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Wicked Games Blu-ray presents three genre-defining films from French auteur Robert Hossein, collecting a prison-break thriller, a seductive noir psychodrama, and a politically charged Zapata Western in their Blu-ray premieres with English subtitles. Both behind and in front of the camera, Hossein emerges as a singular stylist whose work blends fatalism, erotic tension, and moral confrontation, now primed for long-overdue critical reappraisal.
 
In The Wicked Go to Hell, two hardened inmates form a volatile alliance to execute a daring prison escape, only to discover that freedom carries its own price. Nude in a White Car drifts into surreal noir territory as a lone drifter is lured into a dangerous night of desire and manipulation by two enigmatic women. The Taste of Violence shifts gears into revolutionary Western territory, following a kidnapping that exposes ideological fractures, power struggles, and the brutal mechanics of political violence.
 
Restored by Gaumont and presented across three discs, this limited edition set offers Hossein’s work in its best-ever presentation, supported by extensive new commentaries, essays, interviews, and scholarly features that contextualize his influence across European genre cinema. Limited to 3000 copies, Wicked Games stands as an essential archival release for collectors of noir, European thrillers, and auteur-driven genre filmmaking.
 
directed by: Robert Hossein
starring: Robert Hossein, Marina Vlady, Odile Versois, Giovanna Ralli, Mario Adorf, Henri Vidal, Serge Reggiani
1961 / 268 min (total)

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  • BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
    • 2K restorations by Gaumont for all three films
    • Original uncompressed mono audio
    • Audio commentaries on each film by Tim Lucas (2025)
    • Picking Strawberries – making-of featurette with Lucas Balbo, featuring archive interviews with Robert Hossein and Jean Rollin (2025)
    • Behind Marked Eyes: The Cinematic Stare of Robert Hossein – featurette by Howard S. Berger (2025)
    • Interview with Marina Vlady (2014)
    • The Evolution of the Femme Fatale in Classic French Cinema – visual essay by Samm Deighan (2025)
    • The Taste of Violence appreciation by Alex Cox (2025)
    • Interview with C. Courtney Joyner on The Taste of Violence and the Zapata Western (2025)
    • Trailers
    • Reversible sleeves with original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
    • Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Walter Chaw and newly translated archival writing by Lucas Balbo
    • Rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip
    • Limited Edition of 3000 copies

     

    Additional details
    Format: Blu-ray
    Region: Region Free
    Audio: Mono
    Language: French with English subtitles
    Runtime: 268 minutes
    Discs: 3
    Slipcover: Yes

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