BD 105 Jiří Trnka: Puppet Master

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• **FIRST PRESSING w/ LIMITED EDITION SLIPCASE - strictly limited to 2000 copies**
• Old Czech Legends (Staré pověsti české, 1953) and The Czech Year (Špalíček, 1947) presented from 4K restorations by the Czech National Film Archive.
• Michael Brooke on Jiří Trnka and Czech animation: A new and expansive video essay.
• The Puppets of Jiří Trnka: a rare, award-winning 1955 Czech documentary by Bruno Šefranka.
• Film historian Evan Chester’s video documentaries A Beginner’s Guide to Jiří Trnka and A Beginner’s Guide to Czechoslovak Animation.
• The Hand (Ruka, 1965): Trnka's renowned, politically defiant animated short film. .
• Badly Painted Hen (Špatně namalovaná slepice, 1963): the acclaimed animated short film by co-writer of Old Czech Legends and regular Trnka collaborator, Jiří Brdečka.
• 32-page booklet with writing by Czechoslovak cinema experts Peter Hames and Jonathan Owen.
• New and improved English subtitle translations.
• World premieres on Blu-ray.
• Region-free Blu-rays (A/B/C)
July 27

[TechnicolorAcid]

Oh my God, I’ve been wanting this for what feels like years now! Really hope this will include at least some of his excellent shorts too but the fact that we’re getting Old Czech Legends on Blu-Ray already makes this a release of the year contender!

[rapta]

Amazing news, never thought we'd see any Trnka aside from the odd extra but here we are! Slight shame they're not doing a small box set though as I would've loved to have seen them include a few others, namely A Midsummer’s Night Dream, The Emperor’s Nightingale and Prince Bayaya.

Hopefully some shorts will be included though. I'd especially like to see The Cybernetic Grandmother.

[jbeall]

Years ago on this forum, members justifiably praised Kino for their commitment to releasing comprehensive boxsets of silent films. Second Run deserves the same praise for this set. Absolutely thrilled that this is coming out, and it'll be a day one purchase.

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First post updated with specs, cover art and release date

[Bikey]

Webstore pre-order link here

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First post updated with new specs, per today's newsletter.