The Lukas Moodyson Collection Limited Edition

Zavvi - The Home of Pop CultureEver since his debut was heralded as a young master's first masterpiece by none other than Ingmar Bergman, director Lukas Moodysson has been hailed internationally as one of Sweden's greatest filmmaking talents, delighting and confounding audiences in equal measure.Moodysson's first film, Fucking Åmål (released overseas as Show Me Love), tells the story of awkward smalltown teenager Agnes and her crush on popular classmate Elin, which unexpectedly blossoms into reallife romance; it was quickly heralded as a new queer cinema touchstone and one of the most authentic portrayals of youthful relationships on film. He swiftly followed this with the bittersweet, satirical 1970sset Together, in which the inhabitants of a commune try to reconcile their ideals with their hearts' desires.Having made a name for himself as the new master of tragicomic, feelgood humanism, Moodysson suddenly frustrated expectations with a trio of startlingly confrontational works: the hauntingly bleak Lilya 4ever, based on a reallife case of a Russian girl sold into sex trafficking in Sweden; the abrasive and semiimprovised A Hole in My Heart, detailing the messy (un)making of an amateur porn video; and the avantgarde Container, narrated in its English version by Jena Malone (Donnie Darko).After making his mainstream Englishlanguage debut with the expansive Mammoth, starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Michelle Williams, Moodysson returned to his roots with We Are The Best! (based on a graphic novel by his wife and 'consigliere' Coco), the charming and funny tale of three schoolgirls starting a punk band in early1980s Stockholm.Available together for the first time, Moodysson's eclectic filmography can now be appreciated as the work of a singular filmmaking voice, as avowedly uncompromising and unabashedly political as it is keenly observed, deeply felt and frequently hilarious.Limited Edition Boxset ContentsHigh Definition (1080p) Bluray presentations of all seven filmsOriginal DTSHD MA 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo mixes for all seven filmsOptional English subtitles for all films, plus English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing on Mammoth and the English version of ContainerNew video interviews with Lukas Moodysson and other cast and crew, moderated by film programmer Sarah Lutton200page hardback book featuring new writing by Peter Walsh, excerpts from the original press kits for each film, including interviews with and directors' statements from Moodysson, and essays on his films from a 2014 special issue of the Nordic culture journal Scandinavica by C. Claire Thomson, Helga H. Lúthersdóttir, Elina Nilsson, Scott MacKenzie & Anna Westerståhl Stenport and Kjerstin MoodyDisc One:2K restoration by the Swedish Film Institute, approved by director Lukas Moodysson and cinematographer Ulf BrantåsNew interview with Lukas MoodyssonNew interview with star Alexandra DahlströmDid You Know She's A Lesbian?, an appreciation by Dr. Clara BradburyRance, author of Lesbian Cinema After Queer TheoryTalk (Bara prata lite), a short film directed by Moodysson in 1997Theatrical trailerImage galleryDisc Two:4K restoration by the Swedish Film Institute from the original camera negative, approved by director Lukas Moodysson and cinematographer Ulf BrantåsNew interview with Lukas MoodyssonNew interview with script supervisor Malin FornanderNew interview with editor Michal LeszczylowskiDeleted scenesTheatrical trailerImage galleryDisc Three:New interview with Lukas MoodyssonNew interview with costume designer Denise ÖstholmGuardian Interview with Lukas Moodysson, a Q&A with the director filmed at the London Film Festival in 2002Theatrical trailerImage galleryDisc Four:New interviews with Lukas Moodysson on both filmsLukas Moodysson Masterclass, an interview with the director filmed at London's National Film & Television School in 2004A Hole in My Second Heart, a behindthescenes featurette from 2004Swedish and English narration options for ContainerInside the Container Crypt, a 2007 featurette on the themes of ContainerTheatrical trailers and image galleries for both filmsDisc Five:New interview with Lukas MoodyssonNew interview with line producer Malte ForssellPromotional interviews with Moodysson and Gael Garcia Bernal from 2009Theatrical trailerImage galleryDisc Six:New interview with Lukas MoodyssonNew interview with cinematographer Ulf BrantåsA New Expression, a look at the background to the film by Swedish punk historian David AnderssonQ&A from the 2013 London Film Festival screening, featuring Moodysson and stars Liv LeMoyne and Mira BarkhammarTheatrical trailerImage gallery