Crosstalk (US Import BLU-RAY)
Confined by his mysterious employers to a luxury high-rise apartment, wheelchair-bound computer programmer Ed Ballinger (Gary Day), attempts to correct a malfunction in the I-500 – the world’s most sophisticated surveillance system. Confronted by increasingly bizarre readouts, he discovers that not only is the computer’s intelligence growing – but it has witnessed a vicious murder!
Ed becomes obsessed with solving the crime – and soon both man and machine are plunged into a vortex of technological horror…
Boasting a pulse-pounding, blood-soaked finale and one of Ozploitation cinema’s most iconic jolt moments (featuring a severed head in a washing machine), Crosstalk is a stylish cinematic blend of Hitchcock, Kubrick and Italian giallo shocks.
Crosstalk is presented in a new 2K transfer approved by the film’s cinematographer, Vincent Monton (Long Weekend, Roadgames), showcasing all of its neon lit anamorphic widescreen visuals – and cementing its reputation as Ozploitation’s premiere hi-tech thriller of the 1980s.
directed by: Mark Egerton, Keith Salvat
starring: Gary Day, Penny Downie, John Ewart
1982 / 83 min / 2.35:1 / English Dolby Digital 2.0
Additional info:
- Region A Blu-ray
- REAR WINDOW MEETS 2001 – a visual essay from screenwriter and author Stephen Vagg
- SHOOTING HITCHCOCK DOWNUNDER – an interview with cinematographer Vincent Monton
- NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD interview with executive producer Ross Matthews
- The VHS Experience
- Archival interviews with director Mark Egerton, executive producer Ross Matthews and composer Chris Neill
- Archival interview with original writer/director Keith Salvat conducted by film critic David Stratton (audio only)
- Theatrical Trailer
- Extended Theatrical Trailer
- English SDH subtitles