New Arrival Black Moon (#571)

Louis Malle meets Lewis Carroll in this bizarre and bewitching trip down the rabbit hole. After skirting the horrors of a mysterious war being waged in the countryside, beautiful young Lily (Cathryn Harrison) takes refuge in a remote farmhouse, where she becomes embroiled in the surreal domestic life of an extremely unconventional family. Evocatively shot by cinematographer Sven Nykvist,Black Moonis a Freudian tale of adolescent sexuality set in a postapocalyptic world of shifting identities and talking animals. It is one of Malles most experimental films and a cinematic daydream like no other.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• Archival video interview with director Louis Malle
• Gallery of behind-the-scenes photos
• Alternate French-dubbed soundtrack
• Original theatrical trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: A new essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau