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(aka "Daughter of Horror")
Directed by John Parker
USA 1955
A woman's nightmare of murder, maiming and mistrust proves to be more than a
mere dream, in John Parker's influential horror. ***
Dementia is a 1955 American black-and-white experimental horror film film
produced, written, and directed by John Parker, and starring Adrienne Barrett
and Bruno Ve Sota. The film, which contains no dialogue, follows a young woman's
nightmarish experiences during a single night in Los Angeles's skid row.
Stylistically, it incorporates elements of horror, film noir, and expressionist
film. Excerpt from Wikipedia located HERE |
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Theatrical Release: December 22nd, 1955
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Review: BFI - Region 'B' - Blu-ray
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Runtime | 0:56:01.983 | |
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1.33 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 35,515,558,761 bytesFeature: 16,492,401,408 bytesVideo Bitrate: 34.81 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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2304 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps |
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Subtitles | English (SDH), None | |
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Release Information: Studio: BFI
1.33 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 35,515,558,761 bytesFeature: 16,492,401,408 bytesVideo Bitrate: 34.81 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details:
• Newly recorded audio commentary by film critic and editor-in-chief of
Diabolique magazine, Kat Ellinger Second disc DVD
Standard Blu-ray Case Chapters 12 |
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The presentation starts with this text: "EN GARDE! Art is a medium for the transmission of emotions. It is not difficult then to determine, for yourself at least, whether a work of art has failed or succeeded. It was intended for YOU (italicize this last word). YOU italicized) are the only judge. I (italicized) en-joyed DEMENTIA. It stirred my blood, purged my libido. The circuit was completed. The work was a work of art. Whether YOU (italicized) like it or not will depend entirely upon the permeability of your emotional shell, your idioplasm and your previous conditions of servitude. It is not important. PRESTON STURGES Hollywood, 1953 "
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BFI use a linear PCM dual-mono track (24-bit) - there is no dialogue.
The audio is almost exclusively the score by
George Antheil
The BFI
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NOTE: (sent in
email): "Hello. I wish to submit a correction to your Blu-Ray review
for "Dementia."
From 2015 is a Before & After: restoring
Dementia running just over 3-minutes. It is a series of short
split-screen clips from Dementia that illustrate the work done by the
Cohen Film Collection for their 2015 restoration. There is a 2015
re-issue Dementia trailer and a 1957 Daughter of Horror
trailer plus there is an image gallery. There is a second disc DVD
included. For the first pressing there is a fully illustrated booklet
with new essays by Ian Schultz and the BFI's William Fowler and Vic
Pratt.
John Parker's Dementia is a wonderful
'experimental' 'Indie-feel' horror - heavy-handed in its social
commentary and Freudian symbols, but brilliant in evoking
Film Noir and a precursor to many horror film yet to come. I
loved it. The package is a must-own with the stunning restoration
improvement, the Kat Ellinger commentary and other extras. The BFI
Blu-ray
has our highest recommendation! |
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