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(aka "Celia: Child of Terror" )
directed by Ann Turner
Australia 1989
Celia (also known as Celia: Child of Terror) is a 1988 Australian drama film written and directed by Ann Turner. Set in rural Australia in the 1950s amidst the Red Scare and a rabbit plague, it stars Rebecca Smart as troubled nine year old Celia as the movie follows her descent into madness. Turner won the Grand Prix award at the 1989 Créteil International Women's Film Festival and for her part as Alice Tanner, Victoria Longley won the Best Actress in a Supporting Role award from the Australian Film Institute.
Set in mid 1950s Australia, with
the fear of communism in the air, Ann Turner's refreshingly
unsentimental debut feature depicts a long hot summer seen
through the eyes and over-active imagination of nine-year-old
Celia. Excerpt of review from Excerpt from theSecondRunDVD.com located HERE located HERE |
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Theatrical Release: May 18th, 1989 (Australia)
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Runtime | 1:38:42 (4% PAL speedup) | 1:42:52 | 1:43:19.208 |
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1.78:1 Original Aspect Ratio
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1.75:1 Original Aspect Ratio
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1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 48,463,991,783 bytesFeature: 30,323,976,192 bytesVideo Bitrate: 34.9 6 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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Audio | English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo |
English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo |
LPCM Audio English 2304 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit |
Subtitles | none | none | English, none |
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Chapters 12 |
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DVD Release Date: 26 February
25th, 2013 Chapters 16 |
Release Information: Studio: Second Run
1.85 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 48,463,991,783 bytesFeature: 30,323,976,192 bytesVideo Bitrate: 34.9 6 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details:
• Celia's World (2021): a new, exclusive and
expansive hour-long documentary on the film's background and legacy made
by specially for this release by Ann Turner. (1:01:23)
Standard Blu-ray Case Chapters 12 |
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NOTE: We have added 28 more large resolution Blu-ray captures (in lossless PNG format) for DVDBeaver Patrons HERE On their Blu-ray, Second Run use a linear PCM dual-mono track (24-bit) in the original English language. Celia has few aggressive moments but a score credited to Chris Neal, that is heightens the suspenseful 'imagination' sequences. On this Region FREE Blu-ray Second Run offer optional English subtitles. The Second Run Blu-ray has some great extras - additional to their own 2009 DVD. Celia's World is a new (2021), hour-long exclusive and expansive documentary on the film's background and legacy made by specially for this release by Ann Turner. It's filled with input form many and is a detailed examination of the film 30+ years later. Second Run include the same 1/4 hour filmed interview with director Ann Turner that was found on their previous DVD. New is There's Something About ‘Celia’ - a 20-minute conversation with Alexander Heller-Nicholas, author of 1000 Women in Horror and Maria Lewis at the Australian Centre for Moving Image, Melbourne. It is revealing. There is also an extensive photo gallery and the package still has the booklet featuring essays by film historian Michael Brooke and professor Joy Damousi, and ‘The Hobyahs’, a traditional folktale featured in the film. Ohhh to have an Adrian Martin commentary to go along - but alas not provided. Indeed, there is 'something about Celia'. The character's fruitful and dark imagination is misunderstood, but fascinating in her odd and intriguing maturation process. Subtle, and not so subtle, themes of communism and its relationship to the exploding rabbit population in Australia - both inciting fear - all expressed as a balance to the awkwardness of Celia's coming-of-age in Ann Turner's delightfully layered debut feature. Second Run's world-premiere, Region FREE, Blu-ray is a must own - for the films wonderful unique qualities, the remarkable advancement in a/v, plus the new documentary and edifying conversation supplements. Plus the liner notes booklet and previous Ann Turner interview. This has our highest recommendation! *** (February 2013) Scorpion
Releasing's dual-layer, progressive, anamorphic transfer appears
to be derived from the same master as the Second Run edition
(and presumably the Australian disc). Extras have been carried
over from the region 4 Australian release, including a vintage
TV show profile of the film and brief interview with the
director (much better than the equivalent sound-byte interviews
on American "entertainment shows") as well as a more recent
audio interview with the director in which she discusses the
scape-goating metaphors in the film. The British disc features a
different on-camera interview with the director as well as a
sixteen-page booklet. The transfer,
obviously representative of the source material is one of the
better from Second Run - detail is strong - noise minimal and
there is even some grain visible. I had no issues with the 1.78
framed image. |
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