The Great Silence Blu-ray Dated and Detailed
Few Blu-rays are as highly anticipated as the 50th anniversary restoration of the landmark Euro-Western The Great Silence. Sergio Corbucci’s 1968 film is considered by many critics and film lovers to be the greatest Italian Western not to be directed by Sergio Leone. Additionally, the score, by the great Ennio Morricone, is one of the composer’s absolute best. Personally, I think this upcoming Blu-ray is an essential purchase for video collectors.
Today, the boutique label Film Movement announced that the Blu-ray will be released on June 5th, and preorders are already being taken on Amazon here: The Great Silence [Blu-ray]
Here are the full details regarding the upcoming release, including a list of special features:
Synopsis: On an unforgiving, snow-swept frontier, a group of bloodthirsty bounty hunters, led by the vicious Loco (Klaus Kinski, Nosferatu the Vampyre) prey on a band of persecuted outlaws who have taken to the hills. As the price on each head is collected one-by-one, only a mute gunslinger named Silence (Jean-Louis Trintignant, The Conformist) stands between the innocent refugees and the greed and corruption that the bounty hunters represent. But, in this harsh, brutal world, the lines between right and wrong aren’t always clear and good doesn’t always triumph.
Featuring superb photography and a haunting score from maestro Ennio Morricone, director Sergio Corbucci’s (Django, Companeros) bleak, brilliant and violent vision of an immoral, honorless west is widely considered to be among the very best and most influential Euro-Westerns ever made.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW 2K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
- Cox on Corbucci – filmmaker and author Alex Cox (Repo Man) surveys Sergio Corbucci’s career and how The Great Silence fits within the maestro’s oeuvre.
- Western, Italian Style – This 1968 documentary on Italian westerns includes prime behind the scenes footage of The Great Silence.
- Two never-before-seen alternate endings, including the option to play one of the alternate endings with Alex Cox commentary.
- The Great Silence original theatrical trailer.
- The Great Silence 2018 theatrical trailer.
- Italian and English language versions.
- Ending the Silence – a new essay about The Great Silence by film critic Simon Abrams.
