Extras:

• Commentary from Director Curtis Harrington and Actor Dennis Hopper
• Extended 2-part interview with Director Curtis Harrington by David Del Valle (25:37 + 21:16)
• Original Theatrical Trailer (2:17)

DISC ONE: NIGHT TIDE
• Audio commentary with writer-director Curtis Harrington and actor Dennis Hopper (1998)
• Audio commentary with writer and film programmer Tony Rayns (2020)
• Harrington on Harrington (2018, 24:39): wide-ranging archival interview with the filmmaker
• Sinister Image: Curtis Harrington (1987, 57:17): two episodes from David Del Valle's series devoted to cult cinematic figures in conversation, featuring a career-spanning interview with the director
• Original theatrical trailer (2:17)
• Image gallery: publicity and promotional material

DISC TWO: DREAM LOGIC: THE SHORT FILMS OF CURTIS HARRINGTON (LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE DISC)
• Eight short films spanning Harrington's seven decades as a filmmaker, including experimental works, documentaries and his career-bookending Edgar Allan Poe adaptations: The Fall of the House of Usher (1942, 9:59); Fragment of Seeking (1946, 13:41); Picnic (1948, 22:19); On the Edge (1949, 6:12); The Assignation (1953, 7:31); The Wormwood Star (1956, 10:01); The Four Elements (1966, 12:39); Usher (2002, 36:42)
• Image gallery: production photography and a rare selection from Harrington's personal collection
• Limited edition exclusive 80-page book featuring new writing on Night Tide by Paul Duane, Curtis Harrington on Night Tide and the short films, archival articles by Harrington on horror cinema, experimental films and the making of Picnic, an overview of critical responses, Peter Conheim on the restoration of Night Tide, and film credits
• Limited edition exclusive set of five facsimile lobby cards

The Film:

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Included is a commentary from director Curtis Harrington and star Dennis Hopper. Both are deceased and this discussion took place a few years hence. It's quite light - lots of reminiscences and a few laughs. Also added as a supplement is an extended 2-part interview with Harrington by David Del Valle from his Sinister Image series. It runs shy of 50-minutes and is more fruitful discussion expanding upon techniques, themes, budget etc. Lastly is an original theatrical trailer for Night Tide and two other Kino Blu-ray films.

Indicator repeat the 1998 Harrington and Hopper commentary and 1987's hour-long Sinister Image: Curtis Harrington with two episodes from David Del Valle's series devoted to cult cinematic figures in conversation, featuring a career-spanning interview with the director. It appears to be 10-minutes longer than the one on the Kino. Indicator add the 2018-produced, 25-minute, Harrington on Harrington a wide-ranging archival interview with the filmmaker. Also included on the feature disc is a new audio commentary with writer and film programmer Tony Rayns from 2020. Tony Rayns immediately informs us that this would not be his usual commentary with analysis etc. as Night Tide is not that type of film. Regardless, he provides incredibly in-depth details, ex. that Floyd Crosby (musician David Crosby's father) shot some of the sequences (uncredited.) He talks about the genesis of the film and Harrington's career with comparisons to Kenneth Anger, Peter Lorre potentially acting in Night Tide, its thematic links to Cat People, odd jobs with Roger Corman and much more. There is also a trailer and still gallery of publicity and promotional material on the first Blu-ray.

There is a second Blu-ray that contains eight short films spanning Harrington's seven decades as a filmmaker, including experimental works, and documentaries short films by Curtis Harrington. These include the film made when he was 14-years of age (in high school); The Fall of the House of Usher from 1942 running 10-minutes. Fragment of Seeking is 13-minutes from 1946 about a man seeking to find himself by exploring his sexuality. Picnic is from 1948 running 22-minutes portraying the idealistic dream-quest of the protagonist, from which he is finally rebuked. On the Edge runs 6-minutes from 1949. In it a woman sits knitting on the porch of her home when a man appears and takes the knitting from her. The Assignation was made a few years later. Long considered lost, it was Curtis Harrington's first color film. It was shot in Venice, Italy, and follows a masked figure through the labyrinthine canals of the city, building to a spectacular climax. The Wormwood Star is from 1956, running 10-minutes. A short film about the paintings of the actress and artist Cameron (Marjorie Cameron) who plays the 'Water Witch' in Night Tide. The Four Elements was made in1966, running over a dozen minutes. It is a poetic and avant-garde documentary made for the United States Information Agency. Usher runs 27-minutes from 2002. In it a young female writer, Truman Jones, travels to the home of old, eccentric poet Roderick Usher. She is seeking wisdom from an aging poet at his creepy mansion. This disc also has an image gallery: of production photography and a rare selection from Harrington's personal collection and the package has a limited edition exclusive 80-page book featuring new writing on Night Tide by Paul Duane, Curtis Harrington on Night Tide and the short films, archival articles by Harrington on horror cinema, experimental films and the making of Picnic, an overview of critical responses, Peter Conheim on the restoration of Night Tide, and film credits plus an exclusive set of five facsimile lobby cards. Brilliant!

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