Flowers of Shanghai Blu-ray Italian a ninety-minute documentary on the

a ninety-minute documentary on the director’s career

The dialogue is whip smart and the atmosphere oppressively tense

evocative and beautifully shot account of John Merrick's struggle to live with dignity despite the physical pain and the societal prejudice he encountered in Victorian England

a Polish resistance figure who gave a powerful testimonial to Franklin D Roosevelt regarding the Warsaw Ghetto and Belzec

- An interview with Lynch from filmmaker and writer Chris Rodley’s 1997 book Lynch on Lynch

Flowers of Shanghai Blu-ray Italian a ninety-minute documentary on the'Flowers of Shanghai' Director: Hou Hsiao Hsien (1998) Shanghainese and Cantonese w English subtitles Criterion Collection Blu ray 4k restoration. Includes 'Beautiful Realism' documentary, interview, essay and more. Set across four 'flower houses' in 1880's Shanghai where confined courtesans sevice wealthy clients in opulent surroundings. The insular world lends itself to cruelty, tension and jealousies. Shot in a series of langurous long takes.