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Cinématographe

Mixed Blood

4.7

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

4.7 Stars (152 Reviews)

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This special limited edition J-card MediaBook slipcase is limited to 5,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Description

Rita la Punta (Marília Pêra, Central Station), a Brazilian single mother living in New York’s Alphabet City, resides with her drug-dealing son Thiago (Richard Ulacia) and his gang of teenage delinquents. In an attempt to control the drug trade below 14th Street, Rita goes against the leader of a rival neighborhood gang, Juan the Bullet (Angel David, The Crow), spurring a turf war. When Carol (Linda Kerridge, Fade to Black), a friend of a drug lord known as The German (Ulrich Berr, Beethoven’s Nephew), expresses an interest in Thiago, things become even more complicated.

Written and directed by NYC art scene, and exploitation cinema luminary Paul Morrissey, MIXED BLOOD is a characteristically grimy descent into urban malaise that is often punctuated by moments of gallows humor. Featuring an eclectic ensemble cast that includes the screen debut of John Leguizamo (Summer of Sam) and Warhol superstar Geraldine Smith (Flesh, Bad), MIXED BLOOD is an essential, but often overlooked, entry into the canon of independent films made on the streets of New York in the 1980s. Cinématographe is proud to present the world blu-ray and UHD debut of Paul Morrissey’s renegade crime comedy from a new 4K restoration of its original camera negative.

Details

Director(s): Paul Morrissey

Starring: Marília Pêra, Richard Ulacia, Rodney Harvey, Linda Kerridge, Pelati Pons, Geraldine Smith, Angel David, Alvaro Rodriguez, John Leguizamo, Susan Blond

Release Year: 1984

Runtime: 98 min

Aspect Ratio(s): 1.85:1

Language(s): ENG- English

Sound: DTS-HD MA 2.0

Subtitles: English SDH

Format: 4K UHD/Blu-ray

Disc Info: 2-disc Set: 4K Ultra HD / Region A Blu-ray

Packaging Artist(s): Luke Insect

Genre: Drama, Action

SKU: CIN-023 CASE

Bonus Content

New audio commentary with film historians Howard S. Berger and Steve Mitchell
Tremendous Drama - a new video interview with casting director Leonard Finger
Nothing As Wild - a new video interview with editor Scott Vickrey
The Real Places - a new video interview with producer Steven Fierberg
The Brazilian on Avenue B - a new video essay by film historian Chris O'Neill
Archival video interview with director Paul Morrissey from The Joan Quinn Profiles, recorded in 1994
Stills gallery of archival materials from The Paul Morrissey Film Trust
New text essays by culture writer Madelyn Sutton, film historian Erica Schultz and American experimental film expert Paul Attard alongside archival images from the Paul Morrissey Film Trust

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Label Bio

Taking its name from the Lumière Brothers invention of the same name, Cinématographe is a new sub-label from Vinegar Syndrome that seeks to fill gaps in the canon of American cinema. Offering a mix of auteur driven studio films produced during the New Hollywood era of the late 1960s and 70s all the way through the indie boom of the 1980s and 90s, Cinématographe will explore the wide breadth of American moviemaking, spanning numerous genres and scales of production. Curated and produced by Vinegar Syndrome's Justin LaLiberty, each limited edition release will be housed in a specially designed, cloth-bound, media book with embossed foil titles and custom molded disc trays accompanied by a slipcase featuring newly commissioned art and an individually numbered J-card.