New Rose Hotel [New Blu-ray]

*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!*

Taking its name from the Lumière Brothers invention of the same name, Cinématographe is a new sub-label from Vinegar Syndrome that seeks to fill gaps in the canon of American cinema. Offering a mix of auteur driven studio films produced during the New Hollywood era of the late 1960s and 70s all the way through the indie boom of the 1980s and 90s, Cinématographe will explore the wide breadth of American moviemaking, spanning numerous genres and scales of production. Curated and produced by Vinegar Syndrome's Justin LaLiberty, each limited edition release will be housed in a specially designed, cloth-bound, media book with embossed foil titles and custom molded disc trays accompanied by a slipcase featuring newly commissioned art and an individually numbered J-card.

In the near future, Fox (Christopher Walken, King of New York) and X (Willem Dafoe, Light Sleeper) are industrial spies who are hired by corporations to bring sought after employees to the highest bidder, leaving their current employers in the dust. When they are hired to help move Hiroshi (played by anime artist Yoshitaka Amano), a brilliant scientist, from a German company back to Japan, they enlist the help of a call girl named Sandii (Asia Argento, Boarding Gate) to seduce him. The actions of Fox, X and Sandii result in a play of power, sex and violence that takes them around the globe, not knowing who either can trust.

Based on William Gibson's short story of the same name and adapted for the screen by noted iconoclast Abel Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant, Dangerous Game), who co-wrote the script with regular collaborator Christ Zois, New Rose Hotel is an understated foray into cyberpunk aesthetics at the turn of the millennium that signals a turning point in the career of Ferrara. Cinématographe is proud to present Abel Ferrara's often overlooked sci-fi thriller in a new 2K restoration from the best surviving film elements.

directed by: Abel Ferrara
starring: Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, Asia Argento
1998 / 93 min / 1.85:1 / English DTS-HD MA 5.1

Additional info:

* Region A Blu-ray
* New audio commentary by film critic Adrian Martin
* New video introduction to the film by writer/director Abel Ferrara
* Wild & Wooly - a new video interview with actor Willem Dafoe
* Doing Your Homework - a new video conference with actress Asia Argento
* I Had to Be Cool - a new video interview with composer Schooly D
* Checking Into the New Rose Hotel - a new video essay by film critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
* Booklet with new text essays by film critic Filipe Furtado, Cinématographe's Justin LaLiberty and film critic Nick Newman
* English SDH subtitles