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Swiss director Jean-Louis Roy's long-lost mid-1960s Cold War super-spy thriller is a marvelous and surreal hall of mirrors, part-DR. STRANGELOVE, part-ALPHAVILLE, with sly nods to British TV shows like THE AVENGERS and DOCTOR WHO. The film stars a Who's Who of great Sixties character actors starting with the unforgettable Daniel Emilfork (THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, THE DEVIL'S NIGHTMARE) as crazed scientist Herbert Von Krantz, who's invented a device to sterilize all nuclear weapons. A mad herd of rival spies are desperate to get their hands on the device, including legendary French singer Serge Gainsbourg as the leader of a sect of bald, turtleneck-wearing assassins, and Jess Franco vet Howard Vernon (THE AWFUL DR. ORLOF). Gainsbourg's deranged jazz-lounge song, Bye Bye Mr. Spy â performed by him on a funeral parlor organ, no less â is arguably the film's high point. An accomplished spy is at the same time psychologist, artist, funambulist, conjurer, to quote one of the characters â and the same could be said of Roy's exotic camera obscura of B&W Cold War paranoia. With Marie-France Boyer (Agnes Varda's LE BONHEUR).EXCLUSIVE NEW 4K RESTORATION from the original 35mm picture and sound elements by CinĂ©mathĂšque suisse with additional digital restoration by Craig Rogers of Deaf CrocodileNew Commentary by film journalist Samm Deighan (Diabolique magazine, Daughters of Darkness podcast)New Booklet essay by filmmaker, punk musician and poet, and genre expert Chris D. (The Flesh Eaters; author of Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film)New interview with Francoise Roy, wife of director Jean-Louis Roy, and Michel Schopfer, first assistant director on THE UNKNOWN MAN OF SHANDIGOR (17 min., in Swiss French with English subtitles)Ultra-rare 1967 making of documentary from Swiss TV's Cinema VIF show, featuring interviews with director Jean-Louis Roy, cast members Daniel Emilfork, Jacques Dufilho, and Marie-France Boyer, and behind-the-scenes footage (28 min., in Swiss French with English subtitles)Restored original trailer (4 min., in French with English subtitles)Inside cover artworkEnglish SDH subtitles
The Unknown Man of Shandigor (US Import)
Swiss director Jean-Louis Roy's long-lost mid-1960s Cold War super-spy thriller is a marvelous and surreal hall of mirrors, part-DR. STRANGELOVE, part-ALPHAVILLE, with sly nods to British TV shows like THE AVENGERS and DOCTOR WHO. The film stars a Who's Who of great Sixties character actors starting with the unforgettable Daniel Emilfork (THE CITY OF LOST CHILDREN, THE DEVIL'S NIGHTMARE) as crazed scientist Herbert Von Krantz, who's invented a device to sterilize all nuclear weapons. A mad herd of rival spies are desperate to get their hands on the device, including legendary French singer Serge Gainsbourg as the leader of a sect of bald, turtleneck-wearing assassins, and Jess Franco vet Howard Vernon (THE AWFUL DR. ORLOF). Gainsbourg's deranged jazz-lounge song, Bye Bye Mr. Spy â performed by him on a funeral parlor organ, no less â is arguably the film's high point. An accomplished spy is at the same time psychologist, artist, funambulist, conjurer, to quote one of the characters â and the same could be said of Roy's exotic camera obscura of B&W Cold War paranoia. With Marie-France Boyer (Agnes Varda's LE BONHEUR).EXCLUSIVE NEW 4K RESTORATION from the original 35mm picture and sound elements by CinĂ©mathĂšque suisse with additional digital restoration by Craig Rogers of Deaf CrocodileNew Commentary by film journalist Samm Deighan (Diabolique magazine, Daughters of Darkness podcast)New Booklet essay by filmmaker, punk musician and poet, and genre expert Chris D. (The Flesh Eaters; author of Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film)New interview with Francoise Roy, wife of director Jean-Louis Roy, and Michel Schopfer, first assistant director on THE UNKNOWN MAN OF SHANDIGOR (17 min., in Swiss French with English subtitles)Ultra-rare 1967 making of documentary from Swiss TV's Cinema VIF show, featuring interviews with director Jean-Louis Roy, cast members Daniel Emilfork, Jacques Dufilho, and Marie-France Boyer, and behind-the-scenes footage (28 min., in Swiss French with English subtitles)Restored original trailer (4 min., in French with English subtitles)Inside cover artworkEnglish SDH subtitles
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