Flirting with the conventions of blaxploitation and the horror cinema Bill Gunn’s revolutionary independent film Ganja & Hess is a highly stylized and utterly original treatise on sex religion and African American identity. Duane Jones (Night of the Living Dead) stars as anthropologist Hess Green who is stabbed with an ancient ceremonial dagger by his unstable assistant (director Bill Gunn) endowing him with the blessing of immortality and the curse of an unquenchable thirst for blood. When the assistant’s beautiful and outspoken wife Ganja (Marlene... Clark) comes searching for her vanished husband she and Hess form an unexpected partnership. Together they explore just how much power there is in the blood. Later recut and released in an inferior version this edition represents the original release restored by The Museum of Modern Art with support from The Film Foundation and mastered in HD from a 35mm negative. Bonus Features: Brand new 1080p high-definition transfer Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Feature-length commentary with producer Chiz Schultz lead actress Marlene Clark cinematogropher James Hinton and composer Sam Waymon Select scene commentary with historian David Kalat The Blood of the Thing: film historian David Kalat leads an interview-based documentary about the film Gunn’s original screenplay available via DVD-Rom and BD-Rom Reversible Sleeve 24-page booklet featuring a new essay by critic and author Kim Newman and a vintage letter written by Gunn to the New York Times illustrated with archival images [show more]
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Marlene Clark and Duane Jones star in this black horror written and directed by Bill Gunn. While on a dig in the ancient land of Myrthia, archaeologist Dr. Hess Green (Jones) is stabbed by his assistant George Meda (Gunn) who then turns the knife on himself. Waking the next morning to find George dead but his own wounds miraculously healed, Hess suddenly finds himself with an insatiable thirst for blood. When Hess meets the widow of his attacker, Ganja Meda (Clark), the pair fall in love and plan to start a new life together. Will Ganja ever find out the truth about her new husband?
Please note this is a region 2 DVD/ region B Blu-ray and will require a region 2 or region free DVD/Blu-ray player in order to play. Flirting with the conventions of blaxploitation and the horror cinema, Bill Gunn s revolutionary independent film Ganja & Hess is a highly stylized and utterly original treatise on sex, religion, and African American identity. Later recut and released in an inferior version, this edition represents the original release, restored by The Museum of Modern Art with support from The Film Foundation, and mastered in HD from a 35mm negative.Duane Jones (Night of the Living Dead) stars as anthropologist Hess Green, who is stabbed with an ancient ceremonial dagger by his unstable assistant (director Bill Gunn), endowing him with the blessing of immortality, and the curse of an unquenchable thirst for blood. When the assistant s beautiful and outspoken wife Ganja (Marlene Clark) comes searching for her vanished husband, she and Hess form an unexpected partnership. Together, they explore just how much power there is in the blood. Actors: Duane Jones, Marlene ClarkDirectors: Bill GunnFormat: CD+DVDLanguage: EnglishSubtitles: EnglishSubtitles For The Hearing Impaired: EnglishRegion: Region B/2 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.66:1Number of discs: 1
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