, 78 mins): feature-length television documentary by the acclaimed Belgian filmmaker Harry KĆ¼mel, containing rare interview footage with von Sternberg
- āI did what he told me to do.āĀ (2019, 17 mins): video essay on the films of Marlene Dietrich and Josef von Sternberg by film historian Tag Gallagher
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- 4K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with critic and film historian David Thompson (2019)
- Introduction by Nicholas von SternbergĀ (2019, 4 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discussesĀ Shanghai Express
- Trouble in HollywoodĀ (2019, 24 mins): writer and filmmaker Jasper Sharp explores the life and career of actor Anna May Wong
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- 4K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film and arts critic Adrian Martin (2019)
- Introduction by Nicholas von SternbergĀ (2019, 7 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discussesĀ Blonde Venus
- Dietrich, a Queer IconĀ (2019, 25 mins): So Mayer, author ofĀ Political Animals: The New Feminist Cinema, analyses the queer iconography and legacy of Marlene Dietrich
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- 4K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with writer and film programmer Tony Rayns (2019)
- Introduction by Nicholas von SternbergĀ (2019, 7 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discussesĀ The Scarlet Empress
- Josef von Sternberg: An IntroductionĀ (2009, 75 mins): archival audio recording of von Sternbergās biographer John Baxter exploring the directorās career in an event conducted at Londonās BFI Southbank
- The Twilight of an AngelĀ (2012, 54 mins): Dominique Leebās acclaimed French television documentary on Marlene Dietrichās final years
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- 4K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Introduction by Nicholas von SternbergĀ (2019, 9 mins): the son of Josef von Sternberg discussesĀ The Devil Is a Woman
- The Fashion Side of HollywoodĀ (1935, 11 mins): Paramount Pictures promotional film featuring acclaimed costume designer and long-time Marlene Dietrich collaborator Travis Banton
- Styling the StarsĀ (2019, 23 mins): film historian Nathalie Morris explores the costume designs of Dietrich and von Sternbergās Hollywood films
- If It Isnāt Pain (Then It Isnāt Love)Ā (1935, 3 mins): surviving audio from a deleted musical number
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- Limited edition exclusive 120-page book with a new essay by Pamela Hutchinson, archival articles, a critical archive, and film credits
- Limited edition of 6,000Ā individually numbered units
