One of Argento's last great movies, the bloody and demented 'Opera', is finally getting a proper English friendly release. Brought to you by cult US label Scorpion Releasing, this is a stacked edition, and should be the final word on the classic giallo, I can't wait.
U.S. label Scorpion Releasing has revealed the newly commissioned cover art for its upcoming Deluxe Collector's Edition of Italian director Dario Argento's film Opera (1987), starring Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi, and Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni. The release is expected to arrive on the market early next year.
The label has also revealed some of the supplemental features that will be included on the upcoming release. (Complete list of supplemental features has not yet been finalized).
Synopsis: When a young opera singer takes over the leading role in an avant-garde presentation of Verdi's Macbeth, she triggers the madness of a crazed fan who repeatedly the diva to watch the brutal murders of her friends. Will the woman's recurring nightmare hold the key to the identity of this psychopath or does an even more horrific evil lay waiting in the wings?
Special Features:
- NEW 2K scan of the original camera negative with extensive color correction - exclusive to this release
- Two different English tracks and the Italian track with English Subtitles
- The film presented in two aspect ratios, each on their own dual layered discs - 2.35:1 and 1.78:1
- NEW audio commentary with film historian Nathaniel Thompson
- NEW interviews with stars William McNamara, Barbara Cupisti, Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni , Urbano Barberini and make up artist Franco Casagni
- Interviews with director Dario Argento, composer Claudio Simonetti, screenwriter Franco Ferrini, special fx artist Sergio Stivaletti, press agent Enrico Lucherini, and movie historian Fabrizio Spurio
- The U.S/Orion Pictures cut
- Original Theatrical Trailers
- AND MORE...