The Beast (La Bête) (1975) on Blu-ray

Actor: Sirpa LaneLisbeth HummelElisabeth Kaza
Director: Walerian Borowczyk
Genre: Comedy
Year: 1975
Studio: Arrow Video
Length: 93 Min
Released: 10/12/2021
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: Blu-ray
Misc/Special Features: ‎ Anamorphic, NTSC, Widescreen, New high definition digital transfer, uncompressed Mono 2.0 PCM Audio, optional English subtitles, an introduction by film critic Peter Bradshaw, behind-the-scenes commentary by camera operator Noel Very, a visual essay on the evolution of Borowczyk’s beast, a documentary about his sound sculptures, a crew reunion meal, vintage commercials, a short documentary by Peter Graham, and a theatrical trailer—all wrapped up in a reversible sleeve with Borowczyk’s original poster design.
Language: English
Subtitles : N/A

DESCRIPTION:

Walerian Borowczyk's most notorious and controversial film wildly re-works the classic Beauty and the Beast story into a very adult fairy tale, a parody of pornographic tropes and an assault on notions of 'good taste'. Bestial dreams interrupt the venal plans of a French aristocrat attempting to save a crumbling mansion by marrying off his deformed son, Mathurin, to a horny American heiress, Lucy. Yet Mathurin seems more interested in his horses than in his bride-to-be, and when Lucy finds out about the story of his 18th-century ancestor Romilda (Sirpa Lane) copulating with the titular beast it sparks to life one of the most outrageous dream sequences in cinema history. A huge hit in France that was extensively censored and banned elsewhere, The Beast broke new ground in sexual explicitness and remains a truly startling experience even today.