Herostratus DVD+Blu-ray, 1967

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Film Description

When Max, a young poet (played by the iconic Michael Gothard - The Devils, La Vallee), hires a marketing company to turn his suicide-by-jumping into a mass-media spectacle, he finds that his subversive intentions are quickly diluted into a reactionary gesture, and his motivations are revealed as a desperate attempt to seek attention through celebrity.

Unseen since its limited release in 1967, this audacious and prescient - yet criminally overlooked - work by experimental filmmaker Don Levy left a profound mark on the landscape of late-1960s British cinema, with echoes of its visual style evident in the most celebrated work of such notable directors as Stanley Kubrick, Nicolas Roeg and Michael Winner.

This presentation also includes a number of Don Levy's short films.

Film Information

Director - Don Levy

Produced - 1967

Main Language - English

Countries & Regions - British Film

Cast - Michael Gothard

DVD+Blu-ray Details

Certificate:	15	Publisher:	BFI	Region:	2
Length:	142 mins	Cat No:	BFIB1104
Format:	DVD+Blu-ray Colour

DVD+Blu-ray Extras

2 discs
Newly transferred to High Definition from the original negative under the supervision of Levy associate, Amnon Buchbinder
Alternative 1.33:1 full frame presentation (Blu-ray exclusive)
Interview with Don Levy (1973): the only known recording of Levy discussing Herostratus
Ten Thousand Talents (1960, 24 mins): Levy's student film, set in Cambridge, featuring the voice of Peter Cook
Time Is (1964, 29 mins): Levy's remarkable documentary
Five Films (1967, 9 mins): Levy's hypnotic experiments in film editing techniques
Extensive illustrated booklet with newly commissioned contributions and original documentation.