Three Fantastic Journeys by Karel Zeman (Criterion Collection) on Blu-ray

Actor: Various
Director: Karel Zeman
Genre: Action/Adventure
Year: -
Studio: Criterion Collection
Length: 85
Released: 2/25/2020
Rating: Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format: Blu-ray
Misc/Special Features: Blu-ray, Subtitled,New 4K digital restorations of the films, New programs discussing Zeman's complex visual trickery, Four early short films by Zeman, A 2015 documentary about the director, featuring filmmakers Tim Burton and Terry Gilliam, U.S.-release version of Journey to the Beginning of Time, Restoration demonstrations,
Language: English
Subtitles : N/A

DESCRIPTION:

A one-of-a-kind silver-screen illusionist, Czechoslovak filmmaker Karel Zeman devoted his career to transporting viewers to realms beyond their wildest imagining. The deft, breathtaking combinations of live-action and animation techniques that he pioneered in the postwar years earned him comparisons to legends such as Georges Melies, and an array of followers that includes Jan Svankmajer, Terry Gilliam, and Wes Anderson. Presented here are three of Zeman's most enchanting fantasies a boys' adventure into the mists of prehistory, a Jules Verne-derived flight of fancy, and an exotic eighteenth-century tall taleall of them treasure chests of wondrous sights, tactile textures, and headlong yarn-spinning that helped put Czechoslovak cinema on the international map. "The Fabulous Baron Munchausen" (1962). Miloš Kopecký, Jana Brejchová star. 4 hrs. Total on 3 discs. Standard; Soundtrack: Czech Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; bonus shorts " A Christmas Dream " (1946), " A Horseshoe for Luck " (1946), " Inspiration " (1949), " King Lavra " (1950); bonus documentary " Film Adventurer: Karel Zeman " (2015); featurettes; theatrical trailers; more. In Czech with English subtitles. 1.37:1