Institute Benjamenta (DVD + Blu -Ray)

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INSTITUTE BENJAMENTA (DVD + Blu-ray) A film by the Quay BrothersJakob (Mark Rylance) wants to be of service. Admitted to a peculiar school for servants run by domineering Johannes (Gottfried John) and his sorrowful sister Lisa (Alice Krige), Jakob gradually uncovers the mystical Institute's secrets and, by extension, those of life itself.Presented in a new, director approved transfer, this striking live-action feature is an exquisitely realised anti-fairy tale, a fragile world shimmering with luminous energy and hypnotic beauty.Special FeaturesHigh Definition and Standard Definition presentationsInside the Institute: an in-between world (2010, 31 mins): journey into the film's creation with the Quays, Mark Rylance and Alice KrigeOn the set of Institute Benjamenta (2000, 16 mins, DVD only)Institute Benjamenta trailer (1995, 1 min)Eurydice, She so Beloved (Quay Brothers, 2007, 11 mins): Orpheus' attempt to rescue his dead lover Eurydice from HadesSongs for Dead Children (Quay Brothers, 2003, 24 mins): Steve Martland's Street Songs realised in early beautiful animationThe Comb (Quay Brothers, 1990, 18 mins); the ingenious animated short which paved the way for the Quays first featureFully illustrated booklet of newly commissioned essays and notesUK, Japan, Germany | 1995 | black and white | English, with optional hard-of-hearing subtitles | 104 minutes | Original aspect ratio 1.66:1Disc 1: BD50 | 1080p | 24fps | DTS HD-MA audio (special features Dolby Digital mono audio (320kbps) Disc 2: DVD9 | PAL | Dolby Digital mono audio (448kbps) (special features 192kbps)