First project with Imprint Films, and it’s for this stunning boxset of 3 x films directed by Roman Polanski during the 1990s.
My mission: Join Paul Anthony Nelson from Cinema Viscera on the audio commentary for BITTER MOON (1992) and reposition it as the masterpiece it truly is. Did we succeed? I guess that’s up to the listeners, although my love of this nutty film has only been cemented by getting up-close and personal with it 30 years later. You’re invited to lean into the melodrama and sail its choppy seas with us.
We’re in good company. The other films in the boxset are DEATH AND THE MAIDEN (1994) with commentary by Josh Nelson, and THE NINTH GATE with commentary by Troy Howarth and Nathaniel Thompson, and visual essay by my devilish colleague, Sally Christie. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the goodies you’ll find in this triple-decker release.
Flinch if you hear the name ‘Polanski’? I’ve written about that too.
Emma Westwood 