Enys Men [DVD + Blu-ray]

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Enys Men [DVD + Blu-ray]

Enys Men [DVD + Blu-ray]

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Jenkin mentions in the disc extra that his original idea was to mix the film in mono (which would have been period-appropriate for 1973) but thought that was too thin.

Tarah Judah is up next, with “A Blueprint for Survival”, which is also the title of the (genuine) book that the Volunteer is reading, and in part, she suggests, a blueprint for the protagonist’s situation. That film had a contemporary setting and was shot in black and white, while this has a period setting and is in colour. That said, he does talk a lot about the themes of the films, such as the coexistence of past and present and future, but some of the non-linearity is due to making use of what he had available when he came to edit the film. For much of the film, the soundstage is mostly in the front speakers, with surrounds used for ambience, but occasionally there is more use of those surrounds, for example a helicopter near the end of the film.Enys Men is set on an uninhabited island in Cornwall in 1973 and follows the daily life of a volunteer who is studying the flora and fauna of the area. The Cornish legends and landscape inspired him, and he wrote the first draft of the screenplay in longhand over three nights. English subtitles are available for the main feature only, and there is also an audio-descriptive track in Dolby Digital 2.

Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers.It begins with Mark Jenkin’s director’s statement, revealing that his starting point was a memory of visiting the Merry Maidens, a stone circle near where his grandmother lived in West Penwith. Jenkin also personally processed the film, and occasional imperfections, such as scratches and spots and instances of light bleed, became part of the hand-made aesthetic. At the start of this commentary track, Mark Kermode lays his cards on the table: Bait was his favourite film of its year and Enys Men is a masterpiece (which he has watched several times now) and will no doubt be one of his favourites of this year. As that subtitle indicates, this is in eleven subsections and Fowler tackles the films use of folk-horror elements but also its subversion of our expectations and its breakdown of a conventional narrative. Immediately, it’s apparent that Jenkin has embraced camera imperfections such as light flares at the side of the frame, and the gorgeous grainy texture suggests the 1970s perfectly – it’s set in 1973, which is perhaps coincidentally the year that The Wicker Man was released in Britain in a double bill with Don’t Look Now.



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