Arbelos, a Los Angeles-based boutique movie distribution firm, has acquired North American rights to the brand new 4K restoration of Béla Tarr collaborator György Fehér’s landmark however lengthy unseen Hungarian masterpiece “Twilight” (“Szürkület”). The restored model of the movie world premiered within the Berlinale’s Classics strand on Monday. Hungary’s National Film Institute dealt with the sale.
Fehér, who made solely two theatrical options, shot the black-and-white movie on the finish of the Eighties. Based on the crime novella “The Pledge” by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, it’s the story of a retired detective who makes use of a lady as bait to attempt to catch a serial killer.
The 4K restoration, utilizing the unique 35mm digital camera adverse and magnetic sound tapes, was carried out at Hungary’s National Film Institute. The shade grading was supervised by the movie’s cinematographer, Miklós Gurbán.
The movie premiered in competitors on the Locarno Film Festival in 1990, and received the Bronze Leopard for Gurbán’s camerawork. Fehér’s different theatrical movie was “Passion,” which performed in Cannes in 1998 within the Un Certain Regard part.
“‘Twilight’ is a uncommon and important gem that’s lengthy been excessive on the record of titles we’ve hoped to re-release,” Arbelos co-founder Ei Toshinari mentioned. “We’re proud to proceed our path-breaking partnership with National Film Institute, bringing restored Hungarian masterpieces to North American audiences.”
Arbelos will launch the movie with a theatrical tour within the fall, adopted by streaming and particular version Blu-ray releases.
Arbelos additionally gave 4K releases to Béla Tarr’s “Satantango” (1994) and “Damnation” (1988), Marcell Jankovics’ “Son of the White Mare” (1981) and “Janos Vitez” (1973), Nina Menkes’ “Queen of Diamonds” (1991), and “The Juniper Tree” (1991), starring Björk.
Past releases additionally embrace new 4K restorations and re-releases of Dennis Hopper’s “The Last Movie” (1971), Wendell Harris’s “Chameleon Street” (1990) and Toshio Matsumoto’s “Funeral Parade of Roses” (1969).
