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S E A R C H D V D B e a v e r |
(aka "Full Circle" or "The Haunting of Julia" or "Full Circle - The Haunting of Julia")
Directed by Richard Loncraine
UK 1977
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Based on the novel Julia by Peter Straub, Full Circle is a highly regarded, long-vanished, evocatively eerie cult chiller, newly restored in 4K resolution. Bereaved mother Julia (Mia Farrow, Rosemary’s Baby) flees controlling husband Magnus (Keir Dullea, Black Christmas), re-establishing herself in an old house in leafy West London. Yet she finds herself haunted by apparitions of a ghostly blonde-haired child, sending her on a strange journey of self-discovery - with dreadful consequences. Long requested by fans, the BFI is delighted to bring Full Circle to UK audiences as a limited edition 4K UHD and Blu-ray dual format release. *** After the death of her daughter, wealthy housewife Julia Lofting abruptly leaves her husband and moves into an old Victorian home in London to re-start her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the sadness of losing her own child and the ghosts of other children. |
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Theatrical Release: September 11th, 1977(San Sebastián Film Festival)
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Review: BFI (Flipside # 045) - Region FREE - 4K UHD
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| Distribution | BFI (Flipside # 045) - Region FREE - 4K UHD | |
| Runtime | 1:37:06.750 | |
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2.39:1 2160P 4K Ultra HD Disc Size: 94,794,455,263 bytesFeature: 74,067,472,704 bytesVideo Bitrate: 94.66 MbpsCodec: HEVC Video |
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LPCM Audio English
2304 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -30dB |
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| Subtitles | English (SDH), None | |
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Release Information: Studio: BFI
2.39:1 2160P 4K Ultra HD Disc Size: 94,794,455,263 bytesFeature: 74,067,472,704 bytesVideo Bitrate: 94.66 MbpsCodec: HEVC Video
Edition Details: 4K Ultra HD disc
• Newly recorded introduction by director Richard
Loncraine (2023 - 0:34)
BFI - Region 'B' - Blu-ray • Same as 4K
Black 4K Ultra HD Case Chapters 10 |
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Barbarella
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The Last Picture Show
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Frenzy
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American Graffiti
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East End Hustle (software uniformly simulated HDR),
Three Days of the Condor
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Fascination
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Lips of Blood
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The Others
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It Came From Outer Space
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Don't Look Now
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Rosemary's Baby
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The Last Wave
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The Train
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Trial
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Walkabout
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Black Magic Rites,
The Night of the Hunted
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Rape of the Vampire
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Gorgo
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Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
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The Man From Hong Kong
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
One False Move,
The Tall T
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Cold Eyes of Fear (software uniformly simulated HDR),
Rules of the Game
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The Manchurian Candidate
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
After Hours,
Rain Man
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The Changeling
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The Night of the Hunter
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12 Angry Men
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Branded to Kill
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Picnic at Hanging Rock
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Two Orphan Vampires
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Drowning By Number
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Serpico
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
Cool Hand Luke
(software uniformly simulated HDR),
The Seventh Seal
(software uniformly simulated HDR), The Maltese Falcon
(software uniformly simulated HDR).
On their
4K UHD, BFI use a linear PCM
dual-mono track (24-bit) in the original English language.
The film features a mysterious, creep-inducing, score by Colin Towns (The
Puppet Masters,
Born
of Fire, Rawhead
Rex) that adds a layer of spookiness while remaining authentically flat.
Dialogue is imperfect, showing its age - and perhaps like the image
quality - intentionally a bit scattered or less-precise - opening the
door to... whispered possibilities? How can we know?
The
4K UHD
disc offers optional English (SDH) subtitles - and is, like all
4K UHD, region FREE,
playable worldwide. The
second disc
Blu-ray,
is region 'B'-locked.
There are plentiful
extras on both discs and the
4K UHD is stacked
starting with the choice of a brief intro to the presentation by director
Richard Loncraine and the option of a new audio commentary with him and film
historian Simon Fitzjohn. The latter's enthusiasm seems to balance
Loncraine's humble modesty about
"Full Circle".
Plenty of facts and opinions surface and it's a revealing and worthy listen.
A Holland Park Haunting is a newly recorded 25-minute interview with
Loncraine as production details are mentioned. Nice to see the
mid-70's director's participation in the
4K UHD
package. What’s That Noise?
is a newly recorded 25-minute interview with composer Colin Towns - his
inspirations for the score and career details. Coming Full Circle has
82-year-old actor Tom Conti recalls his humble horror beginnings in a new
dozen-minute interview. The Fear of Growing Up spends 10-minutes with
Samantha Gates as she revisits her work as a child actor in Full Circle
an her memories of making the film. A Haunting Retrospective is a
wonderful new 25-minute video essay by author and critic Kim Newman who
discusses the Peter Straub source novel, Mia and tangential genre films.
Park Life is a 1/4 hour pice with film historian and self-confessed Full
Circle ‘anorak’ Simon Fitzjohn who takes us on a windswept,
rain-spattered trek across London in search of key locations from the film.
Joining The Circle is a seven-minute archival interview with
associate producer Hugh Harlow from 2015. Images of a Haunting offers
a selection of rare materials related to the film and collected over many
years are presented along with an audio commentary by their owner Simon
Fitzjohn and there is also a gallery collection of stills held by the BFI
National Archive. The package has a reversible sleeve featuring alternative
design and an illustrated booklet featuring an introduction by Richard
Loncraine, plus new writing on the film by Simon Fitzjohn and on Loncraine
by the BFI’s Dr. Josephine Botting.
Richard Loncraine's "Full Circle" grows on you in repeated
exposure. Mia Farrow echoes her frailty in
Rosemary’s Baby - also having a husband without her best interests in
mind. "Full Circle" may evoke Roeg's
Don't Look Now to some - with the hauntings of a lost-child tragedy
and an elderly female 'seer'. The deeper I got into the film, the more I
enjoyed its psychological horror tropes including a séance 'circle', the
eerie Victorian home in London, a string of dying characters close to the
protagonist, and Loncraine's supernatural subtleties thrown about with
gentle precision. It would be fairly easy to say "Full Circle" is
underrated and under-seen. It's a bit of a surprise for
4K UHD
- simultaneously appearing on both sides of the pond sparking debates
about a clandestine co-production
4K
project. But if your expectations are in-check this can be a rewarding
70's supernatural film experience as many of our balloters gave it the nod
in in our
year-end poll. Perhaps equally as exciting is that this is
BFI's first 'Flipside'
4K UHD
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