
Golem (UK Import BLU-RAY)
UK Import. Blu-Ray discs are Region Free. Should play on any Blu-Ray player.
In a bleak dystopian future, a solitary worker suffers a breakdown after being interrogated about crimes he has no recollection of committing. Is he a real human, or a clone created by scientists in an attempt to engineer a new, more submissive race of humans?
A dark satire of Communist Poland in the late 1970s, Piotr Szulkin's Kafkaesque science-fiction allegory is a precursor to Blade Runner, and evokes the troubling apocalyptic landscape of Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker. Golem's depiction of irresponsible science, fake news and unfettered AI now make it all the more prescient.
This set also includes for the first time anywhere on Blu-ray a selection of Piotr Szulkin's early short film works.
Blu-ray special features:
• Golem (1979) presented from a 2K restoration by Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych (WFDiF), Poland, supervised by director Piotr Szulkin and sound engineer Nikodem Wolk-Laniewski.
• An all-new audio commentary by writer, producer and Polish cinema specialist Michael Brooke.
• Four of Piotr Szulkin's early short films, presented for the first time anywhere on Blu-ray:
- One, Two, Three (Raz, dwa, trzy, 1972)
- Everything (Wszystko, 1972)
- A Sketch in Six Parts (Szkic do sześciu części, 1973)
- Copyright Film Polski MCMLXXVI (1977)
• Booklet featuring essays by Michał Oleszczyk and Tomasz Kolankiewicz.
• New and improved English subtitle translation.
• UK premiere on Blu-ray.
• Region free Blu-ray (A/B/C).