PR: Jean-Luc Godard's Goodbye to Language on DVD & Blu-ray Apr 14

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The latest masterwork from the acclaimed French New Wave filmmaker, Jean-Luc Godard, pushing the boundaries of what has previously been accomplished with the 3D format, taking his filmmaking into exciting new territory and demonstrating his limitless imagination for the medium's possibilities. Available in a two-disc Blu-ray set featuring both the 3D and 2D versions, and a single-disc DVD edition featuring the 2D version.

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Kino Lorber Releases Jean-Luc Godard's Goodbye to Language on Blu-ray and DVD April 14, 2015

Cannes Jury Prize-winning masterwork, named the Best Picture of 2014 by the National Society of Film Critics, will become available April 14th in 3D Blu-ray and 2D DVD editions packed with bonus features including an essay by David Bordwell and an interview with Godard.

"A thrilling cinematic experience." - Manohla Dargis, The New York Times

"An exalted experience...watching it is something like encountering motion pictures for the first time." - J. Hoberman, The New York Review of Books

"A masterpiece." - Amy Taubin, Film Comment

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 16, 2015 - Kino Lorber proudly announces the release of Jean-Luc Godard's Goodbye to Language. The Best Picture of 2014 according to the National Society of Film Critics, and a winner of the Cannes Jury Prize, Goodbye to Language is the latest masterwork from the acclaimed French New Wave filmmaker, and will become available in a two-disc Blu-ray set featuring both the 3D and 2D versions, and a single-disc DVD edition featuring the 2D version.



Godard pushes the boundaries of what has previously been accomplished with the 3D format, taking his filmmaking into exciting new territory and demonstrating his limitless imagination for the medium's possibilities.

The Blu-ray and DVD both street on April 14, 2015, with an SRP of $39.95 for the Blu-ray, and $29.95 for the DVD. The two-disc Blu-ray set includes the 3D feature on Disc 1, and the 2D version on Disc 2. The 2D version merges the Left Eye and Right Eye image tracks from the 3D version into one 2D image track.

The DVD edition contains the 2D version of the film (which was shot in 3D). It merges the Left Eye and Right Eye image tracks from the 3D version into one 2D image track.

Both include a booklet essay on the film by film scholar David Bordwell, the theatrical trailer, and the Canon Europe Interview with Jean-Luc Godard.

Kino Lorber released the film theatrically in 2014, opening at New York's IFC Center to tremendous critical acclaim, before moving on to screen in over 50 national markets including Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Portland, Chicago, Seattle and Boston, and playing to sold out houses and repeat bookings by popular demand. Kino Lorber also released Godard's previous feature, Film Socialisme, in 2011.

Goodbye to Language continues the master filmmaker's long tradition of cinematic innovation that goes all the way back to his explosive debut feature, Breathless, his work in the French New Wave style with such classics as Contempt and A Woman is a Woman, his challenging and provocative political films, and his pioneering use of video. Constantly expanding and experimenting with the limits of film form, Godard uses 3D to create stunning new visual effects, including separate images visible in each eye, which Scott Foundas in Variety said result "in a series of strange superimpositions that almost seem to enter a fourth, unclassified dimension."

Using 3D technology to mind-bending effect, the film follows a couple whose relationship breaks down along with the images, which in its second half takes a dog's-eye view of the world.

It is a meditation on history and illusion that creates 3D effects more spectacular than any Hollywood blockbuster, figures merging and weaving across the screen along with the film's ideas about romantic love and being-in-the-world. It has the feeling of a final statement, but knowing Godard's penchant for re-invention, hopefully it is yet another beginning to an extraordinary career.

Goodbye to Language
Director: Jean-Luc Godard

Goodbye to Language 3D - Official Trailer
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BLU-RAY EDITION
Blu-ray Street Date: April 14, 2015
Blu-ray SRP: $39.95
Blu-ray UPC: 7 38329 16682 3

3D BLU-RAY BONUS FEATURES:
Booklet essay by David Bordwell
Trailer (Disc 2)
Canon Europe Interview with Jean-Luc Godard (Disc 2)

Blu-ray Technical Specs:
Disc 1: (3D Feature) 1.78:1 * 1920x1080p * 69 minutes * French with optional English subtitles * 5.1 Surround * Color

Disc 2: (2D Feature) 1.85:1 * 1920x1080p * 69 minutes * French with optional English subtitles * 5.1 Surround * Color

DVD EDITION
DVD Street Date: April 14, 2015
DVD SRP: 29.95
DVD UPC: 7 38329 16672 4

DVD BONUS FEATURES:
Booklet essay by David Bordwell
Trailer
Canon Europe Interview with Jean-Luc Godard

DVD Technical Specs:
1.85:1, 16x9 (2D) * 69 minutes * French with optional English subtitles * 5.1 Surround * Color

With a library of 1,000 titles, Kino Lorber Inc. has been a leader in independent art house distribution for over 30 years, releasing over 25 films per year theatrically under its Kino Lorber, Kino Classics, and Alive Mind Cinema banners, including five Academy Award® nominated films in the last seven years. In addition, the company brings over 70 titles each year to the home entertainment market with DVD and Blu-ray releases under its five house brands, distributes a growing number of third party labels, and is a direct digital distributor to all major platforms including iTunes, Netflix, HULU, Amazon, Vimeo, Fandor and others.

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News Editor March 25, 2015, 7:33 pm