DVD & Blu-ray press release
More A film by Barbet Schroeder With music by Pink Floyd
Barbet Schroeder (Single White Female, Maîtresse, The Valley) created a sensation when his controversial first feature More opened in 1969, and it quickly became a cult classic. Coming to Blu-ray for the first time, it is released by the BFI in a Dual Format Edition along with a newly commissioned documentary on the story behind it.
With his exams a distant memory, German student Stefan (Klaus Grünberg) burns his bridges and hitchhikes across Europe in pursuit of adventure and the warm southern sun. Seduced by the offbeat crowd he encounters in Paris – among them the shyly seductive Estelle (Mimsy Farmer) – Stefan is soon flying dangerously close to disaster.
The film is famous for its subdued, moody Pink Floyd soundtrack, featuring some of the band's most spontaneous and eclectic work – including Green is the Colour, Cymbaline and The Nile Song.
Special features Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition Director-approved High Definition transfer from original film elements Making More (2011, 17 mins, DVD only): newly commissioned documentary on the story behind More Theatrical trailers for Schroeder's More, The Valley (1972) and Maîtresse (1976) Illustrated booklet with new essays, biographies and notes on the soundtrack
Release date: 19 September 2011 RRP: £19.99 / cat. no. BFIB1040 / Cert 18 France / 1969 / colour / English, some German and Spanish (optional English translation and hard-of-hearing subtitles) / 116 mins / Original aspect ratio 1.66:1 / Region 0 Disc 1: BD50 / 1080p / 24fps / PCM mono audio (48k/16-bit) Disc 2: DVD9 / PAL / Dolby Digital mono audio (320kbps) Available from DVD retailers & the BFI Filmstore Tel: 020 7815 1350 or www.bfi.org.uk/filmstore
Press contact: Jill Reading, BFI Press Office Tel: (020) 7957 4759 or e-mail [email protected] Images are available at www.image.net under BFI DVD & Blu-ray 2011