MOVIE SUMMARY
Over the past 30 years “cinematic sorceress” Nina Menkes has
produced a visually stunning and uncompromising body of work that
stands alone in the landscape of American Independent cinema.
Beginning with a quartet of films — The Great Sadness of Zohara
(1983), Magdalena Viraga (1986), Queen of Diamonds (1991) and The
Bloody Child (1996) — that Menkes produced, wrote, directed, and
shot, all of which star her sister and early muse Tinka Menkes, and
concluding with a pair of surreal black and white psychodramas —
Phantom Love (2007) and Dissolution (2010) – “Cinematic Sorceress:
The Films of Nina Menkes” is a comprehensive survey of one of the
most essential filmmakers working today.
Fearlessly confronting violence, female subjectivity and
isolation in iconically lensed locales ranging from the American
Southwest to Israel and North Africa, Menkes work only becomes more
vital and relevant with the passage of time. Arbelos is proud to
present The Great Sadness of Zohara and Magdalena Viraga in new 2K
restorations, Queen of Diamonds and The Bloody Child in new 4K
restorations courtesy of the The Academy Film Archive and The Film
Foundation, with funding provided by the Hobson/Lucas Family
Foundation and Phantom Love in a newly remastered version. Magdalena
Viraga and Queen of Diamonds are co-presented with Eos World Fund.
DISC FEATURES
New 2K restoration of Magdalena Viraga - New 4K restoration of
Queen of Diamonds - New 4K restoration of The Bloody Child - New
remaster of The Great Sadness of Zohara - New remaster of Phantom
Love - New video interview with Nina Menkes and Mike Plante - Q+A
with Nina Menkes and K.J. Relth-Miller - Q+A with Nina Menkes and
Ann Hornaday - New video essay Cards on the Table by Jessica McGoff
- Audio commentaries with Nina Menkes on four films - Cinematic
Sorceress theatrical retrospective trailer - U.S. theatrical trailer
of Queen of Diamonds - U.S. theatrical trailer of The Bloody Child -
Booklet featuring a new essay by Elena Gorfinkel - AD8English
subtitles on all six films
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